vipranarayan14 / aksharas-web

A web app for analysing the akṣaras and varṇas in a Devanagari text.

Aksharas

Aksharas is a utility web app for analysing the akṣaras and varṇas in a Devanagari text.

Many of the existing character counters are designed for English (Latin script) and do not support Devanagari. Even if they do, they only give the number of Unicode characters in the text. But people who read Devanagari count in terms of akṣaras (syllables) and varṇas (consonants and vowels). This tool helps those who read/type in the Devanagari script by providing information on the akṣaras and varṇas in their text. It also helps them easily identify typing errors such as extra vowel marks (काी) or colon (:) in the place of visarga by providing them with details on invalid and non-Devanagari characters.

The core functionalities are available as a library on npm.

License

MIT © Prasanna Venkatesh T S

aksharas-web's Issues

तान्त्रिक-छन्दो-गणना

तान्त्रिक-छन्दो ऽपि गण्यताम् , महाविद्यात्वं च। तदिह वर्णितम् - https://youtu.be/rKom0oftO3M?t=4609

Split `Varnas` into `Svaras` and `Vyanjanas`

add help text "(?)" on overall count

Why?

May not clear to users without documentation.

Split `Symbols` into `Sankhyas` and `Cinhas`

Use more appropriate count categories

Idea

Aksharas
Symbols
Others
Varnas
Chars
Invalid

इत्यस्य स्थाने -

स्वराः
व्यञ्जनानि
अक्षराः
देवनागरी-चिह्नानि
देवनागरी-सङ्ख्याः
Chars
Others
​Invalid​

Tasks

• #9
• #10

List invalid characters

The current interface displays the count of invalid chars in the input text. Highlighting/listing those invalid characters and their location would make it easier for the user to correct them.

Ideas for displaying:

• Mouseover/ click on invalid should list the invalid chars. (suggested by @vvasuki).

Count a `yogavaha` char after a `yogavaha` char as invalid

Example:

सःः

Current behaviour:

The extra visarga after सः is considered as a part of it and thus, सःः as a single akshara.

Expected behaviour:

The extra visarga should be considered as an invalid char, and only सः should be regarded as an akshara.

Add `Svaras` and `Vyanjanas` counts

show analysis of aksharas

Idea

• Show the aksharas and varnas for each word in the input
• Use table format so that it be easy to understand.

word/line	varnas (subtotal)	aksharas (subtotal)	matras (subtotal)
रामः	र्·आ·म्·अः (4)	रा·मः (2)	गु·गु (4)

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Other features that can be added:

• Option to group akshara analysis by: aksharas, words (space as boundary) (default) and lines (newline as boundary).
• Details on uccharANa kAla for varnas. (maybe)
• Details uccharANa sthana-prayatna for varnas. (maybe)