The project is aimed to develop Unicode based Bangla (Bengali) tools to help web development. Primary tools include keyboard interpreter according to Bijoy, Avro Phonetic layout etc. and converters to convert from ASCII to Unicode & vice versa.
- Bangla Web Tools
- S. M. Mahbub Murshed
- Freeware (Free)
- Windows
OST converterUnicode format support in Outlook 2007-2010 versions is provided by OST converterUnicode tool. So avail this tool also get Free Outlook Email Archive Tool.
- pcvita-ost-converter.exe
- OST Converter Software
- Shareware ($99.00)
- 1.46 Mb
- Win2000, Win7 x32, Win7 x64, Win98, WinOther, WinServer, WinVista, WinVista x64, WinXP
Mangal to Kruti converter tool can switch Mangal font to Kruti Dev. This Hindi UnicodeConverter supports languages of Devnagri script like Hindi, Marathi, Maithili, Nepali and other languages that are written in Devnagri script.
- mangal-to-kruti.zip
- TechnocomSoft
- Shareware ($44.95)
- 1.07 Mb
- Win2000, Win7 x32, Win7 x64, WinVista, WinVista x64, WinXP
Download ANSI to Unicodeconverter tool to upgrade MS Outlook PST file format. This ANSI to Unicodeconverter ANSI to Unicode converter is one of the best tool for upgrading MS Outlook PST file format. Using this tool you can easily upgrade all database from ANSI file format to Unicode file format.
- ansitopst.exe
- ANSI to Unicode
- Shareware ($49.00)
- 2.06 Mb
- Win2000, Win7 x32, Win7 x 64, Win98, Win Server, Win Vista, Win Vista x64, Win XP and Win8
Mangal to Kruti v1.5 is all new UNICODECONVERTER FOR HINDI, MARATHI, NEPALI and Other DEVNAGRI SCRIPTS. It can easily convert Mangal (Arial Unicode MS ) Unicode font to Kruti Dev and saves your precious time. It has the capability to leave English. ..
- mangaltokruti.zip
- Technocom
- Shareware ($39.95)
- 3.2 Mb
- Win98, WinME, WinNT 4.x, Windows2000, WinXP, Windows2003, Windows Vista
Hindi Fonts Converter and Editor is a powerful Hindi Unicodeconverter which can even edit scripts of different languages. It can convert Kruti to Unicode very easily in no time. It can also convert Kruti to Mangal effectively with other types.
- hindi-fonts-converter.zip
- Window India
- Shareware ($29.00)
- 2.54 Mb
- Win2000, Win7 x32, Win7 x64, WinServer, WinVista, WinVista x64, WinXP
Hindi UnicodeConverter & Writer is all new UNICODECONVERTER & EDITOR FOR HINDI, MARATHI, NEPALI and Other DEVNAGRI SCRIPTS. It can easily convert Kruti Dev/Shusha font to Unicode and saves your precious time. It supports Kruti to Mangal (Arial U. ..
- hindi-unicode-converter.zip
- Lantech Soft
- Shareware ($35.00)
- 1.2 Mb
- WinNT 4.x, Windows2000, WinXP, Windows2003, Windows Vista
Unicodeconverter adept at converting Shusha or kruti font to mangal (Unicode). Tool effortlessly converts kruti to mangal, kruti to Shusha, Shusha to Unicode, Shusha to kruti. Tool provides the user with the option to leave out English text.
- unicode-converter.zip
- WinTech Soft
- Shareware ($34.00)
- 1.34 Mb
- Win2000, Win7 x32, Win7 x64, WinVista, WinVista x64, WinXP
Parivartak is an indigenous UnicodeConverter & Editor. The tool can convert Kruti Dev into shusha in the shortest span of time. It can process thousands of Rtf/Txt files in one click. This Hindi UnicodeConverter can convert Kruti font into shusha. ..
