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[Indic-computing-users] [tamil-programers] Fw: [e-Uthavi] Re:Review of Kural Tamil Engine
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From: FN <fr...@by...> - 2003-02-01 19:19:30
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---------- Forwarded message ---------- ----- Original Message -----=20 From: Ram S. Ravindran=20 To: e-U...@ya...=20 Sent: Saturday, February 01, 2003 10:49 AM Subject: [e-Uthavi] Re:Review of Kural Tamil Engine Thanks LSK for sending info on this new Tamil interface program A review by Ram Ravindran (Indy Ram) There are two kinds of foreign language input programs. One is the editor and the other one is the interface program. With the editor, you can input in a foreign language in the editor only and= =20 then you have to highlight copy and paste it into other applications programs Suvadi is one such program (editor) Murasu lite (the freeware version) allows you to input in its own editor as well as enter in Tamil in some other applications programs like the=20 browser and so forth. Please note the commercial version of Murasu is an interface as well a=20 dedicated editor .. with that you can input in Tamil in other applications as well. Keyman and its derivative ekalappai are interface programs. it allows you to input in Tamil in any application. Kural Tamil Engine software is something like ekalppai with a few=20 additional features included. I just downloaded and I am writing a quick evaluation of it. The URL of the site to download this program is given below. 1. The downloading and installing are pretty smooth No problems. I understand it works in all the windows OSes With e-kalappai some people may have problem with installation in win 98 se= =20 system 2. It is fairly intuitive When you click on it from desktop it opens a string of options actually you will see 5 buttons the first one is to turn on Tamil or English entry modes. It turns green=20 with Tamil entry mode. The second button is setup this program allows you to use TSC, TAB, TAM enoded fonts (please note TSC is number one) you can select one of the three encoded fonts It comes with a sample font of each encoding It gives you the hot key of alt K to toggle between English and Tamil Fortunately the keyboard layout is only Anjal Roman phonetic that we are=20 all used to It is identical to Anjal Roman phonetic layout. So it should be no problem= =20 to switch. no other layouts are provided now (like Tamil typewrite, Tamilnet 99, Tamil= =20 phonetic ) The third button shows you the floating keyboard with Tamil letters you can peck and type in Tamil using that keyboard also The fourth one is a rudimentary dedicated Tamil word processor called kavit= hai There are couple of nice features in this word processor one is find and change Teh spellchecker is not available yet. I am disappointed that it is not=20 there in this version other features are yet to be built in (perhaps the next version will include all that) The word processor also has a tiny email client just to send out a message= =20 in Tamil The word processor is called Kavithai and the mini e-mail client is under =A7=BE=A1=FC=C8=F5. it called paravai you can use it only to send out mail = and not receive. The fifth button takes you to the website where from you can get installation and configuration info Over all this suit of Kural Tamil engine is a nice effort. If you go to the website you can register and get a number for free=20 (personal use) This version (2.0) does most of the things that ekalappai does I think they may improve it quite a bit more. I am looking forward to seeing the spell checker implemented The authors of this program need to be congratulated for their wonderful ef= fort Folks , we should be thankful that we are Tamil language users. I don't think any other Indian language has so many fonts and interfaces=20 that are available for free. I am sure those who worked on developing all these=20 tools want to do this for the growth and development of Tamil language. To express gratitude to all these folks we need to create more useful=20 knowledge in Tamil If we don't do that then we don't deserve all these goodies. Indy Ram >=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D= =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D= =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D > > >KStarSoft is pleased to inform you that Version 2.0 of >"Kural Tamil Engine" has been released. > >What is Kural Tamil Engine? > >=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D= =3D=3D=3D > >"Kural Tamil Engine" is a keyboard manager that helps to input >Tamil characters in Microsoft Windows Applications. It can be >used with MS Word, wordpad, notepad, Internet Explorer, Netscape >and many more applications. It also helps to chat in Tamil using >Yahoo, MSN and AIM chat clients. > >Salient Features: > >=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D > >- Sophisticated Keyboard Manager > >- Built groundup, no third party software used. > >- Supports TSCII, TAB and TAM encoding. > >- Uses state-of-the-art technology and >advanced skinnable User interfaces. > >- Can be used with any TSCII, TAM and TAB fonts > >- Supports Romanized phonetic keyboard > >- HTML based help system with Tamil KayMap chart. > >- Easy to use Onscreen Keyboard and many more. > >Also included, "Kavithai" Tamil/English word processor and >"Paravai" SMTP based email client. > >Remember, it is completely FREE for personal or noncommercial use. > >Please download Kural from: > >http://kstarsoft.home.attbi.com > >Thanks, > >KStar Software. > >=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D= =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D= =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D >end >=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D= =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D= =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D > >download from > >http://kstarsoft.home.attbi.com/download.htm > >key mapping > >http://kstarsoft.home.attbi.com/setup.htm#KeyMap > >compatibility with OS and other s/w > >http://kstarsoft.home.attbi.com/setup.htm#Comp > >configuration > >http://kstarsoft.home.attbi.com/setup.htm#Config > >tutorial > >http://kstarsoft.home.attbi.com/setup.htm#Tutorial > > >=3D =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D= =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D= =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D tamil computing help pages for e-kalappai and murasu anjal http://groups.yahoo.com/group/e-Uthavi/files/tchp.html=20 =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D= =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D= =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D Your use of Yahoo! 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