This utility can be used to convert data between various formats as follows:
Converter
This converter facilitates data conversion between ISFOC, ISCII and Unicode Font Type and vice versa.
Custom Convert
This converter facilitates conversion of data from a third party format to ISFOC format.
More Convert
This facilitates the following conversion of data:
- Tamil 99 or KGP formats to ISFOC format.
- ISFOC format to Tamil 99 format.
- Old Bilingual Web to New Bilingual Web.
Conversion is done word by word. Thus a word with multiple font types is not a valid candidate for conversion.
Conversion will not take place in following cases:
- English data in Bilingual/Bilingual Web to Monolingual/Monolingual Web.
How to use Converter?
The Converter utility can be accessed from Converter button on the ISM user interface.
The user interface of the Converter utility is shown below:
ISFOC Convert
Text Conversion
Step 1 ▬ Choose Text in Conversion Type on the ISM Convert user interface.
Step 2 ▬ Specify the language you want to work with, in Language.
Step 3 ▬ Specify the format of input text in Input Format.
Step 4 ▬ Enter the text you want to convert in Input Text.
Step 5 ▬ Specify the format of the converted text in Output Format.
Step 6 ▬ Click on Convert to view the converted text in Output Text.
Given below is a screen shot of Bilingual Devanagari text converted to Monolingual Web.
NOTE ▬ Use an ISCII compatible editor to view text converted to ISCII.
File Conversion
Step 1 ▬ Choose File in Conversion Type on the ISM Convert user interface.
NOTE ▬ Only .txt files can be converted using this tool.
Step 2 ▬ Specify the language you want to work with, in Language.
Step 3 ▬ In Input Format, specify the data format of input file.
Step 4 ▬ Click on Open to specify the file for conversion.
Step 5 ▬ Click on Save to specify the name and path of the converted file.
Step 6 ▬ Specify the format of the converted file in Output Format.
Step 7 ▬ Click on Convert to convert the file.
Given below is a screen shot of a Monolingual Devanagari file converted to Monolingual Web.
NOTE ▬ Conversion is supported for files in txt format.
Custom Convert
The Custom Convert page allows you to convert data in third party format to ISFOC/ISCII formats.
The steps for using Custom Convert are the same as ISFOC convert.
More Convert
The user interface of More Convert is shown below:
The basic steps for converting data are same as described in ISFOC Convert.
Following is a description of additional fields on this user interface.
Web convert
Facilitates conversion from old web format to new web format.
Tamil99/KGP
Facilitates conversion of data between ISFOC format to Tamil99 / KGP Standards and vice versa.
NOTE ▬ If you are using a UNICODE enabled system then the title of this application will be UniConverter.