- parivartak.zip
- TechnocomSoft
- Shareware ($39.95)
- 1.12 Mb
- Win2000, Win7 x32, Win7 x64, WinVista, WinVista x64, WinXP
Norton ghost 11. Upgrade your PST file to Unicode. If you are looking to Upgrade PST to Outlook 2007 system then Outlook PST to Unicode Software is the perfect solution for you. This Outlook PST converter is easy-to-use and will give satisfactory convert outlook PST archive.
- systools-pst-upgrade.exe
- Upgrade PST to Outlook 2007
- Shareware ($49.00)
- 2.8 Mb
- WinXP, Win2003, Win2000, Windows XP X64
LMG2Shruti is a free non unicode to unicode font converter. It converts the LMG Arun font to Gujarati unicode Shruti font.
- LMG2Shruti_v1.zip
- Nilesh Bandhiya
- Shareware ($)
- 296 Kb
- WinXP, Win2000, Win Vista, Windows 7, Windows 8
Kruti toMangal Converter is the first UNICODECONVERTER in the market which can Convert Kruti Text into Mangal font directly in MS Word Files for HINDI, MARATHI, NEPALI and Other DEVNAGRI SCRIPTS.It can easily convert multiple Word File.
- krutitomangal.zip
- Technocom Solutions
- Shareware ($69.95)
- 3.48 Mb
- Win2000, WinXP, Win7 x32, Win7 x64, Windows 8, Windows 10, WinServer, WinOther, WinVista, WinVista x64
Related:Bijoy To Unicode Converter - Unicode To Bijoy Converter - Bijoy Font Of Unicode Fonts - Avro To Bijoy Converter - Bijoy Converter To Avro
Viewing all installed fonts at once. Creating the list of favorite fonts. Changing the type, size and color of a font. Modifying the sample text. Viewing several sizes of a font at once. Displaying all characters in a font. Viewing information about. ..
- FontManagerSetup.exe
- Alexander G. Styopkin
- Shareware ($35.00)
- 1.33 Mb
- WinXP, Windows2000, Windows2003, Windows Vista
Hindi Unicode to ANSI Converter is remarkable font converter software developed to convert writing in Unicode to ANSI font of Devnagri script. The tool can process text in various languages of Devnagri script like Hindi, Sanskrit etc.
- mangal-to-devlys.zip
- Windowindia
- Shareware ($39.00)
- 1.26 Mb
- Win2000, Win7 x32, Win7 x64, Win98, WinVista, WinVista x64, WinXP
BarCodeWiz Interleaved 2 of 5 Barcode Fonts 1.13 is an application consisting of Interleaved 2 of 5 barcode fonts. It includes fonts with and without human readable text and bearer bars. Each version contains 6 heights, for a total of 24 fonts. You. ..
- BarCodeWiz Interleaved 2 of5 Barcode Fonts
- GetMySystem.com
- Trial ($99.00)
- 611 Kb
- Windows 95, Windows Me, Windows XP, Windows 2
dp4 Font Viewer for Windows - a fast, small and installation free utility for showing all TTF fonts of a given folder, without installation. High quality display of all fonts by use of our own truetype render engine. Filtering by truetype parameters. ..
- fonts.exe
- digital performance
- Freeware (Free)
- 115 Kb
- Win 98, ME, NT 4.x, XP, 2000
FontCreator - the most popular font editor This professional font editor allows you to create and edit TrueType and OpenType fonts. It has the powerful drawing tools that typographers and graphic designers require, and an intuitive interface that. ..
- Font Creator
- High-Logic
- Shareware ($50.00)
- 6.56 Mb
- Windows Vista, 2003, XP, 2000, 98, Me, NT
Unique font manager inside Adobe Creative Suite software (PS/AI/ID/etc). Filter several fonts from hundreds with one click. Compare and view fonts from your hard drive and then install font you need. Preview your text sample displayed with any font. ..
