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Prof. V.C. Kulandaiswamy, 
Indira Gandhi National Open University, New Delhi, India Download

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àò¤ó¢ ªñò¢ àèó â¿î¢¶è¢è¬÷ å¼ ê¦ó£è «ññ¢ð´î¢¶îô¢ 
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Point Pedro, Jaffna, Sri Lanka Download

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Ýê¤ó¤òó¢, ªïô¢«õô¤, ò£ö¢ð¢ð£íñ¢ Download

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ܼé¢è£ì¢ê¤òè õ÷£èñ¢, â¿ñ¢Ìó¢, ªêù¢¬ù 600 008, Þï¢î¤ò£ Download

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ÝøèØó¢ º. èí¢íù¢, 
ܼé¢è£ì¢ê¤òè õ÷£èñ¢, â¿ñ¢Ìó¢, ªêù¢¬ù, Þï¢î¤ò£ Download
 

TOPIC B - SCRIPT REFINEMENT 

Phonetic characters in Tamil 
P. Chellappan, Palaniappa Bros, Chennai, India Download

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èô¢ð£è¢èñ¢-603102, è£ë¢ê¤¹óñ¢ ñ£õì¢ìñ¢, îñ¤ö¢ï£´ Download

îñ¤ö¤ô¢ ðù¢ù£ì¢´ åô¤ò¤òô¢ ªï´é¢èí袰 - åô¤ªðòó¢ð¢¹, 
èí¤ð¢ð¤òô¢ «ðꢢªê£ô¤ò¤òô¢ ð¤óꢬùèÀè¢è£ù î¦ó¢¬õ «ï£è¢è¤ 
S. Senthil Nathan, Editor Kanimozhi Magazine, Chennai -600 086, Tamilnadu 

îñ¤ö¢ â¿î¢¶è¢è÷¤ô¢ Ýé¢è¤ô åô¤è¬÷𢠹°î¢¶îô¢ 
ê¤. îé¢è«õô¢ 
ñì¢ìè÷ð¢¹, Þô颬è Download

Language: Speech or Writing, which is Primary? 
Prof. V. Gnanasundaram, 
Central Institute of Indian Languages, Mysore, India Download

Simplification of Tamil Grammar for Internet 
N. Navin (c/o N. Nadaraja Pillai) 
Central Institute of Indian Languages, Mysore, India Download
 

TOPIC C - LANGUAGE - GLOSSARY OF TECH TERMS

è¬ôꢪê£ø¢è÷¢ - ðù¢ù£ì¢´ «ï£è¢è¤ô¢ îóð¢ð´î¢îñ¢ 
Linguistic basis of Glossary making and problems and standardizing Tamil Glossary Terms. 
Dr. S.V. Shanmugam, Dr.Rm. Sundaram, 
Dr. Radha Chellappan & Dr. S. Jean Lawrence 
International Institute for Tamil Studies, Chennai, India 

Technical Terms in the Traditional Science of Tamilnadu 
Dr. E.S. Sundaramurthy, Dr. Era Ilavarasu 
and Dr.G. Vijayavenugopal 
International Institute for Tamil Studies, Chennai 

Problems in translating terms in Information Technology in Tamil 
P. Chandra Bose 
Presidency College, Chennai-600 005, India Download

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èí¤ð¢ªð£ø¤î¢¶¬ø, ñí¢ìôî¢ ªî£¬ôî£ìó¢¹ ðò¤ø¢ê¤ ¬ñòñ¢, 
ªêù¢¬ù, îñ¤ö¢ï£´, Þï¢î¤ò£ Download
 

TOPIC D - STANDARDS -UNICODE TAMIL SEGMENT

Tamil in Unicode 
V Krishnamoorthy 
Inforeed (Information Research And Education, 
Gandhi Nagar, Adayar, Chennai 600 020 India Download

