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Azhagi - God's Own App - 'Direct Typer' module of Azhagi's Addins for MS Word
The first version of this page was uploaded on 27-Nov-2022. I shall keep updating this page now and then.

Introduction

The 'Indic Direct Typer' which you find in AAW (short for "Azhagi's Addins for MS Word") has an 'X' factor, 🙂 so to say, in typing and gives you a Unique editing experience (superfast and easy) while typing in MS Word. Plus, much more..... At present (as of Nov-2022), the typing is limited to the LFK 'Tamil+Unicode+PhoneticTransliteration'.

AAW's Direct Typer (DT, for short). What does it do?

As of Nov-2022, DT helps to transliterate in Tamil in MS word (and other applications as well), even without installing Azhagi+. Time permitting, I will add the facility to type in other languages, in future versions of AAW. For a better understanding, kindly see the screenshot here. Please note that if your wish is to type directly in applications other than MS Word only, then just start and keep MS Word running, whenever you wish to type in Tamil. Thats all. This is similar to how Azhagi+ needs to be kept running, if you wish to type in Tamil.

Is there any other 'Direct Typer' like the one found in AAW?

As far as I can say, there is no 'Direct Typer' like the one you find in AAW.

How to avail DT?

Kindly read this section ("How to avail AAW?") section FULLY. Clear-cut instructions are present therein as to how to obtain the download link for AAW from me. Once you install AAW in your system, you can avail DT easily, as it is one of the several modules of AAW.

Direct Indic Typer - Screenshot

Please share your feelings of joy, gratitude and appreciation, uninhibitedly

As I keep saying repeatedly, Azhagi is God's Own App. So, the more you keep sharing your happiness (esp. effervescently, if you can, as written in detail here) on DT's features, the more Glory and Thanks to the Lord Almighty. Not anything you say appreciatively on DT goes to me, as I am a non-entity. All your feelings of joy, gratitude and appreciation reaches the Lord Almighty straight. That's the spirit in which I work with respect to Azhagi SatKarma. As Ever, All Glory and Thanks to the Lord Almighty only. For Ever. I am an utter non-entity.

So, my most humble request is that before trying to find out any bugs in DT and report the same to me, kindly share with me FIRST as to what you feel about AAW's various modules (DT, AT and RT, etc.) and their features.

That's to say, as such, you need not even try out AAW, initially. After going through the web page links carrying the features of AAW's various modules, just let me know heartily first, as to what you feel about the various modules (DT, AT, RT, etc.) and their features. That's what I welcome foremost, as the very first thing, from any user. Because, even if there are errors in any of the modules, they would anyway get corrected sooner or later.

What is important for me (from any user), as one's initial feedback, upon getting to know and use a new module/feature of AAW, is your hearty feelings. I have already written about this in detail at https://azhagi.com/azhagi's-addins-for-msword.php#kesavan. Please read, if and when your time/interest permits.

Beloved Baba says: "Egoism will be destroyed if you constantly tell yourself, 'It is He, not I’, 'He is the force; I am but the instrument’. Keep His Name always on the tongue; Contemplate His glory whenever you see or hear anything beautiful or grand." (Source: https://www.azhagi.com/baba/2013/05-2013/nectars/azhagi-dot-com-baba-nectar-03-05-2013.php)
"It is dedication to the Lord that sanctifies all activities. He is the Prompter, the Executor, the Giver of the required strength and skill, and the Enjoyer of the fruit thereof. So dedication must come naturally to you, for all is His, and nothing is yours." (Source: https://www.azhagi.com/baba/2013/09-2013/nectars/azhagi-dot-com-baba-nectar-23-09-2013.php)

Features overview of DT

• At any point of time, you can choose to transliterate in Tamil - EITHER in all the applications OR in MS Word alone OR in any other application alone (e.g. Notepad)


• Single-application Focussed typing can be of tremendous help to some users since once you press your hotkey in a particular application with an intention to keep typing in Tamil in that application alone, then, if you switch over to another application, type in English as usual in that application, and come back to your 'Focussed application', then you can straightaway start typing in Tamil in it, from where you left off earlier. No need to press any hotkey again.


• The default hotkey for typing is set to Ctrl+` (i.e. Control + Backquote character)


• You can change the default hotkey or presently active hotkey, in various ways. Along with the modifiers (Ctrl, Alt, Shift, Win), you can have either of A to Z (OR) either of the punctuations {` - = [ ] \ ; ' / . ,} (OR) either of F1-to-F12 (OR) either of 0-to-9. You can of course choose 'None' too.