- DiskFontsTrial.zip
- Anastasiy Plugins
- Shareware ($29.00)
- 1.83 Mb
- WinXP, WinVista, WinVista x64, Win7 x32, Win7 x64, Win2000, WinOther, Mac OS X, Mac Other, WinServer, Windows Vista, Mac OS X 10.5, Mac OS X 10.4, Mac OS X 10.3, Mac OS X 10.2, Mac OS X 10.1
For viewing fonts, seeing how they would appear applied to your name/logo/tagline, and keeping track of which fonts best suit the job is the purpose of Opcion Font Viewer. Opcion allows you to view both installed and uninstalled fonts in different. ..
- Opcion_v1.1.1.jar
- Paul Chiu
- Freeware (Free)
- 1024 Kb
- WinXP, Windows Vista, Windows 7, Windows 7 x64
For viewing fonts, seeing how they would appear applied to your name/logo/tagline, and keeping track of which fonts best suit the job is the purpose of Opcion Font Viewer. Opcion allows you to view both installed and uninstalled fonts in different. ..
- Opcion_Installer.exe
- Paul Chiu
- Freeware (Free)
- 1024 Kb
- WinXP, Windows Vista, Windows 7, Windows 7 x64
The IDAutomation PostNet and OneCode Font Advantage Package includes all of the fonts to support USPS automation including Postnet, Code 128, Planet, OCR-A and the new OneCode Solution 4-State Customer Barcode. Esl dialogues for adults pdf.
- IDAutomation_PostnetFontAdvantageDEMO.zip
- IDAutomation.com, Inc.
- Demo ($139.00)
- 1.98 Mb
- Cross Platform
Do you have hundreds of fonts on your computer? Ever tried to find that one particular font you needed but you don't remember the font name? Instead of searching and scrolling through hundreds of fonts names, you can now view all of your fonts.
- amfsetup.exe
- Direct Logic Systems
- Shareware ($14.99)
- 1.59 Mb
- 9x, NT, 2000, ME, XP
Word To Your Font (TM) displays a clickable list of available fonts on your PC using the font typeface. Double-click the displayed font of your choice, and Microsoft Word will automatically launch (if installed), creating a new document with that fon. ..
- wordtoyourfont_setup.exe
- Owen Digital Corporation
- Shareware ($8.95)
- 566 Kb
- Windows
Aeromium Barcode Software and Fonts is a set of high quality, professional and premium barcode fonts for your organization. Each of the fonts has been carefully developed and crafted to ensure maximum scannability and readability.
- BarcodeFonts.exe
- Aeromium Barcode Softwareand Fonts
- Commercial ($169.00)
- 1.79 Mb
- Win2000, Win7 x32, Win7 x64, WinServer, WinVista, WinVista x64, WinXP
Related:Bijoy Font Of Unicode Fonts - Bijoy To Unicode Converter - Unicode To Bijoy Converter - Bijoy Biswa Fonts - Bijoy Bangla Fonts Collection
Original author(s) | Mehdi Hasan Khan |
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Developer(s) | OmicronLab |
Initial release | 26 March 2003 |
Stable release | 5.5.0 / 21 February 2014 |
Written in | C++, Delphi |
Platform |
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Available in | English |
Type | Keyboard Software |
License | Open Source, Mozilla Public License |
Website | www.omicronlab.com |
Avro Keyboard (Bengali: অভ্র কিবোর্ড) is a free and open source graphical keyboard software developed by OmicronLab for the Microsoft Windows, Linux, MacOS, Android and iOS operating system. It is the first free Unicode and ANSI compliant Bengali keyboard interface for Windows that was published on 26 March, 2003.
Avro Keyboard has support for fixed keyboard layout and phonetic layout named 'Avro Phonetic' that allows typing Bengali through romanized transliteration. Avro Keyboard comes with many additional features; auto correction, spell checker, a font fixer tool to set default Bengali font, a keyboard layout editor, Unicode to ANSI converter, ANSI to Unicode converter and a set of Bengali Unicode and ANSI fonts. This software is provided in a Standard Installer edition and Portable edition for Windows.