Ýú¢è¤ ñø¢Áñ¢ Îù¤«è£´ îñ¤ö¢ °ø¤ñ¬øè÷¤ù¢ ê£ó¢¹ ªêòô¢î¤øù¢ ñî¤ð¢¹ 
èí¤ð¢ªð£ø¤è¢ «è£ì¢ìñ¢, Þï¢î¤ó£è£ï¢î¤ ܵõ£ó£ò¢ê¢ê¤ ¬ñòñ¢, 
èô¢ð£è¢èñ¢-603102, è£ë¢ê¤¹óñ¢ ñ£õì¢ìñ¢, îñ¤ö¢ï£´ Download

Tamil Encoding in Unicode - A comparative study 
P. Chellappan, 
Palaniappa Bros, Chennai, Tamilnadu Download

Îù¤«è£®ô¢ õô¤»Áé¢è÷¢
¢M. Anto Peter, 
Softview Computers, Chennai 600 029, Tamilnadu, India Download
 
 

TOPIC E - TECHNOLOGY - TAMIL IMPLEMENTATION 

PANDITHAM: An Optimal Character Oriented Protocol for Thamizh and Multilingual Computing 
P. Navaneethan, R. Madheswaran, 
R. Balasubramaniam and R.V. Bharathidasan 
Dept of Computer Applications, 
PSG College of Technology, Coimbatore, India Download

Tamil Support inside the Linux kernel 
R. Vinodh Kumar, 
Dept.of Computer Science & Automation, 
Indian Institute of Science Bangalore - 5600012, India Download

A Bilingual Search Engine for Tamil and English Sites 
M. Ponnavaiko & K. Karthik 
Crescent Engineering College, Vandalur, Chennai -600 048, India Download

Tamil Java - A Tamil pre-processor for Java 
M. Ponnavaikko, S.S. Sriram and S. Syed Shajahan, 
Crescent Engineering College, Vandalur, Chennai -600 048, India Download

Idham-2000 : Advanced Tamil Interface for Microsoft Windows 
Manoj Annadurai and Benjamin Martyn, 
Chennai Kavigal, Chennai, Tamilnadu, India Download

Development of PANDITHAM -based Applications for Thamizh 
P. Navaneethan, R. Madheswaran, 
R. Balasubramaniam and R.V. Bharathidasan 
Dept of Computer Applications, 
PSG College of Tech, Coimbatore, India 
 

TOPIC -F TOOLS FOR TAMIL COMPUTING - OCR

A complete OCR for printed Tamil Text 
A.G. Ramakrishnan and K. Mahata, 
Dept of Electrical Engg, Indian Inst. of Science, Bangalore, India Download

Handwritten Tamil Character Recognition Using Neural Network 
N. Dhamayanthi 
(Dept of Computer Science, Cresent Engg. College, Chennai) & P. Thangavel 
(Dept of Computer Science, Univ of Madras, Chennai ) Download

Recognition of Handwritten Tamil Characters Using Fuzzy Classificatory Approach 
R.M. Suresh, S. Arumugam and K.P. Aravanan, 
Manonmaniam Sundarnar University, Thirunelveli, Tamil Nadu, India 163 Download

High Precisiso Optical Character Recognition of Printed Tamil Characters 
M.K. Saravanan, 
AU-KBC Center for Internet & Telecommunication Research, 
Madras Inst. of Technology, Chrompet, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India Download

Üê¢ê¤ì¢ì îñ¤ö¢ â¿î¢¶è¢è÷¢ ܬìò£÷ñ¢ è£íô¢ 
S. Srinivasan 
(Computer Center, Indira Gandhi Center for Nuclear Research Kalpakkam, India ) and 
Rama. Sundaram 
(former Head of the Dept, Dept of Tamil Development, Tamil Univ, Tanjore, India ) Download
 
 

TOPIC -G TOOLS FOR TAMIL COMPUTING
Speech Recognition, Spell Check, Keyboards, Natural Languaðe Processing 

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S. Srinivasan, C. Datta and P. Srinivasan 
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èô¢ð£è¢èñ¢-603102, è£ë¢ê¤¹óñ¢ ñ£õì¢ìñ¢, îñ¤ö¢ï£´ Download

