User Manual
for
Contents
Getting started with Kural Software
Introduction to Kural Software
How to download and install Kural
Software?
How to purchase Kural Software
license?
How to register Kural Software?
Encoding methods supported by Kural
Software
Kural package - a detailed view
Kavithai, a Tamil/English word
processor
Paravai, SMTP based email client
Color themes of Kural Tamil
Software
Tutorials on how to input Tamil
Tutorial 1: Using Unicode encoding
Tutorial 2: Using non-unicode
encoding
How to use Kural software with
other applications
Microsoft Office and other
applications
Web Search (Google, Yahoo! etc):
Microsoft Office and other applications
Getting started
with Kural Software
Introduction to Kural Software
Kural Tamil
Software is a keyboard manager that helps to directly input Tamil in any
Microsoft Windows Applications. It can be used with MS Office, Open Office,
Star Office, Google’s Docs & Spreadsheet, WordPad, Notepad, Internet
Explorer, Firefox, Netscape, Adobe products and many more applications. And
also helps to chat in Tamil using Yahoo, Google Talk, MSN and AIM chat clients.
With full Unicode
support, now you can send and receive Tamil Unicode mails, chat in Unicode
Tamil and search the web for Unicode Tamil contents and more.
Kural Tamil
software is bundled with Kavithai – a Tamil/English word processor, Paravai –
an SMTP based email client, Encoding converter, Thendral – a compact, portable
Kural and Osai – a Tamil text to speech engine.
Salient features
- Sophisticated Keyboard Manager.
- Improved Unicode support.
- Supports UNICODE, TSCII, TAB, TAM, LIPI
and T_OLD encoding.
- Uses state-of-the-art technology and
advanced bi-lingual User interfaces.
- Unicode enabled Kavithai Tamil/English
word processor.
- Paravai SMTP based email client, now
you can send emails using your GMail account.
- Improved encoding converter supports
Unicode, TSCII, TAB, TAM and LIPI encoding.
- Thendral – a compact, portable Kural,
carry around with you on any portable devices like USB drive, floppy disk,
portable hard drive, memory card etc.
- Osai - Tamil Text to Speech engine, it
will speak out your Tamil documents.
- Supports English phonetic, Tamil99, New
Typewriter and Old Typewriter keyboard layouts.
- PDF formatted Kural user manual in
Tamil and English.
- Easy to use Onscreen Keyboard.
- Try fully functional version for 30
days.
- Without a license, it automatically
becomes a free version.
How to download and install Kural Software?
Download on to your Desk top
- Visit our website http://www.kuralsoft.com/
and click on Download from the navigation bar.
- Right click on the download button
and choose Save Target As... or Save Link As....
- When prompted, choose desktop
and click on Save button.
- Click on Close button. Kural
4.0 Setup icon will be displayed on your desktop.
Install it on your computer
- Double click on the Kural 4.0 Setup
icon. It will start installing Kural Tamil Software on your computer.
- Click on Next button.
- After reviewing the license terms, click
on I Agree button.
- Click on Next button.
- Click on Install button.
- Click Close button to complete
the installation. Now Kural Tamil Software will be installed on your
system. Kural 4.0 icon will be displayed on your desktop.
Run Kural Tamil Software
- If you did not uncheck Run Kural
Tamil Software option while installing, it will be running now.
- If Kural Tamil Software is not running,
you can double-click on Kural 4.0 icon to run it.
How to purchase Kural Software license?
Try before you buy, please use the trial period to make sure that the software meets your needs before buying a license.
- Visit our website www.kuralsoft.com and click Buy
from the navigation bar. Our secure payment system is powered by PayPal,
the trusted leader in online payments.
- Review the Software license agreement.
- Click on Buy Now button to buy
the appropriate Kural product.
- By clicking Buy Now button, you
will be transferred to a secure site hosted by PayPal.
- You can enter your desired quantity in
the PayPal site.
- All prices are in USD (US
Dollars).
- If you use a non-USA credit card, it
will be charged according to the exchange rate at the time of your
payment.
How to register Kural Software?
After purchasing Kural
Software license, you can generate Kural registration key by yourself.
- Visit www.kuralsoft.com and click on Register from the
navigation bar.
- Enter the payment number, first
name, last name and PC code to generate Kural registration
key.
- Refer the email "Thanks for
buying Kural Tamil Software" for payment number, first name
and last name.
- Open Kural Tamil software's Register
Kural section for your PC code. Just click on the button to
copy the PC code into clipboard.
- Use the generated key to register your
Kural Tamil Software.
Introduction to
Unicode
What is Character encoding?
Basically
character encoding defines how the sequences of numeric codes are presented as
sequences of bytes. In the simplest case, one byte corresponds to one character
according to some mapping table. Best example is ASCII encoding which is able
to represent every character using a number between 32 and 127. Space is 32,
the letter "A" is 65, etc.
Since the slots
between 128 and 255 are not used in ASCII, countries around the world started
using those slots to represent their own language, so it's called national
variants of ASCII. For example our own encodings TSCII and TAB are example
of national variants of ASCII.
Due to the non-standard
nature of national variants of ASCII, users around the world started
facing problems during data exchange. In the world of internet, data exchange
is a key factor. So to solve the above problems, Unicode was invented.