- 2Features
- 4Conflict with Bijoy
Development[edit]
Development of Avro Keyboard was started in 2003 by Dr. Mehdi Hasan Khan, a student from Mymensingh Medical College. It was first published on web for free download on 26 March 2003 under Creative Commons Attribution-NoDerivs 3.0 Unported License.[1] Initially, it was developed in Visual Basic, which was later transferred to Delphi. The Linux version of it was written in C++. Avro was further developed by Rifat Un Nabi, Tanbin Islam Siyam, Ryan Kamal, Shabab Mustafa and Nipon Haque from OmicronLab.[2] The latest stable version of Avro Keyboard is 5.5.0 which was released on 21 February 2014. Avro phonetic for Linux is available with source code.[3] After discussion,[4] OmicronLab published the source code of windows version under MPL 1.1 license with the Avro Keyboard 5.0.5 public beta 1.[5][6]
Features[edit]
Avro Keyboard has customizable mode switching with automatic tracking and has a larger field of compatibility. Users can get all popular Bengali typing methods in a single software.
Other features include:
- Both Unicode and ANSI support: Avro keyboard supports writing Bengali text in both Unicode and ANSI. But just because Bengali language is a complex language script & only Unicode has the fully supports therefore 'Unicode' is the default output rendering for Avro.
To write Bengali ANSI is pretty outdated encoding system & it is not recommended.
- English to Bengali phonetic typing: If 'ami banglay gan gai' is typed then 'আমি বাংলায় গান গাই' will be written. Avro Phonetic Keyboard Layout
- Traditional fixed keyboard layout-based typing: Several fixed keyboard layouts like Probhat, Jatiya (National), Bornona, Avro Easy, Munir Optima are provided with Avro keyboard software to write Bengali.
- Mouse-based Bengali typing: Typing can be done by clicking the character symbols on the keyboard layout picture.
- Spell Check on the fly: For phonetic typing, Avro keyboard provides a list of correct word on the fly from dictionary based on the typing. Correct word can be chosen from the list.
- Spell checker program: Avro provided a spell checker as separate program. There is a spell checker plug-in for Microsoft Word.
- Input language/input locale support: If the Bengali language support is absent in the operating system even then Bengali script can be written by installing Avro.
- Customizable mode-switching (single key/key combination): Single key or multiple key combination can be used to switch between languages.
- Automatic keyboard mode and input language tracking: If Bengali and English are being typed in two different programs then Avro can detect the language and can continue typing in the correct language.
- Key layout viewer on the fly: A keyboard layout image can be seen on the screen for typing help.
- Customizing Keyboard layout: New Keyboard layout can be created or the character settlement of existing keyboard keys can be rearranged by using the Avro keyboard layout changer which can be distributed and adopted like plugins.
- Unicode and ANSI based fonts availability: Avro supports and provides Bengali Unicode and ANSI standard fonts. Any Unicode based Bengali font can be used with Avro besides ANSI fonts.
- User editable dictionary support for phonetic typing: There is a Bengali dictionary in Avro keyboard for automatic correction. The editions of two auto correct dictionaries of different computers can be merged.
- Keyboard macro support: Multiple key can be combined to write custom word or sentence as a command.
- Unicode to Bijoy converter: There is a program called Unicode to Bijoy converter to convert Unicode Bengali text to ASCII (or Bijoy) standard.
- Avro Converter: Avro converter can convert ASCII/ANSI based Bangla documents written by Bijoy, Alpona, Proshika Shabda and Proborton formats to Unicode, without losing formatting. Avro Converter supports a variety of document types (*.txt, *.rft, *.doc, *.docx, *.mdb) conversion by OLE Automation method. With development focus solely on Avro Keyboard, OmicronLab has discontinued further development of Avro Converter.[7]
- Support forum for products: There is an online forum from the OmicronLab accompanied with homepage to help the user of their products and discuss various issues. This forum is also used for feature suggestion and further development.
- Assamese language can be typed by Avro.
Portable Edition of Avro Keyboard[edit]
portable edition of the Avro keyboard has been released on 2 July 2007. It does not need any installation or access as administrator and suitable to carry in portable media (like USB drives). It has a built-in 'automatic virtual font installer'.The size of portable edition is lower than the standard edition. The portable edition is also free for any personal or commercial use.
