Editing Lao script (section)

==Lao compatible software==
Linux has been available in Lao since 2005.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.panl10n.net/english/outputs/Survey/Lao.pdf|title=Survey of Language Computing in Asia|access-date=8 October 2019|archive-date=19 November 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201119204720/http://www.panl10n.net/english/outputs/Survey/Lao.pdf|url-status=usurped}}</ref>

[[Windows]] did not officially support Lao until [[Windows Vista]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms776260(VS.85).aspx|title=Microsoft Windows help page|access-date=27 July 2018|archive-date=19 October 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171019130420/https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms776260(VS.85).aspx|url-status=live}}</ref> User-generated fonts are freely available online.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.amerilao.org/faq_3.html|title=AMERILAO.org site How to "Setup Internet Explorer to read Lao font"|access-date=27 July 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130518231249/http://www.amerilao.org/faq_3.html|archive-date=18 May 2013|url-status=usurped}}</ref>

In December 2011, the Lao Ministry of Science and Technology, in cooperation with the Ministry of Post and Telecommunications, officially<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.aihd.mahidol.ac.th/sites/default/files/images/new/pdf/aseannews/l1_30.pdf|title=New font drives IT development in Laos|access-date=27 July 2018|archive-date=3 March 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303213918/http://www.aihd.mahidol.ac.th/sites/default/files/images/new/pdf/aseannews/l1_30.pdf|url-status=live}}</ref> authorized the use of Phetsarath OT<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.phetsarath.gov.la/ |title=Phetsarath OT Information page" |access-date=26 January 2022 |archive-date=11 May 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210511201340/https://www.phetsarath.gov.la/ |url-status=live }}</ref> as the standard national font.

The Phetsarath OT font was already adopted by the government in 2009; however, Lao users were unable to use it, as international software manufacturers did not include the font in their software systems. Mobile devices were not able to use or show Lao language. Instead, mobile phone users had to rely on Thai or English as language.

The Laos Ministry of Post and Telecommunications asked local technicians to develop a software system of international standard that would enable the Phetsarath OT font to be like other font systems that local users could access.

In March 2011, the Lao company XY Mobile presented<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.vientianetimes.org.la/Video_FileVDO/VDO_Lao_tablet.htm|title=Vientiane Times Laos unveils first Tablet|access-date=27 July 2018|archive-date=3 August 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200803001213/http://www.vientianetimes.org.la/Video_FileVDO/VDO_Lao_tablet.htm|url-status=live}}</ref> the Phetsarath OT on mobile phones as well as tablet PCs using the mobile device operating system [[Android (operating system)|Android]].

[[iOS]] supports Lao script on [[iPhones]] and [[iPads]].