What is Unicode encoding?
Unicode provides a
unique number for every character, irrespective of the platform, the program,
or the language. Unicode is a brave effort to create a single character set
that includes every reasonable writing system on the planet.
How to configure Unicode?
To use Unicode,
you need to enable Indic support for your operating system. Here
are the simple steps to enable Indic support for WinXP and
Win2000 operation systems.
WinXP
Install
Language files
- Click on the Start button and
then click on Control Panel.
o
If the control
panel is in "Category View", click on Date, Time, Language
and Regional Options under Pick a Category section. Click on Regional and Language Options
and then click on Language tab.
o
If the control
panel is in "Classic View", double click on the Regional
and Language Options. Click on Language tab.
- Under Supplemental Language Support,
select the Install files for complex scripts and right to left language
[including Thai] check box.
- Click Apply and OK. You
may be asked to insert the WinXP installation CD.
- You may be asked to restart your system
to complete the installation.
Add Tamil as an input language
- Click on the Start
button and then click on Control Panel.
- If the control panel is in "Category
View", click on Date, Time, Language and Regional Options
under Pick a Category section.
Now click on Regional and Language Options.
- If the control panel is in "Classic
View", double click on the Regional and Language Options.
- Click on Language tab and then
click on Details… button under Text services and input
languages section.
- Click on the Add... button under
Installed services.
- Select Tamil for input language and US for Keyboard Layout/IME.
- Click on Language Bar.
- Click on the check box named Show
the Language bar on the desktop.
- Click OK to complete the configuration.
Win2000
Install
Language files
- Click on the Start button and then click on the Settings button.
- Click on Control
Panel.
- Double click on Regional options.
- Under General tab, select the
check box named Indic.
- Click OK. You may be asked to
insert the Win2000 installation CD.
- You may be asked to restart your system
to complete the installation.
Add Tamil as an input language
- Click on the Start button and
then click on the Settings button.
- Click on Control Panel.
- Double click on Regional options.
- Click on Input Locales tab.
- Click on Add... button under the
Installed input locals section.
- Select Tamil for Input locale
and US for Keyboard layout/IME.
- Select the check box named Enable
indicator on taskbar.
- Click OK to
complete the configuration.
Encoding methods supported by Kural Software
|
Unicode |
Encoding of
the future. We strongly encourage every one to move to Unicode. |
|
TSCII |
Bilingual
encoding standard, drafted around 1997, once preferred Tamil encoding on the Internet. |
|
TAB |
Bilingual
encoding standard, approved by Tamil99 conference and Tamil Nadu government. |
|
TAM |
Monolingual
encoding standard, approved by Tamil99 conference and Tamil Nadu government. |
|
LIPI |
Monolingual
encoding standard used in printing and publishing media. |
|
T_OLD |
An old
encoding scheme used by earlier days of Tamil computing. |
Supported keyboard
layouts
Kural Phonetic
Kural Phonetic
keyboard is widely used by people who are not familiar with Tamil typewriter or
Tamil99 keyboard layouts. You can type in English as we
speak. Kural will automatically transliterate it to Tamil. The following
sections will explain the key mappings and examples.
|
Vowels |
|
|
அ |
a |
|
ஆ |
aa or A |
|
இ |
i |
|
ஈ |
ii or I |
|
உ |
u |
|
ஊ |
uu or U |
|
எ |
e |
|
ஏ |
ee or E |
|
ஐ |
ai |
|
ஒ |
o |
|
ஓ |
oo or O |
|
ஔ |
au |
|
ஃ |
q |
|
Consonants |
|
|
க் |
k |
|
ங் |
ng |
|
ச் |
s |
|
ங் |
nj |
|
ட் |
t or d |
|
ண் |
N |
|
த் |
th or dh |
|
ந் |
n- or w |
|
ப் |
p or b |
|
ம் |
m |
|
ய் |
y |
|
ர் |
r |
|
ல் |
l |
|
வ் |
v |
|
ழ் |
z |
|
ள் |
L |
|
ற் |
R |
|
ன் |
n |
|
Grantha |
|
|
ஹ் |
h |
|
ஜ் |
j |
|
ஸ் |
S |
|
ஷ் |
sh or ch |
|
க்ஷ் |
x |
|
ஸ்ரீ |
sr |
|
Compounds |
||
|
க்+அ |
க |
ka |
|
க்+ஆ |
கா |
kaa or kA |
|
க்+ இ |
கி |
ki |
|
க்+ ஈ |
கீ |
kii or kI |
|
க்+ உ |
கு |
ku |
|
க்+ஊ
|
கூ |
kuu or kU |
|
க்+ எ |
கெ |
ke |
|
க்+ ஏ |
கே |
kee or kE |
|
க்+ ஐ |
கை |
kai |
|
க்+ ஒ |
கொ |
ko |
|
க்+ ஓ |
கோ |
koo or kO |
|
க்+ ஔ |
கௌ |
kau |
|
Examples |
|
|
குறள் |
kuRaL |
|
கவிதை |
kavidhai |
|
பறவை |
paRavai |
Tamil99
Tamil99 keyboard
is a standard keyboard layout approved by the Tamil Nadu government and based
on Tamil phonetics. The following sections will explain the key mappings and
examples.
