NHM Converter – Tamil font encoding converter

by ravi on May 13, 2008

NHM Converter is a free-of-cost Tamil font encoding converter tool available for download from the makers of NHM writer.

Now, NHM Converter is available online too. Since this is browser dependent, now we have a converter for Linux, Mac operating systems too. Earlier, Suratha‘s Pongu Tamil was the only available tool.

The downloadble version is available for Windows and will be soon made available for Linux too.

Some of the features of NHM converter are:

1. Embedded fonts. You don’t need to install any fonts.

2. Speed of the conversion as conversion takes place at client side. We used NHM converter for the Tamil Wiktionary Automation project and it helped us convert font encoding of large MB files with ease.

3. Auto detect encoding

4. Extendability

5. Sometimes it will be helpful, if you want to type in a 8 -bit encoding without any font. (another usage of font embedding feature)

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{ 32 comments… read them below or add one }

mayooresan June 7, 2008 at 9:43 am

Ravi now using NHM writer..
wow… it’s way too cool..! handy and effective..

N.Balraj July 30, 2008 at 2:02 pm

Dear sir,

I am having ABBYY software to conver the English JPEG or PDF file into DATA files.

I need a software for TAMIL JPEG or TAMIL PDF file into DATA file.

Kindly mail me.

My Address is
1/1 Gopal Samy Street,
Shevapet, Salem 636 002.
Cell: 978978 34 36, 978 978 34 37

ravi August 5, 2008 at 12:19 am

sorry, balraj. i couldn’t find a software for your need yet.

saravanan.g December 26, 2008 at 8:27 pm

how to download the nhm converter

ravi December 27, 2008 at 4:03 am

Saravanan,

You can download from the link

http://www.nhm.in/software/downloads/NHMConverterSetup.exe

Details are at

http://software.nhm.in/Products/NHMConverter/tabid/60/Default.aspx

Geetha May 6, 2009 at 9:09 am

Hi RAVI

I need to convert one microsoft word document into Tamil…

I need the software.

Regards
Geetha

ravi May 6, 2009 at 9:18 am

Hi geetha,

try installing nhm converter from

http://software.nhm.in/Products/NHMConverter/tabid/60/Default.aspx

or use the online converter from

http://software.nhm.in/Services/NHMConverter/tabid/56/Default.aspx

These should help you convert your word file

Rethnaraj May 6, 2009 at 5:09 pm

Dear Mr.Ravi,

I need help on using tamil font in wordpress. How we can make posts, categories and links in tamil in wordpress?

I hope you will help me sir.

Thanks.

ravi May 6, 2009 at 5:29 pm

Hi Mr. Rethnaraj

There is nothing special you should do to type in Tamil in WordPress. Use tools like NHM writer and you can type in anywhere in Tamil offline / Online

you can download nhm writer from

http://software.nhm.in/Products/NHMWriter/tabid/55/Default.aspx

Rethnaraj May 6, 2009 at 5:38 pm

thanks sir,

another thing. how to create categories in tamil and in post comments place, how to change ‘leave a reply’ in tamil?

like in Tamil Hindu.com

how they change everything to tamil?

ravi May 6, 2009 at 5:53 pm: If you have a blog like http://xyz.wordpress.com hosted at wordpress.com then go to /wp-admin/options-general.php and choose the blog language as Tamil. You can expect many of the blog interface to show in Tamil. But not guaranteed 100%.

If you are hosting the site by your own like TamilHindu.com, then you need to edit the theme files manually. the theme files are located at /wp-content/themes/

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bhuvanadevi May 26, 2009 at 4:40 pm

res sir
how to download convert
software please
mail to me

ravi May 27, 2009 at 9:32 am: bhuvanadevi, the nhm download site has some problems now. Will give you the link once it is ok.

Reply
ravi May 30, 2009 at 7:04 pm: bhuvanadevi, please try downloading from http://software.nhm.in/writer.html

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Kuma June 15, 2009 at 11:12 am

Hello sir i need a help.. i have a some text in Avvipro but i wont that in TsCu Inaimathi.. i got use try that Avvaipro converter also but it dosn’t work, do u have a any idea to convert this thing.
i need a reply as soon as.

thank you
by
kuma

bala October 11, 2009 at 11:07 am

hai i have converted pdf to doc but the document can not be seen properly actually in adobe properties i have found that the fonts used where
tamil-029(embedded subset)
tamil-083(embedded subset)

K October 20, 2009 at 8:46 pm

Hello,

I am a mac user. I’ve downloaded the converter, but I don’t know how to use it. What program do I use to open it? Please post step by step instructions.