îñ¤ö¤ô¢ ªê£ô¢î¤¼î¢îñ¢ (tamizil coltiruttam) 
º¬ùõó¢ ªõ. 褼û¢íÍó¢î¢î¤ 
(ºù¢ù£÷¢ «ðó£ê¤ó¤òó¢, Üí¢í£ ðô¢è¬ôè¢ èöèñ¢), 
Þù¢ç«ð£ó¦ì¢, è£ï¢î¤ ïèó¢, ܬìò£Á, ªêù¢¬ù 600 200 Download

Þòø¢¬è ªñ£ö¤ò£ò¢¾ - õ¤¼îó¾ 
K. Subbiah Pillai, 
Senior Research Fellow/Senior Lecturer, 
International Inst of Tamil Studies, Chennai, India Download

Teaching of Tamil Scripts and Their Impact Through Keyboard of Computers 
Dr. N. Nadaraja Pillai, 
Central Institute of Indian Languages, Mysore, India Download

õ좴 Þòè¢è ܬñ𢹠ê£ó¢ï¢î åô¤ò¤òô¢ îñ¤ö¢ õ¤¬êð¢ ðô¬è Þòè¢è¤ õ®õñî¢îô¢ 
M. Ponnavaiko, P. Ramamurthy and J.P. Prasanna 
Cresent Engineering College,Chennai Download

The enabling technology for Tamil 
N. Anbarasan 
Applesoft, Bangalore 560 010, India Download

Compilation of Electronic Dictionary for Tamil 
Dr. M. Ganesan, 
Centre of Advanced Study in Linguistics, 
Annamalai University, Tamilnadu, India Download
 
 

TOPIC H: INTERNET AND MULTIMEDIA IN EDUCTION

Teaching Tamil Online : Scope and Challenges 
Dr. Vasu Renganathan, 
Director, Language Resource and Research Center, 
University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA 19014 USA Download

Role of Information and Communication Technology (ICT) in Community Languages 
Mr. Siva Pillai, 
Education Dept., Goldsmiths College, Lewisham Way, London SE14 , UK 9 Download

Internet - A Teaching experience in the Primary School Tamil Classroom 
Mrs. Magespari Pala 
(Alexandra Hill Primary School, Singapore) and 
Ms. Sandi Perumal (Dazhong Primary School, Singapore) Download

Tamil Language and Information Technology in Singapore Schools 
Parimalam, Narayanan Kalyani, 
Muthu Maahnckham, Singaravelu Kuppusamy 
Secondary School Teachers, Singapore Download

Tamil Educational CD ROMS Developed by the Ministry of Education of Singapore 
Kalaimani s/o Retnasamy, Yogavathi Gopalakrishnan, Jensrani Thanabal 
Project Development Specialists, Special Projects Section, 
Education Technology Division, Singapore Download

èí¤í¤ò¤ô¢ îñ¤ö¢è¢ èô¢õ¤ (Educational CD-ROMs) 
Dr. R. Pakkrisamy,Chennai Download

Internet and Language Learning Materials 
Dr. Sam Mohan Lal, 
Central Institute of Indian Languages, Mysore, India Download
 

TOPIC I - TAMIL CONTENT IN INTERNET

Bringing Tamil Literature Online - status report on Project Madurai 
Dr. Kumar Mallikarjunan 
(Virginia Polytechnic Inst. & State University, USA) & 
Dr. K. Kalyanasundaram (Swiss Fed. Inst. of Tech at Lausanne) Download

ñ¤ù¢ªõ÷¤ò¤ô¢ îñ¤ö¢ê¢ êÍèð¢ ðó¤ñ£íñ¢ - Þòø¢¬èî¢ «îó¢¾ 
ºèõó¢è÷¢ «î¬õ 
º¬ùõó¢ ï£. èí¢íù¢, 
ú¢´ì¢è£ì¢, ªüó¢ñù¤ Download