|
Vowels |
|
|
அ |
a |
|
ஆ |
q |
|
இ |
s |
|
ஈ |
w |
|
உ |
d |
|
ஊ |
e |
|
எ |
g |
|
ஏ |
t |
|
ஐ |
r |
|
ஒ |
c |
|
ஓ |
x |
|
ஔ |
z |
|
ஃ |
F |
|
Consonants |
|
|
க் |
hf |
|
ங் |
bf |
|
ச் |
[f |
|
ங் |
]f |
|
ட் |
of |
|
ண் |
pf |
|
த் |
lf |
|
ந் |
;f |
|
ப் |
jf |
|
ம் |
kf |
|
ய் |
'f |
|
ர் |
mf |
|
ல் |
nf |
|
வ் |
vf |
|
ழ் |
/f |
|
ள் |
yf |
|
ற் |
uf |
|
ன் |
if |
|
Grantha |
|
|
ஹ் |
Rf |
|
ஜ் |
Ef |
|
ஸ் |
Qf |
|
ஷ் |
Qf |
|
க்ஷ் |
Tf |
|
ஸ்ரீ |
Y |
|
Compounds |
||
|
|
க |
h |
|
க+ஆ |
கா |
hq |
|
க+ இ |
கி |
hs |
|
க+ ஈ |
கீ |
hw |
|
க+ உ |
கு |
hd |
|
க+ஊ |
கூ |
he |
|
க+ எ |
கெ |
hg |
|
க+ ஏ |
கே |
ht |
|
க+ ஐ |
கை |
hr |
|
க+ ஒ |
கொ |
hc |
|
க+ ஓ |
கோ |
hx |
|
க+ ஔ |
கௌ |
hz |
|
Other Keystrokes |
|
|
க + க |
க்க |
|
க + க + க |
க்க க |
|
க + க + க + க |
க்கக்க |
|
|
|
|
க + அ + இ |
கஇ |
|
க + அ + க |
கக |
|
க + அ + க + க |
கக்க |
|
|
|
|
ங+க |
ங்க |
|
ஞ+ச |
ஞ்ச |
|
ந+த |
ந்த |
|
ண+ட |
ண்ட |
|
ம + ப |
ம்ப |
|
ன + ற |
ன்ற |
|
|
|
|
ந + த + த |
ந்தத |
|
ந + த + த + த |
ந்தத்த |
|
ந + அ + த |
நத |
|
ந + அ + த + த |
நத்த |
|
|
|
|
ஆ + இ |
ஆஇ |
|
ப + ஆ + இ |
பாஇ |
|
(இடைவெளி)
+ உ |
(இடைவெளி)உ |
|
|
|
|
குறிப்பு: shift + 6 விசைகளை
அழுத்தி "^" பெறலாம் |
|
|
^ + ஆ |
ா |
|
^ + இ |
ி |
|
^ + ஈ |
ீ |
|
^ + . |
· (bullet) |
|
^ + C |
Ó (copyright) |
|
^ + 7 |
' (left single quote) |
|
^ + 8 |
' (right single quote) |
|
^ + 9 |
" (left double quote) |
|
^ + 0 |
" (right double quote) |
|
^ + S |
(Non breaking space) |
|
Examples |
|
|
குறள் |
hduyf |
|
கவிதை |
hvslr |
|
பறவை |
juvr |
Old typewriter
Old Typewriter
keyboard layout is based on the Remington typewriter. The following sections
will explain the key mappings and examples.
|
Vowels |
|
|
அ |
m |
|
ஆ |
M |
|
இ |
, |
|
ஈ |
< |
|
உ |
c |
|
ஊ |
C |
|
எ |
v |
|
ஏ |
V |
|
ஐ |
I |
|
ஒ |
x |
|
ஓ |
X |
|
ஔ |
xs |
|
ஃ |
` |
|
Consonants |
|
|
க் |
;f |
|
ங் |
;' |
|
ச் |
;r |
|
ங் |
;" |
|
ட் |
;l |
|
ண் |
;z |
|
த் |
;j |
|
ந் |
;e |
|
ப் |
;g |
|
ம் |
;k |
|
ய் |
;a |
|
ர் |
;u |
|
ல் |
;y |
|
வ் |
;t |
|
ழ் |
;H |
|
ள் |
;s |
|
ற் |
;w |
|
ன் |
;d |
|
Grantha |
|
|
ஹ் |
;] |
|
ஜ் |
;$ |
|
ஸ் |
;! |
|
ஷ் |
;Z |
|
க்ஷ் |
;B |
|
ஸ்ரீ |
_ |
|
Compounds |
|
|
க |
f |
|
கா |
fh |
|
கி |
pf |
|
கீ |
Pf |
|
கு |
[f |
|
கூ |
{f |
|
கெ |
bf |
|
கே |
nf |
|
கை |
if |
|
கொ |
bfh |
|
கோ |
nfh |
|
கௌ |
bfs |
|
Examples |
|
|
குறள் |
[fw;s |
|
கவிதை |
fptij |
|
பறவை |
gwit |
New typewriter
New Typewriter
keyboard layout is based on the Remington typewriter with slight changes to Old
Typewriter layout. The following sections will explain the key mappings and
examples.
