Converting latin to cyrillic text

Dear user,

there are three versions of transliteration tools from Latin to Cyrillic available. The following table outlines the differences between these three versions:

A few more remarks:

• The way to type in letters is quite different in version 3. It also has a slightly different key mapping than versions 1 and 2 (which are overall very similar)!
• Due to some technical reasons versions 1 and 2 work differently on different computers and in different browsers. Just try out which version works best on your computer.
• In version 1 spaces and punctuation signs aren't displayed properly on some computers. Don't think that your computer isn't working!

Please note: I think that version 3 (which contains an extensive help section) is easier to use and much faster as soon as you get used to it. I would be very happy to hear from you about your experience with the different versions and why you favour one version over the others, just drop me an e-mail! If you have any other suggestions for further functionality, please feel free to e-mail me as well.

For the use of this tools, Flash Player 8 is required. If you are not sure if it's installed or if you don't even know what Flash Player is, just click on one of the three version links.
If nothing happens within reasonable time, just download the Flash Player
-> free download (takes 2 minutes with a slow modem)

Feedback, comments, suggestions? tkoller@computing.dcu.ie

The PDF generation is done with FPDF.

Last but not least there is another text input tool (very similar to version 3 of the Cyrillic tools) which does not have anything to do with Cyrillic characters but which you may find useful as well. Currently it works for Croatian, French, German, Italian, Polish, Portuguese, Slovene and Spanish.

When to use it: imagine that you want to write a German text on an English keyboard or a Spanish text on a German keyboard. The problem which will appear after a few words is how to write 'special' characters (in these examples: ä ö ü ß ñ ...) on your keyboard. On a Windows computer there are a couple of ways to do this (installing a second keyboard layout and switching between keyboard layouts, using the character map, etc.) but all these options are tedious in one way or another, you name it ...

How do you type in special characters in my tool: if, for example, the currently selected input language is German, press the A key twice quickly for an ä, press the S key twice quickly for an ß, etc. Just have a go, perhaps you find it useful!

Thomas Koller, 22/12/2007