<s>
Azhagi	B-Application
(	O
)	O
is	O
a	O
freeware	B-License
transliteration	O
tool	O
,	O
which	O
enables	O
its	O
users	O
to	O
type	O
in	O
a	O
number	O
of	O
regional	O
Indian	O
languages	O
,	O
including	O
Tamil	O
,	O
Hindi	O
,	O
and	O
others	O
,	O
using	O
an	O
English	O
keyboard	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2002	O
,	O
The	O
Hindu	O
dubbed	O
Azhagi	B-Application
as	O
a	O
tool	O
that	O
"stand[s]	O
out	O
"	O
among	O
various	O
similar	O
software	O
"emerg[ing]	O
nearly	O
every	O
other	O
day	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Since	O
year	O
2000	O
,	O
Azhagi	B-Application
has	O
provided	O
support	O
for	O
Tamil	O
transliteration	O
;	O
this	O
was	O
later	O
expanded	O
to	O
nearly	O
13	O
Indian	O
languages	O
,	O
featuring	O
16	O
total	O
built-in	O
languages	O
as	O
of	O
the	O
day	O
of	O
writing	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2006	O
,	O
Azhagi	B-Application
was	O
the	O
recipient	O
of	O
the	O
Manthan	O
Award	O
of	O
India	O
's	O
Digital	O
Empowerment	O
Foundation	O
and	O
the	O
World	O
Summit	O
Award	O
project	O
,	O
in	O
the	O
category	O
Localization	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
the	O
same	O
year	O
Azhagi	B-Application
was	O
identified	O
as	O
a	O
"	O
success	O
story	O
"	O
by	O
Microsoft	O
's	O
Indic	O
language	O
computing	O
site	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Azhagi	B-Application
is	O
the	O
first	O
successful	O
Tamil	O
transliteration	O
tool	O
which	O
has	O
many	O
users	O
throughout	O
the	O
world	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Azhagi	B-Application
helps	O
the	O
user	O
to	O
create	O
and	O
edit	O
contents	O
in	O
several	O
Indian	O
languages	O
including	O
Tamil	O
,	O
Hindi	O
,	O
Sanskrit	O
,	O
Telugu	O
,	O
Kannada	O
,	O
Malayalam	O
,	O
Marathi	O
,	O
Konkani	O
,	O
Gujarati	O
,	O
Bengali	O
,	O
Punjabi	O
,	O
Oriya	O
and	O
Assamese	O
without	O
having	O
to	O
know	O
how	O
to	O
type	O
in	O
these	O
languages	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Azhagi	B-Application
can	O
be	O
embedded	O
for	O
direct	O
typing	O
text	O
of	O
these	O
languages	O
in	O
applications	O
apart	O
from	O
Notepad	B-Application
,	O
including	O
Microsoft	O
products	O
like	O
MS	B-Application
Office	I-Application
,	O
OpenOffice.org	B-Application
and	O
also	O
other	O
applications	O
all	O
the	O
web	B-Application
browsers	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Azhagi	B-Application
initially	O
developed	O
as	O
a	O
Tamil	O
word	O
processor	O
having	O
its	O
own	O
screen	O
for	O
typing	O
contents	O
in	O
Tamil	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
mapping	O
summary	O
that	O
lists	O
the	O
English	O
alphabets	O
to	O
be	O
typed	O
to	O
get	O
every	O
Tamil	O
alphabet	O
is	O
presented	O
in	O
the	O
form	O
of	O
a	O
concise	O
table	O
in	O
the	O
Azhagi	B-Application
Screen	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
text	O
displayed	O
in	O
Azhagi	B-Application
screen	O
is	O
with	O
TSCII	O
encoding	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
Unicode	O
editor	O
for	O
typing	O
Tamil	O
text	O
in	O
UTF-8	O
encoding	O
with	O
a	O
separate	O
display	O
screen	O
comes	O
together	O
with	O
Azhagi	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Azhagi	B-Application
has	O
another	O
novel	O
application	O
known	O
as	O
Azhagi+	O
that	O
enables	O
wider	O
range	O
of	O
settings	O
and	O
options	O
to	O
the	O
user	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Azhagi+	O
Enables	O
typing	O
in	O
Indic	O
languages	O
in	O
Windows	O
XP	O
in	O
MS-Word	O
,	O
it	O
does	O
n't	O
require	O
to	O
enable	O
Unicode	O
explicitly	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2016	O
,	O
Azhagi	B-Application
has	O
launched	O
the	O
Mobile	O
App	O
for	O
Android	O
users	O
with	O
the	O
custom	O
transliteration	O
feature	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
B	O
.	O
Vishwanathan	O
,	O
a	O
software	O
professional	O
,	O
developed	O
Azhagi	B-Application
after	O
he	O
quit	O
from	O
Tata	O
Consultancy	O
Services	O
due	O
to	O
illness	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Later	O
in	O
2000	O
,	O
Azhagi	B-Application
was	O
released	O
and	O
he	O
named	O
the	O
software	O
Azhagi	B-Application
,	O
to	O
symbolise	O
his	O
wife	O
's	O
'	O
beautiful	O
 '	O
heart	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Lot	O
of	O
websites	O
,	O
software	O
,	O
documents	O
which	O
uses	O
the	O
Tamil	O
font	O
make	O
use	O
of	O
the	O
Azhagi	B-Application
and	O
it	O
has	O
support	O
from	O
the	O
user	O
and	O
they	O
are	O
displaying	O
their	O
thanks	O
giving	O
note	O
on	O
their	O
blogs	O
and	O
web	O
pages	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
addition	O
to	O
the	O
transliteration	O
tool	O
,	O
Azhagi	B-Application
also	O
provides	O
links	O
to	O
hundreds	O
of	O
free	O
Tamil	O
fonts	O
in	O
Unicode	O
,	O
TSCII	O
,	O
TAB	O
and	O
TAM	O
format	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
B	O
.	O
Vishwanathan	O
was	O
awarded	O
the	O
Manthan	O
Award	O
in	O
2006	O
,	O
for	O
the	O
development	O
of	O
dual	O
screen	O
transliteration	O
tool	O
Azhagi	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
July	O
2004	O
,	O
described	O
B	O
.	O
Vishwanathan	O
as	O
a	O
computer	O
expert	O
for	O
his	O
invention	O
of	O
Azhagi	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
November	O
2004	O
,	O
described	O
Vishwanathan	O
as	O
Thamizh	O
Valarkkum	O
Arignar	O
,	O
which	O
means	O
,	O
Tamil	O
Developing	O
Scholar	O
for	O
the	O
invention	O
of	O
Azhagi	B-Application
.	O
</s>