|
Vowels |
|
|
அ |
m |
|
ஆ |
M |
|
இ |
, |
|
ஈ |
< |
|
உ |
c |
|
ஊ |
C |
|
எ |
v |
|
ஏ |
V |
|
ஐ |
I |
|
ஒ |
x |
|
ஓ |
X |
|
ஔ |
xs |
|
ஃ |
` |
|
Consonants |
|
|
க் |
f; |
|
ங் |
'; |
|
ச் |
r; |
|
ங் |
"; |
|
ட் |
l; |
|
ண் |
z; |
|
த் |
j; |
|
ந் |
e; |
|
ப் |
g; |
|
ம் |
k; |
|
ய் |
a; |
|
ர் |
u; |
|
ல் |
y; |
|
வ் |
t; |
|
ழ் |
H; |
|
ள் |
s; |
|
ற் |
w; |
|
ன் |
d; |
|
Grantha |
|
|
ஹ் |
]; |
|
ஜ் |
$; |
|
ஸ் |
!; |
|
ஷ் |
Z; |
|
க்ஷ் |
B; |
|
ஸ்ரீ |
_ |
|
Compounds |
|
|
க |
f |
|
கா |
fh |
|
கி |
fp |
|
கீ |
fP |
|
கு |
f[ |
|
கூ |
f{ |
|
கெ |
bf |
|
கே |
nf |
|
கை |
if |
|
கொ |
bfh |
|
கோ |
nfh |
|
கௌ |
bfs |
|
Examples |
|
|
குறள் |
f[ws; |
|
கவிதை |
ftpij |
|
பறவை |
gwit |
Kural package - a
detailed view
Kural main panel
Kural main panel
is the heart of Kural Tamil Software. It launches applications, controls user
preferences and displays vital information.
Legends
1.
Caption bar.
2.
Launch
buttons.
3.
Setup header.
4.
Setup buttons.
5.
Setup area.
6.
Message
window.
The following
tables will explain each button's functionalities in details:
|
Launch buttons: |
|
|
KuralSoft |
Click to visit www.kuralsoft.com website. It will launch your default web
browser. |
|
Tamil |
Clicking on this button will switch between Tamil and English input
methods. |
|
Kavithai Word Processor |
This will launch Kavithai word processor. |
|
Paravai Email |
This will launch SMTP based Paravai email client. |
|
Onscreen Keyboard |
This will launch onscreen keyboard, a useful tool for beginners. |
|
User Manual |
This will launch the Kural User Manual based on user interface. If the
user interface is set to Tamil, it will launch a Tamil version of Kural User
Manual. If the user interface is set to English, it will launch an English
version of Kural User Manual. |
|
About Kural |
This will show the Kural splash screen for a brief moment. |
|
Kural setup: |
Default |
|
|
Colors |
You can select colors based on your personal preferences, color themes
are named after Tamil classic thinais. Possible selections are kurinji(purple),
mullai(green), marutham (yellow), neythal(blue) and paalai(red). See the Color
themes of Kural Tamil Software section for details. |
Marutham (yellow) |
|
Encoding |
You can select any of the supported encodings. Kural supports Unicode,
TSCII, TAB, TAM, LIPI and T_OLD encodings. |
TSCII |
|
Toggle Key |
User can set any key combinations as a toggle key, supported key
ranges are from alt+a to alt+z and alt+F1 to alt+F12. |
alt+k |
|
Keyboard |
User can choose any of the supported keyboard layouts. Supported
keyboard layouts are Phonetics, Tamil99, New Typewriter and Old Typewriter. |
Phonetics |
|
Tamil/English |
User can choose either Tamil or English as the user interface
language. All buttons, display and Kural User Manual are presented in the
chosen language. |
Tamil |
|
Auto Start |
Enabling this button will start Kural Tamil Software when MS Windows
starts. |
enabled |
|
Kavithai setup: |
|
|
Font Type |
Select font type, supported font types are Unicode, TSCII, TAB, TAM,
LIPI and T_OLD |
|
Font List |
Add list of fonts belonging to the above font type. Left-click
to select individual fonts and right-click to compete the selection. |
|
Default Font |
Select a default font from the above font list.(not used in this
version) |
|
Ruler Units |
Choose the ruler units, supported options are Centimeter and Inch. |
|
Paravai setup: |
|
|
SMTP server |
Fill in your SMTP server name. Please ask your ISP (Internet Service
Provider) for details. Alternatively you can use GMail’s SMTP server. For
details, see the tutorial on How to send Gmail using Paravai? |
|
Port |
Fill in your SMTP server post number. |
|
Authentication |
Select SMTP server's authentication method, supported options are
NONE, AUTH LOGIN, LOGIN PLAIN, CRAM MD5 and NTLM. |
|
SSL |
If your SMTP server supports SSL, enable it. |
|
Name |
Name of your SMTP account. |
|
Password |
Password of your SMTP account. If you are sharing your machine with
others, keep this field empty. Paravai will prompt you to enter name and
password before sending email. |
|
Your Name |
Your Full Name. |
|
Email address |
Your email address. |
|
Reply-To |
Reply to email address, if it is different from your email address. |
|
Gmail |
If you have a Gmail account, you can send mails using Gmail's SMTP
server. Just click on this button it will automatically populate proper
values. For details See the tutorial on How to send Gmail using Paravai? |
|
Save |
Save your changes. |
|
Spell Check setup: |
|
|
Spell Check |
This will function only on Kural Pro version. It will be included in
our next release. |
|
Thendral: |
|
|
Install Dir |
Choose a directory where you want to install Kural Thendral. It could
be a USB drive, floppy disk or any portable device. |
|
Install |
Click Install button to install Kural Thendral on any portable device. |
|
Register Kural: |
|
|
PC Code |
A unique code needed while purchasing Kural Tamil Software. Click on
the PC Code button. The code will be copied on to your clipboard. |
|
Name |
Enter the name of the registered user. Refer the Kural registration
email. |
|
Key |
Enter the Registration Key. Refer the Kural registration email. |
|
Register |
Click here to register Kural Tamil Software. |
Kavithai, a Tamil/English word processor
Unicode-enabled
Kavithai Tamil/English word processor uses portable RTF file format to store
and retrieve information. Using Kavithai, you can prepare
Unicode documents. It has a built-in encoding converter and Osai - Tamil
text to speech engine.
