Indic Script Converter

INDscripteR - a multi-lingual tool for librarians, library users and linguists

Scripts of various languages all over the world have been a subject of interest, study and research ever since they came into existence.

INDscripteR is the very first software created by the Software Division of DK supporting conversion of Romanized text as per ALA/LC Romanization Tables into the original Indic script of that very language using Unicode.  In this multi-cultural and multi-lingual world, INDscripteR helps librarians and library users to look at and identify a product data on the computer screens in the scripts it is originally available. INDscripteR  is available for converting texts into Assamese, Bengali, Gujarati, Hindi, Kannada, Malayalam, Marathi, Nepali, Oriya, Panjabi, Sanskrit, Tamil,Telugu and Urdu languages. Since a significant number of titles appear in India in Tibetan language, INDscripteR already supports its conversion.

Other Products :

• INDenhanceR --a tool for enhancing MARC records with Indic/South Asian Scripts.

Salient features of INDscripteR  

• Conversion of romanized text from ANSI / MARC-8 to Unicode / UTF-8
• Conversion of romanized text into original Indic script using Unicode
• Text conversion possible only if romanized using ALA-LC Romanization tables
• Options for various languages available according to user requirements
• Supports without depending on which library management system is in use.
• Very easy and convenient for the end user
• Various options of licensing / billing available customized to the user requirement
• Regular updates of the software will be made available to the customer
• Developed by a company completely Devoted to Knowledge and known for its library friendly services for the last 4 decades.

Why you need INDscripteR

Multi-lingual world:

India is pretty well known for its vast cultural, ethnic and language affinities and these have been drawing the attention of not only the scholars but also the people in general worldwide.  Native Indians have been migrating for centuries and are spread in almost all corners of the globe, and so are the Indian languages.  Here comes a great challenge for librarians, archivists, linguists and library / archive users to understand and identify the scripts being used in these languages.  And INDscripteR  takes care of most of them.

Tag 880 of MARC 21 records:

 Tag 880 denotes Alternate Graphic Representation (generally a script) of another field in the same record. If your collection includes books in any of the languages given above, and the library management system being used is Unicode compatible, then INDscripteR  can multi-fold the usefulness of your collection. You can convert the major fields of a book/record into its original script and save the same in tag 880. This will help the librarian as well as the end user of the book to search and identify a book.

       Library Management Softwares not supporting Unicode :

            In such a situation, there is no need to change the system in vogue. Simply paste and convert the data
            through the INDscripteR view/print the  same. 

Minimum System Requirements 

• Framework. Net 2.0 required.  Available for free download from microsoft.com
• Internet access is a must while running INDscripteR
• For all the languages, except Tibetan, ‘Arial MS Unicode’ font is used. For Tibetan ‘Tibetan Machine Uni’ font is used.
• Following is the chart relating to operating system requirements for various languages

 Note: For best performance please use Microsoft Vista operating system as it has Unicode 5.0 support.

How to use INDscripteR  

• To convert romanized text from ANSI / MARC-8 to Unicode / UTF-8

1. Enter or paste romanized text which is already in ANSI / MARC-8 in the first text box.
2. Click on “Convert to Unicode” button.
3. The text will get converted into Unicode and will be available in second text box.

• To convert romanized text in Unicode / UFT-8 to original Indic script

1. Enter romanized text in Unicode in second text box. For this purpose, 3 options are available:
   • Enter text manually.
   • Paste text after copying from your library database.
   • Text already available in this box due to conversion from ANSI / MARC-8.
2. Select the language to which you want to convert to.
3. Click on “Convert to original script” button.
4. The text in the selected script will be available in the third text box.
5. Paste this text into tag 880.

 DK offer their services to convert your entire database of Indian languages through the INDscripteR. 
Enquiries are welcome.

Contact Us 

Please contact us for any queries or details regarding INDscripteR at <custserv@dkagencies.com> 

In case a user is following any other standard method of romanization than ALA/LC Romanization Tables, please write to us at <custserv@dkagencies.com> for specially developing the possibility of such a converter.  DK have the required expertise and technical know-how to do it on a customized basis.

Screen shots of INDscripteR

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Other Products :

• INDenhanceR --a tool for enhancing MARC records with Indic/South Asian Scripts.

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