Kural Manual

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

New	Clear all fields to compose a new email.
Open	Open the saved Paravai mail content form a PMF file.
Save	Save paravai email content into a PMF file, it remembers To/CC/Bcc, Subject and body of the email content.
Send	Send or deliver the email.
To/CC/Bcc	Receivers email addresses separated by comma.
Subject	Email title
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:

Gmail	First click on this button. It will automatically populate SMTP values.
SMTP server	Automatically populated.
Port	Automatically populated.
Authentication	Automatically populated.
SSL	Automatically populated.
Name	Your Gmail account name.
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.
Your Name	Your full name.
Email address	Your Gmail address.
Reply-To	Reply to email address, if it is different from your email address.
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?

Click on:	To:
Play	Start speaking from the beginning of the Kavithai document.
Stop	Stop speaking the Kavithai document.
Pause	Pause between lines. Press Play to speak again.
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!

Kurinji, mountainous regions, to commemorate rare Kurinji flowers, the color purple.
Mullai, forests regions, to increase the awareness of protecting our tropical rain forest, the color green.
Marutham, cropland, to salute formers who are backbone of our economy, the color of harvested paddy, yellow.
Neithal, coastal area, to thank our Nature for its greatest gift to humanity, the color of sea, blue.
Paalai, desert regions, to enjoy the majestic beauty of sand dune, the color of desert sand, red.

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