- Supports Unicode, TSCII, TAB, TAM, LIPI
and T_OLD encoding. With this you can prepare and edit Unicode documents.
- Encoding converter. With this you can convert all your
documents to Unicode.
- Osai - Tamil Text to Speech engine.
- Tamil / English user interface.
- Find and replace in Tamil.
- Can insert JPEG, GIF, BMP, TIFF images
into the document.
- Uses portable RTF file format for
storage and retrieval.
Thendral, a portable Kural
Thendral is a
compact, portable version of Kural Software. Now you can carry around with you
on any portable devices like USB drive, floppy disk, portable hard drive,
memory card etc.
- Compact version of Kural Software,
whole application size is just 16MB
- You can install it on any portable
devices like USB drive, floppy disk, portable hard drive, memory card etc
- Automatically loads Unicode, TSC, TAM
and TAB fonts
- Tamil / English user interface
- Supports UNICODE, TSCII, TAB, TAM and
LIPI encoding
- Supports English phonetic, Tamil99, New
and Old Typewriter keyboard layouts
How to install
Kural Thendral on a portable device?
- Click Kural Thendral setup
button from Kural main panel.
- Choose a directory where you want to
install Kural Thendral. It could be a USB drive, floppy disk or any
portable device.
- Click Install button to install
Kural Thendral on any portable device.
How to use
Kural Thendral?
- Double click on Thendral (Ku
Icon) from the installed directory.
- You can change Encoding, Keyboard
layout, Display language and Toggle key.
- It will automatically load provided
fonts.
- After every change, re-start Kural
Thendral.
- On any application, press the toggle
key (default: alt+t) and start type in Tamil.
Paravai, SMTP based email client
Paravai is a SMTP based Mail Client, uses portable mail message format, which is compatible with Google Mail, yahoo, hotmail, Netscape messenger and outlook Mail clients.
- SMTP based email client with server
authentication.
- Can send GMail from this client.
- Can attach RTF, JPEG, GIF, ZIP, EXE
files as the mail attachment.
- Mail messages are compatible with GMail, Yahoo!, Hotmail, Netscape messenger and Outlook mail clients
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New |
Clear all fields to compose a new email. |
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Open |
Open the saved Paravai mail content form a PMF file. |
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Save |
Save paravai email content into a PMF file, it remembers To/CC/Bcc, Subject and body of the email content. |
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Send |
Send or deliver the email. |
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To/CC/Bcc |
Receivers email addresses separated by comma. |
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Subject |
Email title |
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Attachments |
Attach RTF, JPEG, GIF, ZIP, EXE files as the mail attachment. |
How to send
Gmail using Paravai?
Now you can send
emails using Gmail's SMTP server. You need a free Gmail account to use this
feature. Please visit www.gmail.com to sign up for a Gmail account.
Configuration:
You need to
configure Paravai email client with Gmail SMTP server, for that click Pravai
setup button and follow the instructions below:
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Gmail |
First click on this button. It will automatically populate SMTP
values. |
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SMTP server |
Automatically populated. |
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Port |
Automatically populated. |
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Authentication |
Automatically populated. |
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SSL |
Automatically populated. |
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Name |
Your Gmail account name. |
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Password |
Your Gmail account password. Note: If you
are sharing your machine with others, please leave this field empty. Paravai
will prompt you to enter Name and Password before sending each email. |
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Your Name |
Your full name. |
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Email address |
Your Gmail address. |
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Reply-To |
Reply to email address, if it is different from your email address. |
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Save |
Save your changes |
Usage:
To send an email, click Paravai Email launch button from Kural main panel.
- Fill in coma separated receivers email addresses on To, CC and BCC fields.
- Type in email title on Subject field.
- Select appropriate font. (UniKural for Unicode emails)
- Press the toggle key and start composing Tamil email.
- Press Send button to send email.
- During configuration, if you kept the Name/Password fields blank, Paravai will prompt you to enter name and password. Enter your Gmail user name and password.
- You should see a confirmation message says, your email has been delivered successfully.
Note: You can login to your web based Gmail account and click on Sent Mail link. You should see the mail you have sent using Paravai email client is listed under Sent Mails section.