Thanks,
K

E. Annamalai January 9, 2010 at 5:54 am

The NHM converter is really nice to use, but while converting Bamini to unicode I find that several characters are not translated correctly. Are you aware of how I can get around that?

Thanks,
Annamalai

Rathan January 12, 2010 at 6:17 pm

Hi Ravi!
I couldn’t read Tamil font in web sites. It appears as question mark. Please solve this problem.

Thanks with
Rathan

ravi February 10, 2010 at 12:58 am: Hi rathan, can I know some websites you have problem with? Please let me know the operating system, browser you use too. In general you should be able to Unicode sites like Tamil Wikipedia ( http://ta.wikipedia.org ) without problem. Try installing Firefox 3.5+ and NHM writer. It should enable Tamil support.

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Kirthika June 8, 2010 at 12:45 am

Hi,

I am a Mac user. Please give me the link to download NMH writer to use in mac.

Thanks in advance

Vijay Anand June 25, 2010 at 11:32 pm

Hello Sir,

This is Vijay Anand here. I have installed WordPress 3.0 into my domain and I want to display some contents in Tamil letters and also Hindi and Telugu letters in somewhere in my site/page.

Can you please tell me the way to display those languages specially Tamil letters in WordPress 3.0 (anybody can help me)

This is my website http://worldsoftdiary.co.cc/
and my mail id: anand.8487@gmail.com

bacqrudeen September 1, 2010 at 8:44 pm

Hai Rai,
I am bacqrudeen…
Suddenly Tamil Typing Is Not Working In NHM Writer.
Even I Press Alt 2 and I Have Manually selected Alt 2Tamil Phonetic Unicode..What to?
Regards
Bacqrudeen

Kumaresan September 9, 2010 at 5:58 am

அன்பு நண்பர் ரவி,
என் அலுவலக கணினியில் நான் பதிவிறக்கம் செய்துவைத்துப் பயன்படுத்தி வந்த என்எச்எம் ரைட்டர் திடீரென செயல்படவில்லை. கேசர்பிளை வைரஸ் எதிர்ப்பு மென்பொருளால் ஏற்பட்ட பிரச்சனை என்று சொல்கிறார்கள். இதற்கு ஏதாவது மாற்று இருக்கிறதா?

Marat Safin December 24, 2010 at 5:29 pm

I’m Mac OS X 10.6.5 user.
I can see Wikipedia tamil perfectly with Firefox browser.
But when I copy them and paste on MS OFFICE WORD 2011 It just comes in boxes..
Help me out. Please!
Which font will work?

Thanks.
Raashid

subha January 23, 2011 at 3:05 pm

hello sir i copy some tamil books and paste in ms word it appears as
like question and box help me sir

Selva February 7, 2011 at 1:01 am

I use mac 10.4.11. Web site tamil font I can’t understand. How to change Bamini font.

balachandran February 9, 2011 at 9:31 am

sir
kindly i am using linux suse please guide me how to install nhm writer

step by step because i am not a trained compter operator

thanking you
balachandran

Praveen Kumar February 19, 2011 at 10:41 am

Hi RAVI

I need to convert one microsoft word document into Malayalam…

I need the software.

Regards
Praveen

SB April 7, 2011 at 7:06 am

நான் என் கணினியில் என்ஹெச்எம் கன்வர்ட்டரைப் பயன்படுத்தி வந்திருந்தேன். தற்சமயம் அது வேலை செய்யவில்லை. என்ஹெச்எம் வலைத்தளத்திலிருந்து புதிதாக கணினியிறக்கம் செய்யவும் இயலவில்லை. குறிப்பிட்ட வலைப்பக்கம் கிடைப்பதில்லை. (error:101 or so) அதில் ஏதாவது பிரச்சினையா அல்லது அது பணம் செலுத்த வேண்டிய சேவையாகிவிட்டதா?

jagan June 16, 2011 at 10:29 pm

நன்றி. என் எச் எம் ஆனால் எனக்கும் ஒரு குறை நான் intel i3 processor use செய்கிறேன். அதில் ms word, excel உள்ளிட்டவைகளில் unicode நன்றாக செயல்படுகிறது ஆனால் photoshop ல் மட்டும் அது வேலை செய்வதில்லையே எதனால்?
மேலும் இதற்கான பதிலை யாராவது தெரிந்தால் உடனே தெரியபடுத்தவும்……
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mohankumar May 11, 2012 at 10:00 pm

i’ve a problem on NHM software that it has not working properly on corel draw…. Please help me….. or give me any other solution….!!

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