• When setting/changing your hotkey, the keys "F1-to-F12" and "0-to-9" will be available for selection 'only if you opt for the same'. My suggestion is not to enable them unless you are confident that you will not choose an hotkey which is already used in Azhagi+. Suppose Azhagi+ is not running and if you choose an hotkey for your DT which is already set in Azhagi+, then it may not be enabled in Azhagi+ when you start Azhagi+ again, with AAW also active simultaneously. So, kindly choose your hotkeys in AAW prudently. Since the reverse case is also possible - choosing an hotkey in Azhagi+ which is already set in AAW, kindly be discrete while setting/changing your hotkey, with the option "Include the keys F1-F12, 0-9 too" kept ticked.


• You can start typing in Tamil even without pressing any hotkey too. For that, you just need to press the 'T' button. That's all to it. Just press the 'T' button again, to start typing in English as usual.


• There is an option to start typing in Tamil in all applications, "automatically" too, as soon as MS Word is started. i.e. even without pressing any hotkey OR even the 'T' button. As soon as you start MS Word, you can start typing in Tamil anywhere. To get back to typing in English, of course, you will need to press the currently active hotkey OR press the 'T' button in MS Word (making it appear unhighlighted). You can of course choose to close MS Word itself. That will "automatically" enable your normal English typing.


• Coming to the 'X' factor 🙂, you can use the 'x' modifier to effect a variety of modifications to the text you type. For e.g., after typing 'ல்', if you press 'x', it will turn to 'ள்'. If you press 'x' again, it will turn to 'ல்'. This is just one example. You can do the same in the case of ர்/ற், ன்/ண், ல்ல், ள்ள், ர்ர், ற்ற், ன்ன், ண்ண், எ, ஒ, ஏ, ஓ, etc. etc. etc. The whole set of such modifications can be found in the file xmods-Tamil-Unicode-PhoneticTransliteration.txt (C:\Azhagi - God's Own App\Azhagi's Addins For MS Word\aathmaa\azXMLs\Tamil\xmods-Tamil-Unicode-PhoneticTransliteration.txt)
  NOTE: 'x' modifier is liberally used in the mappings of other Indian languages (Hindi, Telugu, Malayalam, etc.) in Azhagi+. The same strategy I have used for Tamil also. So, it is not anything new I am introducing. In fact, I have implemented this 'x' modifier for Tamil transliteration in 2016 itself, but in Azhagi's Android App (aa.php). You can view Azhagi Android app's Tamil transliteration scheme's key mappings here. Therein, I have written about the 'x' modifiers.


• If you are used to typing in Alt+4 phonetic mode of Azhagi+ (ee=ஏ, oo=ஓ, wa=ந), then you have the option to use these mappings alone along with the supreme flexibility which the Alt+3 PhoneticTransliteration mode of Azhagi+ offers (while typing a variety of words like manju, mandram, viswam, neenga, katru, dheivam, mei, kaai, poi, etc. etc. etc.) which the Alt+4 typing mode does not offer you. If you wish to, you can effect some other alternate mappings changes too, the whole set of which can be found in the beginning section of the xmods-Tamil-Unicode-PhoneticTransliteration.txt file.


• Coming to the Super-FAST 🙂 editing which is possible in MS Word (in MS Word alone). Well, if you are someone accustomed to typing in MS Word only (or predominantly in MS Word only), then you are in for a Splendiferous TREAT 🙂, so to say, while editing your already typed text. First of all, whenever you move your cursor around and start typing in a different point of your document, you can press 'n' to get 'ந்' anywhere at the start of a new word!!! If you press 'n' anywhere in the middle of a Tamil word, you will get 'ன்' only! And, to change a word like 'இறைவன்' to 'இறைவனால்', it is just enough to place your cursor after 'ன்' and type 'aal'!!! No need to delete 'ன்' and type 'naal'. Similar kind of editing is possible for any Tamil word.


• In order to provide an additional way to type Egaaram, the key mapping 'eee' has also been introduced. So, you can type 'keee' also to get கே. Furthermore, during editing, you can avail the 'x' modifier and type 'x' after 'கெ' to change it to கே. All said and done, if 'Use alternate mappings' is in ticked status, then you can type 'kee' itself to get கே. Also, during editing, you can press 'e' itself after 'கெ' to change it to கே.


• Similarly, as an additional way to type Ogaaram, the key mapping 'ooo' also has been introduced. So, you can type 'kooo' also to get கோ. Furthermore, during editing, you can avail the 'x' modifier and type 'x' after 'கொ' to change it to கோ. All said and done, if 'Use alternate mappings' is in ticked status, then you can type 'koo' itself to get கோ. Also, during editing, you can press 'o' itself after 'கொ' to change it to கோ.


• To facilitate typing words like மெய்ஞ்ஞானம் without using shift key (for typing G), the additional mapping 'gngn' has been introduced. So, typing 'meygngnaanam' itself will give மெய்ஞ்ஞானம். No need to type 'meyGnGnaanam' though that will also work, as usual.