Awards and recognition[edit]
- Certified as a 100% clean from spyware/adware/virus on softpedia.[8]
- Has been added to the online solution directory of Microsoft for Indic language input.[9]
- Avro Keyboard has been listed as useful Bengali computing resource by the Unicode consortium.[10]
- Bangladesh Election Commission used Avro for internal use and found it satisfactory.[11][12]
- Added as a built in Keyboard in Bengali Wikipedia.
- Bangladesh Association of Software and Information Services has given the 'Special Contribution to IT Award 2011' to Avro team for Avro Keyboard Software on 4 February 2011.[13][14][15][16]
Conflict with Bijoy[edit]
Beginning[edit]
On 4 April 2010, Mustafa Jabbar, the proprietor of commercial and closed source Bijoy software and CEO of 'Ananda Computers' said in an article in daily Janakantha, hackers were responsible for spreading unlicensed copies of his Bijoy on the internet. He accused UNDP to help these hackers. He further claimed that UNDP had remarkable influence for selecting Avro for national ID database project by Bangladesh Election Commission.[17] On the other hand, Avro developers denied all allegation against them. In addition, they charged Jabbar for continuous harassment in different stages and media by calling them thief and for that their petition was ignored there. They said that the developers behind Bengali computing happened to work under threat of legal persecution and law enforcing agencies. They indicated that Jabbar complained against Avro after losing around ৳50 million business in Bangladesh Election commission that used free Avro software instead of commercial Bijoy in the nation ID database project.[18][19]
Reaction[edit]
Anger and protest have become apparent in Bangla blogosphere and Bangladeshi Facebook users for this accusation that Avro is a 'pirated version' of ‘Bijoy‘ and that the Avro team have been called hackers.[20][21][22]The Avro team was praised for saving around 50 million Bangladeshi taka of Bangladesh Election commission.[12]
Legal proceeding[edit]
There is a keyboard layout, named UniBijoy, which was supplied with Avro Keyboard 4.5.1. Jabbar filed an application of copyright violation to the office of copyright, Bangladesh on 25 April 2010, claiming that UniBijoy is a copy of Bijoy.[23][24]
Settlement[edit]
A settlement was made between Dr. Khan and Jabbar in a formal meeting on 16 June 2010 in Bangladesh Computer Council office in Agargaon, Dhaka at presence of many IT experts. According to that, Dr. Khan removes the UniBijoy keyboard layout from Avro keyboard software and Jabbar withdraws the allegation of copyright violation from Bangladesh copyright office by 20 August 2010.[25] As a result, UniBijoy keyboard layout was removed from the Avro Keyboard version 4.5.2 which was released on 20 August 2010. Jabbar informed that the trial in copyright office is withheld and will be withdrawn.[26] He congratulated Dr. Khan and said, I am respectful to his creativity and expecting the development of Avro software.[27]
External links[edit]
References[edit]
- ^Ahmed, Kazi Fahim (10 March 2006). ইউনিকোড ভিত্তিক অভ্র কি-বোর্ড. Daily Prothom Alo (in Bengali).
- ^নতুন বছরেই আসছে অভ্র কিবোর্ড ৫ এর ফুল ভার্শন. OmicronLab (in Bengali).
- ^Khan, Dr. Mehdi Hasan. 'ibus-avro: Avro Phonetic Bangla typing for Linux'. OmicronLab. Retrieved 21 February 2014.
- ^Khan, Mehdi Hasan (27 December 2007). ওপেন সোর্সে অভ্র : মতামত প্রয়োজন (in Bengali). Sachalayatan. Retrieved 17 December 2010.
- ^Khan, Dr. Mehdi Hasan (10 September 2010). 'Avro Keyboard 5 (beta) will be released soon'. OmicronLab. Archived from the original on 13 September 2010. Retrieved 14 September 2010.
