pombredanne / pymozhi

Pymozhi is a python,tkinter based malayalam typing software capable of converting 'Manglish' (Phonetic English-Malayalam or Anglicized malayalam) into Malayalam in UTF-8(unicode) fonts like Kartika using a transliteration scheme.

Introduction:

PYMOZHI- A Phonetic malayalam typing software developed using python and pygtk(if you want to use tkinter_ver.py, Tkinter Package is required).

This Zip File contains

pymozhi_gtk.py -- A GTK version. gtk and python are prebuilt in ubuntu. so no special softwares requires. for using in windows you need python and gtk packages.

patterns.py -- The files that contains classes and functions

pyMozhi is capable of converting 'Manglish' (Phonetic English-Malayalam or Anglicized malayalam) into Malayalam in unicode font using a transliteration scheme. After downloading the above zip file, use Winzip/PKUNZIP to extract the three files to a directory of your choice.

How to run the program

You need malayalam unicode font (such as 'kartika.ttf', 'meera.ttf', etc) in your computer to use pymozhi successfully. You need to type in "Manglish"(phonetic English-Malayalam or anglicized malayalam) to make use of the transliteration scheme, the major strength and distinctive character of this program. You DO NOT NEED the complicated Kerala keyboard map for this program.

On Windows

If all the specified files are in the directory. Double click pymozhi_gtk(you need python and pygtk).

On Linux

Since python and gtk are avilable on Linux, you dont need any additional packages to run pymozhi_gtk.py.

*open terminal
*go to directory 'pymozhi'
*type: python pymozhi_gtk.py

how to use the program

A window similar to MS. Word will appear but with an upper and lower division. The cursor will be in the lower section where your input text goes. You type in Manglish. The upper section of the window will show the text in malayalam simultaneously with your input. Click on the Scheme button to understand the Manglish transliteration scheme. if you can take keep a printed copy of Manglish for your reference. Once you finish typing , you may save the malayalam text to a file of your choice or cut/copy and paste into any word processor for further editing.

Notes: fork us on git hub

we need your help so please forkus on github (http://www.github.com/suhailvs/pymozhi). github.com/zuhail