PLCTAMIL

PLCTAMIL is a Windows based software for learning Tamil. It requires a 386 or higher PC with at least 2 MB of RAM, Microsoft windows 3.1., sound card and speaker.

This program requires TamilNet.ttf Tamil font developed at the internet division, National University of Singapore. Copyright of this font is hold by Mr. N. Govindasamy. Please read their copyright instructions in the URL: http://www/nus.sg/tamilweb. You can download this font either from their site or from http://ccat.sas.upenn.edu/~plc/tamilweb/tamil.html

Installation:

A) Create a directory called "c:\tamildir" (This is important because, the program looks for this directory for sound and other files.)

B) PKUNZIP the contents of plctamil.zip in this directory.

C) Copy the files tamilnet.ttf, tamilnet.fot and vbrun300.dll into the directory c:\windows\system. These files are not included with plctamil.zip, but you can download them separately from the same place where you got plctamil.zip. URL: http://ccat.sas.upenn.edu/~plc/tamilweb/tamil.html.

D) Install the font tamilnet.ttf through control panel in windows by clicking the icon "FONTS". You need to select the fonts from c:\windows\system directory and click "Add".

E) Open "File", "New" Press OK.

F) Open "File", "New" again. Press OK again.

G)Give a name under description (Ex. Tamil), Under Command line type: c:\tamildir\plctamil.exe and under "Working directory" give c:\tamildir

You should now get an icon "Tamil" in the folder. This is it! Everything else is self-explanatory. This program has some bugs and they will be removed in later versions. More updates will be made as and when it is possible.

Copyright: This is a freeware being distributed as part of Penn Language Center's project "Web Assisted Learning and Teaching of Tamil (WALTT)". No commercial use of this software is allowed under any circumstance. This software is provided as is, and neither PLC nor the author of this software (Vasu Renganathan) is liable for any kind of consequence that might result to your system due to inappropriate use of this software. Philadelphia 4/28/97.