• By the by, whenever you are typing in Tamil, the 'T' button will remain highlighted (along with the letters 'TA', to indicate that you are typing in Tamil). Otherwise, it will remain normal (unhighlighted).


• In order to use the 'x' modifier and alternate mappings to your own best preferred convenience, you can just edit the xmods-Tamil-Unicode-PhoneticTransliteration.txt file directly in Notepad. Under the "Remarks" tag in this file, I have clearly explained various aspects of this file. Please read, explore and most importantly write back your hearty feelings upon using them.


• If you can come up with your own good set of "'x' modifiers AND alternate mappings" and share it with me and/or in the FILES section (https://www.facebook.com/groups/azhagi/files) of Azhagi's Facebook Group, I would feel mighty glad.
  
  Note: I myself have not tried modifying the "xmods-Tamil-Unicode-PhoneticTransliteration.txt" file yet. I just created this file in 2019 and afterwards I came back to it only in 2022, to release it in AAW. I believe the mappings are modifiable (to a good extent) to suit one's own convenience. Kindly explore and let me know.


• If you feel like using a modifier other than 'x', then that is also possible. Two other characters can be specified in the abovementioned file - either \ (backslash) OR ` (backquote character). Personally, I use 'x' itself since I do not make use of 'x' to type 'க்ஷ்'.


• There is an option for Smart Editing, which you can avail, if you wish to. All about it here.


• There is an option related to 'Editing of Tamil texts copy/pasted from external sources'. This option is also explained in the abovementioned link. So, please visit and read.


• One can use the typing areas in RT and AT modules (and any of the future modules) to transliterate in Tamil in them too. You can just copy/paste (Ctrl+C and Ctrl+V) the Tamil text you generate in those text boxes to anywhere you like.


• You can clear the text box in the DT screen (use Ctrl+A to select all text) too and transliterate in it. In fact, if you click the 'HELP' button you find at the bottom of the DT screen, the text box in DT screen will automatically get cleared and you can start typing in it straightaway. No need to press any hotkey. You can just copy/paste (Ctrl+C and Ctrl+V) the Tamil text you generate in this way to anywhere else you like. For better understanding, please see the screenshots here.


• Please note that the transliteration experience in the text areas of DT, RT, AT, etc. will be quite same as the way you to type in MS Word with the 'SuperFast' and 'Smart Editing' options ticked.


• I am sure the ardent users of Alt+3 OR Alt+4 phonetic transliteration typing modes of Azhagi+ will have a great time exploring DT and enjoying its fantabulous features and thus contribute further more in further less time to the society. My best wishes to anyone for one's all noble endeavours.


• As I always keep saying and writing, Azhagi is God's Own App. So, as an user, myself, of God's Own App Azhagi, I am really loving/admiring the features of DT. I really do feel happy to that extent that I use words like 'splendiferous', 'fantabulous', etc. and share such happy feelings with you all. As written here in great detail, it would be fantastic if any established entity can take up Azhagi and spread it to all on a very large scale, keeping it free all the time. No need to mention anything at all, of the history of Azhagi or about me, a non-entity. The app's name also can be changed (need not be retained as Azhagi), if the entity wants to. My only humble requirement/request would be to keep Azhagi free at all the times. That's all.


• The 'X' modifier and 'alternate mappings' aspect of DT, along with the AT and RT modules (and a few more) were ready in 2019 Jan or so itself, as part of Azhagi+ 10.46 (the supposedly next version of Azhagi+). But then, I just could not release Azhagi+ 10.46 at all after testing out all the various modules I had added in it. Happy that a way was shown by the Lord Almighty, at last, to release the modules already done (as part of the upcoming Azhagi+ 10.46), through AAW, one by one.


• Well, in light of the above info, you can very well realise that more modules will be added 🙂 to AAW in times to come, in addition to the DT, AT and RT modules which have got added in Nov 2022.

Indic Direct Typer - the 'T' button

Above screenshot is from MS Word 365 ('T' button in normal state)


Above screenshot is from MS Word 365 ('T' button in pressed state)


Above screenshot is from MS Word 2010 ('T' button in pressed state)


Above screenshot is from MS Word 2013 ('T' button in pressed state)


Above screenshot is from MS Word 2007 ('T' button in pressed state)

Indic Direct Typer - the Internal Unicode Editor

Above screenshot shows all the text in DT screen's text box having been cleared by you, for you to start typing in Tamil therein directly.


Above screenshot shows all the text in DT screen's text box having been cleared automatically (by clicking the 'HELP' button), for you to start typing in Tamil therein directly.

A SAGA of LOVE

• If I look back at the journey undertaken by this so-called-body with Azhagi SatKarma so far, all-in-all, I see it as a SAGA OF LOVE only.


• I hope you, as a user-wellwisher of Azhagi, see the journey the same way. Sairam.....