- ^Khan, Dr. Mehdi Hasan (30 September 2010). 'Avro Keyboard 5.0.5 Public Beta 1'. OmicronLab. Archived from the original on 3 October 2010. Retrieved 30 September 2010.
- ^'Avro Converter'. OmicronLab. Archived from the original on 30 August 2010. Retrieved 14 December 2010.
- ^'Avro Keyboard Bangla Software 4.5.1 – 100% Clean'. SoftPedia. Retrieved 16 December 2010.
- ^Chowdhury, Syed Tashfin (25 February 2010). 'ICT turns more Bangla savvy'. The Daily Star. Dhaka. Retrieved 27 May 2010.
- ^'Unicode Resources'. The Unicode Consortium. Retrieved 16 December 2010.
- ^'Bangladesh Election Commission using Avro Keyboard'. OmicronLab. Archived from the original on 29 December 2010. Retrieved 16 December 2010.
- ^ ab'An amazing journey from Shahid Lipi to Avro'. The Daily Star. 28 April 2010. Archived from the original on 3 May 2010. Retrieved 28 April 2010.
- ^জমকালো অনুষ্ঠানে বাংলা সফটওয়্যারের স্বীকৃতি. Prothom Alo (in Bengali). Archived from the original on 9 February 2011. Retrieved 6 February 2011.
- ^''BASIS Special Contribution Award' পেল অভ্র কিবোর্ড!'. OmicronLab. Retrieved 6 February 2011.
- ^শেষ হলো বেসিস সফটওয়্যার মেলা. Samakal (in Bengali). 6 February 2011. Retrieved 8 February 2011.
- ^'Archived copy' সফটএক্সপোতে কর্পোরেট অ্যাওয়ার্ড নাইট অনুষ্ঠিত. Amar Desh (in Bengali). 6 February 2011. Archived from the original on 10 February 2011. Retrieved 8 February 2011.CS1 maint: Archived copy as title (link)
- ^Jabbar, Mustafa (4 April 2010). সাইবার যুদ্ধের যুগে প্রথম পা ॥ একুশ শতক. Daily Janakantha (in Bengali). Archived from the original on 20 January 2013. Retrieved 16 December 2010.
- ^Khan, Mehdi Hasan (1 May 2010). প্রতিক্রিয়া-ভাষা উন্মুক্ত হবেই. Daily Janakantha. Dhaka. Archived from the original on 21 January 2013. Retrieved 26 May 2010.
- ^Khan, Mehdi Hasan (20 April 2010). 'ভাষা উন্মুক্ত হবেই' (in Bengali). Sachalayatan. Retrieved 16 December 2010.
- ^'Bangladesh: Let Language Be Free'. globalvoices.org. Archived from the original on 24 April 2010. Retrieved 7 May 2010.
- ^http://rezwanul.blogspot.in/2010/04/avro-vs-bijoy-let-language-be-free.html?m=1
- ^http://www.thedailystar.net/news-detail-136160
- ^কপিরাইট অফিস নোটিশ পাঠালো মেহদী হাসান খানের কাছে. sachalayatan.com (in Bengali). Retrieved 7 May 2010.
- ^কারণ দর্শানোর সময় বাড়াল কাপিরাইট অফিস. Prothom Alo (in Bengali). Archived from the original on 12 May 2010. Retrieved 2010-05-10.
- ^সমঝোতার পথে অভ্র ও বিজয়. Prothom Alo (in Bengali). Dhaka. 17 June 2010. Archived from the original on 19 June 2010. Retrieved 17 June 2010.
- ^ইউনিবিজয় লেআউট প্রত্যাহার করলো অভ্র. BDNews24.Com (in Bengali). Dhaka. 23 August 2010. Archived from the original on 11 January 2011. Retrieved 27 August 2010.
- ^অভ্র থেকে ইউনিবিজয় প্রত্যাহার. Prothom Alo (in Bengali). Dhaka. 22 August 2010. Archived from the original on 25 August 2010. Retrieved 2010-08-23.