I've built a simple Tamil transliterator. Type English in the box below, and you'll see it in Tamil (unicode).
For example, type chinna chinna oodalgaLum chinna chinna mOdhalgaLum minnal pOla vandhu vandhu pOgum
You can copy-paste the Tamil above into Microsoft Word, etc.
You may need to turn on tamil scripts to see the Tamil fonts above. If you have Windows 98, it may not work well. If you've visited this page recently, you will need to refresh this page as well (press F5).
Browse through my Javascript to see how it works. Look for function transTamil. Feel free to reuse.
I've also made a Google Gadget that searches Google in Tamil using this tool.
Here's what to type:
| Tamil | English |
|---|---|
| அ | a |
| ஆ | A or aa |
| இ | i |
| ஈ | I or ee |
| உ | u |
| ஊ | U or oo |
| எ | e |
| ஏ | E |
| ஐ | ai |
| ஒ | o |
| ஓ | O |
| ஔ | au |
| க | k or g |
| ங | n |
| ச | ch or s |
| ஜ | j |
| ஞ | n |
| ட | t or d |
| ண | N |
| த | th or dh |
| ந | n |
| ப | p or b |
| ம | m |
| ய | y |
| ர | r |
| ல | l |
| வ | v |
| ழ | zh |
| ள | L |
| ற | R |
| ஷ | sh |
| ஸ | S |
| ஹ | h |
I also have a gadget that lets you search in Tamil.