Tuesday, November 18, 2008

Interesting Tamil Spell & Grammar Checker

hi,
I recently bought a very advanced and new software in Tamil that has numerous features which help you type in Tamil very easily. It is very very useful for beginners like me , also for users who have high volume typing in Tamil. I am copy pasting some of the features from the web site for all your benefit, hope you all use this and benefit out of it.

World's Foremost Tamil Spell Checker - Visai Tamil is the first of its kind to introduce Spell Check, Spell correction, Grammar check & Dictionary
A word collection of over 23 lakh Tamil words
Ability to identify errors in all available fonts
Supports all keyboard layouts
Ability to spell check on the fly and suggest corrections based on the usage of alphabets
Enlists all the errors both spelling & grammatical that were made during the course of typing as a summary
Capability to do Spell check and Grammar check with a speed of 120 to 200 words per second and suggest corrections with exact and nearest words to choose from
Capability to Spell check on the fly, when you work with any application, any font family and any keyboard layout. Some of the applications are listed for your reference eg., Adobe Page maker, Photoshop, In-design, Corel Draw, Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint, FrontPage, Adobe PageMaker,Adobe Photoshop, Adobe inDesign, Adobe Illustrator, Corel Draw, Microsoft Internet Explorer, Mozilla FireFox, Apple Safari, Opera, MSN Messenger, Yahoo Messenger, Corel WordPerfect, etc.,

Visai Tamil is the only software which is capable of handling 119 font families and 18 types of keyboard layouts in use
Removes the requirement of buying new keyboard layout softwares to suit the fonts
Removes the need to learn a new keyboard layout to suit the fonts nor the confusion applicability of the layout to the font
Allows the user to use one's own keyboard layout that is known to him/her to key start typing in any of the applications
Enables user friendly features for users who are not familiar with normal Tamil typing, through Transliteration methods
Helps the user to utilize Auto-correction function which is application independent, unlike in English where you have only Microsoft Office products which have the capability. Eg., Adobe Pagemaker, photoshop, Corel Draw etc., do not have the Auto-correction feature even for English
Helps the user to Auto Insert phrases , words , technical terms, etc. which are user defined in the Auto Insert Address Book while typing a sentence or a paragraph

The product features listed below are very user friendly and beneficial to me
'Product Features' -->
Unifying keyboard layouts Visai Tamil software is capable of handling 119 font families and 18 types of keyboard layouts
Word Collection Visai Tamil software has a huge word collection right from 19th century up to the words and phrases that are in use today. Right from the basic words to words that are built upon, is available in this word collection which runs into more than 20 lakhs. The software has the feature to Spell check, suggest corrections and option to correct while we type in
Grammatical Spell Checker Visai Tamil has the capability to spell check on the fly and suggest corrections based on the usage of alphabets. The majority of the grammar rules are framed with the base as Tholkappiam and Nannool which are the ancient foundation of Tamil Grammar
Application Independent Visai Tamil has the capability to Spell check on the fly, when you work with any application, any font family and any keyboard layout. Some of the applications are listed for your reference eg., Adobe Page maker, Photoshop, In-design, Corel Draw, Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Front Page, Internet Explorer, Outlook, MSN Messenger, Open Office, Quark Express, IBM Lotus Notes, Mozilla Firefox, Apple Safari etc., for Windows Operating Systems
Speed of Operation Visai Tamil has the capability to do Spell check and Grammar check with a speed of 120 to 200 words per second and suggest corrections with exact and nearest words to choose from. The speed is almost instant since the maximum words that can be keyed in are only around 15 to 30 for Tamil words
Summary of errors Visai Tamil enlists all the errors that were made during the course of typing as a summary
Font Conversion Visai Tamil is the only software available in the market that enables conversion of documents typed in any font to any font family. Eg., You might have a document typed in Shree Lipi which you want it to be convered to Akruti family
Auto-Correction Auto-correction function in Visai Tamil is application independent, unlike in English where you have only Microsoft Office products which have the capability. Eg., Adobe Pagemaker, photoshop, Corel Draw etc., do not have the Auto-correction feature even for English
Auto Insertion Visai Tamil introduces a unique facility that is not available even in English softwares. Frequently used phrases / special phrases / acronyms / names / Prefix / Suffix / Technical terminologies / medical terminologies etc., can be pre defined through shortcut keying , popularly called as Auto Insertion function. Visai Tamil allows countless insertion of such shortcuts; also this function is independent of the application, fonts and keyboard layouts in use.
Transliteration Keyboard Simply type Tamil sentences / words in English characters and get the same phrase converted into Tamil sentences / words in the same speed you type. Ex: Vanakkam – வணக்கம்
Indian Languages – Transliteration Visai Tamil can transliterate text keyed in 9 different Indian languages into any of the listed languages. It also supports text keyed in different languages simultaneously. Tamil, Telugu , Kannada , Malayalam , Bengali , Punjabi , Oriya , Hindi , Gujarathi Ex : வணக்கம் वणक्कम् vanakkam
Sorting Facility Visai Tamil can sort text based on Tamil Grammar in Ascending (Alphabetical) order. This can be used while indexing headings, titles, names, etc.
16 Bit Encoding – conversion Visai Tamil supports typing in TASE 16 Bit Encoding which is being proposed by Tamil Nadu Government as the standard encoding method. It also supports conversion of existing 8 bit encoding fonts to 16 bit encoding.
Save cost & time by using VISAI TAMIL 2008
Reduces man hours / saves cost spent on proof reading by 65 % approximately
Save cost and time on draft printing in terms of paper and printing materials consumed
Accommodate additional content coverage from the saved time – suitable for both print & visual media
Attain accuracy @ more than 95% by reduction of manual errors


Interested users pl visit http://tamil.sarma.co.in/