Old Vikatan to TSCII Converter
Convert Tamil text from Old Vikatan encoding to TSCII format instantly and for free.
About Old Vikatan to TSCII Conversion
This free online tool converts Tamil text from Old Vikatan encoding to TSCII encoding instantly. Simply paste your Old Vikatan text in the left panel and see the converted TSCII output on the right.
What is Old Vikatan?
Old Vikatan encoding was used by the Vikatan group of magazines, one of Tamil Nadu's largest media houses.
History
The Vikatan group, publishers of popular magazines like Ananda Vikatan, developed their encoding for their early digital publishing systems.
Usage
Old Vikatan encoding is found in archival content from the Vikatan magazine family before they transitioned to Unicode.
Characteristics
Old Vikatan encoding was tailored to the group's specific publishing workflow and font designs.
What is TSCII?
TSCII (Tamil Script Code for Information Interchange) is a standardized 8-bit encoding scheme for Tamil, developed by the Tamil Internet community as an alternative to proprietary encodings.
History
TSCII was developed in 1999 by a group of Tamil computing enthusiasts and standardized through community consensus. It was designed as an open standard to facilitate Tamil computing before Unicode became widely supported.
Usage
TSCII was popular for email communication, early Tamil websites, and document exchange in the late 1990s and early 2000s. Many Tamil e-books and online libraries still contain TSCII-encoded content.
Why Convert from Old Vikatan to TSCII?
Converting between Old Vikatan and TSCII allows you to work with documents across different systems and applications that use these encodings.
For best results, we recommend converting legacy encodings to Unicode first, which provides universal compatibility and can then be converted to any other format as needed.
How to Use This Converter
- Paste or type your Old Vikatan text in the left text area.
- The converted TSCII text will appear automatically in the right panel.
- Click "Copy to clipboard" to copy the converted text.
- Use the swap button (↔) to reverse the conversion direction.
- Click on the encoding dropdowns to select different source or target encodings.