Four computer software in Tamil, were developed as per the specifications and standardisation announced by the State Government on June 13, were presented to Chief Minister M.Karunanidhi at the Secretariat , after a demonstration programme.
Suvita Tamil Wordprocessor and 'Kalaignar 99 educationist' were developed by Suvita Computers of Triplicane, the other two software, 'Kalaignar' and 'Anna", were developed in monolingual (Tamil) and bilingual (Tamil and English) fonts by 'Kanithamizh Sangam', a Chennai based association of Tamil computer software developers.
Welcoming the new software, the Chief Minister told mediapersons that this will encourage the Government's efforts to develop Tamil computer software. He said efforts are already on to introduce Tamil computers in selected Government Offices in Tiruvarur district. In due course, it will be extended to other districts also, he said.
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Madras University Tamil professor N.Deivasundaram
said the 'Kalaignar
99 - educationist' software is basically
meant for
students to learn and operate computer using Tamil language.
Among other things, it contains editor, fonts, keyboard,
vowel-consonant syllable and syllabic division.
Suvita Computers will give 700 such
software, free of cost, to the Tamil Nadu Government for distribution
to the Government schools for computer teaching. The other software
Suvita Tamil
Word-Processor has latest features like spell checker, grammer
checker, Tamil-English dictionary, the saurus,
disctionary of antonyms, suspicious pair dictionary, number-word
conversion, indexing, English-Tamil calender, Tamil E-Mail and
Web Browser.
A llangovan, president of the Kanithamizh
Sangam, said the two software developed by the association in
monolingual and
billingual fonts will be loaded into the internet, free of cost,
for the personal use of Tamils all over the world,and
for educational purposes.
Education Minister K.Anbazhagan, former
Union Minister Murasoli Maran
and Chief Secretary A.P.Muthusamy were present.
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