Congrats for the google team for coming up with an intuitive Tamil transliteration scheme. Pros: – Tamil transliteration tools have so far been completely user dependent to specify the correct keys to achieve the desired spelling whereas google transliteration guesses the word like a mobile phone dictionary servie. So a novice user need not remember, [...]
Testimonials from friends who changed to Tamil99 I have already changed to tamil 99. it looks really intelligent keypad. Stopped using **** after reading your article. Very valid point that in future understanding tamizh in terms of english letters is equivalent to slow poisoning. – சத்தியா 20 ஆண்டுகளாக பழகியிருந்த ஆங்கில தட்டச்சு முறைக்குக் கூடுதலாகக் கற்றுக் கொண்ட [...]
Tamil99 users should be aware of some shortcuts / Syntax. 1. To write க்க just type க க in sequence. No need to press f after first க to bring the dot over க. similarly, த+த = த்த, ம+ம = ம்ம. 2. For frequent combination of letters like ந்த, ஞ்ச, ன்ற, ண்ட, ங்க, ம்ப the [...]