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Old 03-03-2022, 03:57 PM   #1
skrama87
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ANSI Format Copy/Paste for Indian Languages

Hello All,

I am writing an ePub book for Vedic chants. For generating the Vedic text, I am using the software Baraha (www.baraha.com). Once the material for a given chapter is done, I can export the text from Baraha Application into text file, RTF with Unicode encoding, ANSI encoding into RTF, HTML and image files.

If I copy the Unicode for Telugu, Kannada or Tamil text, the text misses the Vedic ligature marks.

The ANSI encoding is what works for the ligature marks as Unicode does not support Vedic markings in Telugu, Kannada or Tamil. It works only for Devanagari or Sanskrit text. But if I copy the ANSI encoded text from Baraha editor or from MS word/Word Pad, the text is all garbled up and doesn't make any sense. I know that some people have asked questions about Sanskrit text but this one is a different issue. Can we something about Sigil or PageEdit read the ANSI formatted text properly? In Sigil I have added the font file from Baraha software but still doesn't work.

Please see the images from Baraha Application, Sigil and PageEdit.

I have reached to Baraha developer regarding copying the ANSI formatted document but haven't heard anything yet.

Please let me know what I can do in order for this to work.

Baraha Application:
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MS word:
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PageEdit Window:
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Sigil Text Window:
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You will see that the Sigil text window shows weird text that is all jumbled up or garbled up. This is the issue I am trying to solve in order of the ePub to happen for me.
Best,
Sai

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