ðòùó¢ ð£ó¢¬õò¤ô¢ îñ¤ö¢è¢ èí¤¬ñ»ñ¢ Þ¬íòºñ¢ 
(Tamil Computing and Internet from users point of view) 
ºùõó¢ Þó£ñ. 褼좮íù¢, 
îñ¤öñ¢ îù¢ù£ó¢õ ܬñð¢ð¤ù¢ ê£ó¢ð£è, ªêù¢¬ù Download

îñ¤ö¢ ñ¤ù¢ù¤îö¢è÷¢ 
ê¤. Üí¢í£ñ¬ô, 
BBC, Chennai Download

å¼ ñ¤ù¢ Þîö£÷ù¤ù¢ ÜÂðõé¢è÷¢ 
ð£. êî¦û¢, ªêù¢¬ù Download
 

TOPIC J - ECOMMERCE & OTHER APPLICATIONS

E-Commerce through Community Network in the Tamil Cyber Space 
AJ Balasubramanian 
Director, Teleindia Ltd, Chennai 600 086 Download

ò£ö¢ îñ¤öó¢ õöè¢è£ø¢Áº¬øê¢ êì¢ìé¢èÀñ¢ îñ¤ö¢ Þ¬íòºñ¢ 
Mrs. Kamala Nagendra, 
Attorney-at-law & Lecturer, Sri Lanka Law College, Sri Lanka Download

Þ¬íòî¢î¤ô¢ îñ¤ö¢ Ýõíè¢ è£ð¢ðèñ¢ 
²õó¢íó£ü£ ï¤ôè¢ûù¢ 
Þô颬èê¢ êì¢ìè¢ èô¢Öó¤, ªè£¿ñ¢¹ 12, Þô颬è Download

îñ¤ö¤ô¢ ¹÷¢÷¤õ¤ðóõ¤òô¢ ªî£°î¤è÷¤ù¢ îò£ó¤ð¢¹ñ¢ ðòù¢ð£´¢ñ¢ 
êë¢ê¦õ¤ ê¤õ°ñ£ó¢ 
è¤ö袰ð¢ ðô¢è¬ôè¢èöèñ¢, ªêé¢èô¢Ê, Þô颬è Download

Our past - an endangered species - 
an introduction to e-tenrals or What are we doing at Anthos Imprint Ltd 
Gunthard Mueller, 
Anthos Imprint Ltd, D-72762 Ruetlingen, Germany) Download

º¬ùõó¢ ªõ. 褼û¢íÍó¢î¢î¤ 
(ºù¢ù£÷¢ «ðó£ê¤ó¤òó¢, Üí¢í£ ðô¢è¬ôè¢ èöèñ¢), 
Þù¢ç«ð£ó¦ì¢, è£ï¢î¤ ïèó¢, ܬìò£Á, ªêù¢¬ù 600 200 Download

Þòø¢¬è ªñ£ö¤ò£ò¢¾ - õ¤¼îó¾ 
K. Subbiah Pillai, 
Senior Research Fellow/Senior Lecturer, 
International Inst of Tamil Studies, Chennai, India Download

Teaching of Tamil Scripts and Their Impact Through Keyboard of Computers 
Dr. N. Nadaraja Pillai, 
Central Institute of Indian Languages, Mysore, India Download

õ좴 Þòè¢è ܬñ𢹠ê£ó¢ï¢î åô¤ò¤òô¢ îñ¤ö¢ õ¤¬êð¢ ðô¬è Þòè¢è¤ õ®õñî¢îô¢ 
M. Ponnavaiko, P. Ramamurthy and J.P. Prasanna 
Cresent Engineering College,Chennai Download

The enabling technology for Tamil 
N. Anbarasan 
Applesoft, Bangalore 560 010, India Download

Compilation of Electronic Dictionary for Tamil 
Dr. M. Ganesan, 
Centre of Advanced Study in Linguistics, 
Annamalai University, Tamilnadu, India Download