Encoding Converter
Using Encoding
Converter, you can convert any of your Unicode, TSC, TAM, TAB and LIPI encoded
files into Unicode, TSC, TAM, TAB and LIPI encoded files. For example, you can
easily convert your TSC encoded file into UNICODE encoded file in few clicks.
- Supports Unicode, TSCII, TAM, TAB and
LIPI encoding
- Easy to use user interface
- Converts any of your Unicode, TSCII,
TAM, TAB and LIPI encoded documents into Unicode, TSCII, TAM, TAB and LIPI
encoded documents
- Fixes the documents for missing or
corrupted font issues
How to use Encoding Converter?
Example 1: convert a TSCII document to a TAB document.
For example, you are converting a TSCII encoded document prepared using TSCKural font into a TAB document. So you want to use TABKural2 as the TAB font.
- Open the TSCII document to be converted on Kavithai word processor.
- Invoke the encoding converter by click encoding converter button from the toolbar or click Tools menu and then select encoding converter.
- On the first page enter the following:
New File Name : KaviNew
Encoding : TAB
Font to use : TABKural2
- Click Next.
- On the second page, converter should identified TSCKural as a TSC font. If not, you can change the encoding type by clicking on the down arrow.
- Click Next.
- On the third page, converter will list all the old fonts used in the document and the new font. You can change the new font by clicking on the down arrow. In our case the old font is TSCKural and the new font is TABKural2.
- Click Convert to complete the encoding conversion.
Example 2: convert a TSCII document using an
unknown TSCII font.
For example you
have received a document from your friend which uses TSCUnknown font.
This font is not available in your system, so you can not read the document.
Since you know this is a TSC type font, you can easily fix this kind of missing
font issues.
- First open the TSCII document to be converted on Kavithai word processor.
- Invoke the encoding converter by click encoding converter button from the toolbar or click Tools menu and then select encoding converter.
- On the first page enter the followings:
New File Name : KaviNew
Encoding : TSC
Font to use : TSCKural
- Click Next.
- On the second page, converter should identified TSCUnknown as a TSC font. If not, you can change the encoding type by clicking on the down arrow.
- Click Next.
- On the third page, converter will list all the old fonts used in the document and the new font. You can change the new font by clicking on the down arrow. In our case the old font is TSCUnknown and the new font is TSCKural.
- Click Convert to complete the encoding conversion.
Osai, Text to speech engine
One of the special
features of Kavithai word processor is called Osai, which is a text to speech
engine. Any Kavithai document encoded using Unicode, TSC, TAM, TAB and LIPI,
you can hear it spoken using Osai engine.
Please note
that this is an experimental feature, we will keep on improving its Tamil
pronunciation in our upcoming releases.
To use this
feature your system should have SAPI 5.1 with sound cards and speakers. For
details, please visit: http://www.microsoft.com/speech/download/sdk51/
How to configure Osai?
- Click on the Start
button and then click on Control Panel.
- Double-click on Speech.
- Click on Text to Speech tab.
- For voice selection select Microsoft
Sam.
- Click OK to complete the
configuration.
How to use Osai?
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Click on: |
To: |
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Play |
Start speaking from the beginning of the Kavithai document. |
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Stop |
Stop speaking the Kavithai document. |
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Pause |
Pause between lines. Press Play to speak again. |
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Repeat |
Repeat the same line again. |
Onscreen Keyboard
Using onscreen
keyboard, you can use mouse button to type in and easily familiarize with any
new keyboard layouts.
How to use
Onscreen Keyboard?
- Click Onscreen Keyboard launch
button from Kural main panel.
- Make sure your keyboard focus is set to
the application. For example, if you want to use Wordpad with onscreen
keyboard, first click on Wordpad, this will set the keyboard focus to
Wordpad.
- Start clicking onscreen keyboard
buttons using your Mouse. This will simulate you are typing using a
keyboard.
Color themes of Kural Tamil Software
Ancient
Tamils recognized five basic types of ecosystems and also the classical Tamil
love poetry recognized that human activities are constantly influenced by
environmental factors. Under this codification, the love is associated with any
specific landscape. It is called modes or thinai, so our beloved Kural Tamil
Software's color themes are named after Tamil classic thinais!
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Kurinji, mountainous regions, to commemorate rare
Kurinji flowers, the color purple. |
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Mullai, forests regions, to increase the
awareness of protecting our tropical rain forest, the color green. |
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Marutham, cropland, to salute formers who are
backbone of our economy, the color of harvested paddy, yellow. |
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Neithal, coastal area, to thank our Nature for
its greatest gift to humanity, the color of sea, blue. |
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Paalai, desert regions, to enjoy the majestic
beauty of sand dune, the color of desert sand, red. |
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Tutorials on how to
input Tamil
Tutorial 1: Using Unicode encoding
This tutorial will
demonstrate how to input Tamil in Unicode-enabled application using Kural Tamil
Software. Also we assume that your system is configured to use Unicode. If not,
please refer the section How to
configure Unicode for details.
1. Bring up the Kural main panel by double clicking Ku icon on your system tray. In case Kural Software is not running on your system, you can double click on Kural 4.0 icon from your desktop.
2. Click on Kural setup button and set the following:
a. Encoding : UNICODE
b. Toggle Key : Alt + k
c. Keyboard : Phonetic
3. Click on Restart Kural button after the above changes.
4. Click on Kavithai Software launch button. This will launch Kavithai word processor.
5. In Kavithai word processor select UniKural as the font.
6. Type in kuRaL. Now you should see குறள in Tamil.
Note: To toggle between Tamil and English, press Alt + k (holding ALT key,
press "k")
Tutorial 2: Using non-unicode encoding
This tutorial will
demonstrate how to input Tamil in any application using Kural Tamil Software.
- Bring
up the Kural main panel by
double clicking Ku icon on your
system tray. In case Kural Software is not running on your system, you can
double-click on Kural 4.0
icon from your desktop.
- Click on Kural setup button and set the
following:
- Encoding : TSC
- Toggle Key : ATL + K
- Keyboard : Phonetic
- Click
on Restart Kural button after the above changes.
- Click
on Kavithai Word Processor launch button from the top of the
Kural main panel. This will launch Kavithai word processor.
- In
Kavithai word processor select TSCKural as the font.
- Type
in kuRaL. Now you should see குறள in
Tamil.
Note: To toggle between Tamil and English, press Alt + k (holding ALT key,
press "k")
How to use Kural
software with other applications
Using Kural
Software, you can directly input Tamil in any Microsoft application.
Using Unicode encoding
Since Unicode
become the international standard, most of the newly developed applications are
supporting Unicode. It is expected that in the future all the applications
running on Windows platform will support Unicode. This section describes about
how to configure other applications to work with Kural Software using Unicode encoding.
First bring up the
Kural main panel and click on Kural
setup button. Make sure the encoding is set to UNICODE.
Note: Microsoft Windows 98 operating system does not support Unicode, but you can use TSCu type fonts (freely available on internet) to prepare Unicode documents.
Microsoft Office and other applications
- Microsoft Office Products:
- Microsoft Word
- Microsoft PowerPoint
- Microsoft Outlook
- Microsoft Excel
- Open Office Products (and the localized
version)
- Open Office Writer
- Open Office Base
- Open Office Calc
- Open Office Draw
- Open Office Impress
- Open Office Math
- Star Office Products
- Star Office Writer
- Star Office Base
- Star Office Calc
- Star Office Draw
- Star Office Impress
- Paint Shop Pro
- WordPad
- Notepad
- Kavithai Word Processor
Usage:
Before creating or
editing any document:
- Select TA Tamil-US from
the Language Bar.
- Change the font to UniKural.
- Press the toggle key (default: alt+k)
- Start type in Tamil.
Note: Use toggle key
to switch between English and Tamil mode, so that you can type in Tamil as well
as in English.
Internet Explorer 7.x
Configuration:
- On the Tools menu, click Internet
Options.
- Click Fonts.
- Select Tamil for Language
Script option.
- Select UniKural for Webpage
font option.
- Click OK to complete the configuration.
Usage:
Before composing
or reading a Unicode-based email or page, set the encoding to Unicode. For that:
- On the View menu, select Encoding.
- Select Unicode (UTF-8).
Firefox 1.0.x
Configuration:
- On the Tools menu. click Options.
- Click General.
- Click Fonts & Colors…
- Select Tamil for Fonts
for option.
- Select UniKural for Serif,
Sans-serif and Monospace options.
- Click OK to complete the configuration.
Usage:
Before composing
or reading a Unicode based email or page, set the character set to
Unicode. For that:
- On the View menu, select Character
encoding.
- Select Unicode (UTF-8).
Netscape Browser 8.x
Configuration:
- On the Tools menu, select Options.
- Click on General.
- Click on Fonts & Colors.
- Select Tamil for Fonts for:
option.
- Select UniKural for Serif,
Sans-serif and Monospace options.
- Click OK to complete the configuration.
Usage:
Before composing
or reading a Unicode-based email or page, set the character set to
Unicode. For that:
- On the View menu, select Character
encoding.
- Select Unicode (UTF-8).
Outlook Express 6.x
Configuration:
- On the Tools menu, select Options.
- Click on Read.
- Click on Fonts.
- Select Tamil for Font
settings option.
- Select UniKural for Proportional
font option.
- Click OK to complete the configuration.
Usage:
Before composing
or reading a Unicode-based email or page, set the encoding to Unicode.
For that:
- On the Format menu, select Encoding.
- Select Unicode.
Thunderbird
Configuration:
- On the Tools menu, select Options.
- Click on Fonts.
- Select Tamil for Fonts for:
option.
- Select UniKural for Serif,
Sans-serif and Monospace options.
- Click OK to complete the configuration.
Usage:
Before composing a
Unicode based email or reading emails encoded in Unicode, set the encoding to
Unicode. For that:
- On the Format menu, select Character
Encoding.
- Select Unicode (UTF-8.)
Windows Live Messenger 8.x
Configuration:
None.
Usage:
- Before start chatting make sure the
font is set to UniKural, and ask your
friend to do the same.
- Press the toggle key (default: Alt+k).
- Start chatting in Unicode Tamil.
AOL Internet Messenger
Configuration:
None.
Usage:
- Before start chatting make sure the
font is set to UniKural, and ask your
friend to do the same.
- Press the toggle key (default: Alt+k).
- Start chatting in Unicode Tamil.
Google Talk
Configuration:
None
Usage:
- Set your web browser's encoding to
Unicode (See the browser section for details).
- Press the toggle key (default: Alt+k).
- Start chatting in Unicode Tamil.
GMail
- Login to your GMail account.
- Click on the Compose Mail link.
- Set your web browser's encoding to
Unicode (See the browser section for details).
- Press the toggle key (default: Alt+k).
- Start typing in Tamil.
Yahoo! Mail
- Login to your Yahoo! Mail account.
- Click on the Compose button.
- Set your web browser's encoding to
Unicode (See the browser section for details).
- Press the toggle key (default: Alt+k)
- Start typing in Tamil.
Hotmail
- Login to your Hotmail account.
- Click on the New Message button.
- Set your web browser's encoding to
Unicode (See the browser section for details).
- Press the toggle key (default: Alt+k)
- Start type in Tamil.
Web Search (Google, Yahoo! etc):
- Visit any web search site (Example:
www.google.com)
- Set your web browser's encoding to
Unicode (See the browser section for details).
- Press the toggle key (Default: Alt+k)
- Start typing in Tamil.
- Click Search button to search for Unicode Tamil content.
Using non-Unicode encoding
This section
describes about how to configure other applications to work with Kural Software
using non-unicode encoding. For simplicity we use TSC as the non-unicode
encoding and TSCKural as the font.
First bring up the
Kural main panel and click on Kural setup button. Make sure the encoding
is set to TSC.
Microsoft Office and other applications
- Microsoft Office Products:
- Microsoft Word
- Microsoft PowerPoint
- Microsoft Outlook
- Microsoft Excel
- Open Office Products 1.1.4 or 1.1.5(and
the localized version)
- Open Office Writer
- Open Office Base
- Open Office Calc
- Open Office Draw
- Open Office Impress
- Open Office Math
- Adobe applications
- Paint Shop Pro
- WordPad
- Notepad
- Kavithai Word Processor.
Usage:
Before start
creating or editing document:
- Change the font to TSCKural.
- Press the toggle key (default: Alt+k)
- Start typing in Tamil.
Note: Use toggle key
to switch between English and Tamil mode, so that you can type in Tamil as well
as in English.
Internet Explorer 7.x
Configuration:
- On the Tools menu, click on Internet
Options.
- Click on Fonts.
- Select User Defined for Language
Script option.
- Select TSCKural for Webpage font
option.
- Select TSCFixKural for Plain
text font option.
- Click OK to complete the
configuration.
Usage:
Before composing a
TSC based email or reading a page or email encoded in TSC, set the character set
to “User defined”. For that:
- On the View menu, select Encoding.
- Select User Defined. If it is
not listed, click on the More option and then select User
Defined.
Firefox 1.0.x
Configuration:
- On the Tools menu, select Options.
- Click General.
- Click Fonts & Colors…
- Select User Defined for Fonts
for option.
- Select TSCKural for Serif,
Sans-serif and Monospace options
- Click OK to complete the configuration.
Usage:
Before composing a
TSC based email or reading a page or email encoded in TSC, set the character set
to User defined. For that:
- On the View menu, select Character
encoding.
- Select User Defined. If it is
not listed, click on the More option and then select User
Defined.
Netscape Browser 8.x
Configuration:
- On the Tools menu, select Options.
- Click on General.
- Click on Fonts & Colors.
- Select User Defined for Fonts
for option.
- Select TSCKural for Serif,
Sans-serif and Monospace options.
- Click OK to complete the configuration.
Usage:
Before composing a
TSC based email or reading a page or email encoded in TSC, set the character
set to “User defined”. For that:
- On the View menu, select Character
encoding.
- Select User Defined. If it is
not listed, click on the More option and then select User
Defined
Outlook Express 6.x
Configuration:
- On the Tools menu, select Options.
- Click on Read.
- Click on Fonts.
- Select User Defined for Font
setings option.
- Select TSCKural for Proportional
font option.
- Select TSCFixKural for Fixed-width
font option.
- Click OK to complete the configuration.
Usage:
Before composing a
TSC based email or reading emails encoded in TSC, set the encoding to User
defined. For that:
- On the Format menu, select Encoding.
- Select User Defined. If it is
not listed, click on the More option and then select User
Defined
Thunderbird
Configuration:
- On the Tools menu, select Options.
- Click Fonts
- Select User Defined for Fonts
for option.
- Select TSCKural for Serif,
Sans-serif and Monospace options.
- Click OK to complete the
configuration.
Usage:
Before composing a
TSC based email or reading emails encoded in TSC, set the encoding to User
defined. For that:
- On the Format menu, select Character
encoding.
- Select User Defined. If it is
not listed, click on the More option and then select User
Defined
Edora
7.x
Configuration:
None.
Usage:
- Change the font to TSCKural.
- Press the toggle key (default: Alt+k)
- Start typing in Tamil.
Chat Clients
- Yahoo! Messenger 8.x
- Windows live messenger 8.x
- AOL Internet Messenger.
Configuration:
None.
Usage:
- Before start chatting, make sure the
font is set to TSCKural, and ask your friend to do the same.
- Press the toggle key (default: Alt+k)
- Start typing in Tamil.