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tanzil_project [2016/07/08 18:26] – [See Also] Hamid Zarrabi-Zadehtanzil_project [2020/10/30 07:10] (current) – [Typos in some existing texts] Hamid Zarrabi-Zadeh
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 ====== Tanzil Project ====== ====== Tanzil Project ======
  
-Tanzil is a Quranic project launched in early 2007 to produce a highly verified Unicode Quran text to be used in Quranic websites and applications. Our mission in the Tanzil project is to produce a standard Unicode Quran text and serve as a reliable source for this standard text on the web. +Tanzil is a Quranic project launched in 2007 to produce a highly verified Unicode Quran text to be used in Quranic websites and applications. Our mission in the Tanzil project is to produce a standard Unicode Quran text and serve as a reliable source for this standard text on the web. 
  
 ===== Why Tanzil? ===== ===== Why Tanzil? =====
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   * **Text Conversion** \\ While printed copies of the holy Quran are usually published in Uthmani script, electronic copies of the Quran were commonly prepared in the simple (Imlaei) script. The conversion between these two types of texts had been the source of many inconsistencies and typos in the digital texts.   * **Text Conversion** \\ While printed copies of the holy Quran are usually published in Uthmani script, electronic copies of the Quran were commonly prepared in the simple (Imlaei) script. The conversion between these two types of texts had been the source of many inconsistencies and typos in the digital texts.
  
-  * **Technical Difficulties** \\ Old Arabic character sets used in Quranic web-pages and applications lacked some essential diacritics and symbols. For example, the widely used Arabic encoding called "Windows-1256" had no code-point for small-alef, which was needed to represent a complete Quran text+  * **Technical Limitations** \\ Old Arabic character sets used in Quranic web-pages and applications lacked some essential diacritics and symbols. For example, the widely used Arabic encoding called "Windows-1256" had no code-point for small-alef, which was needed to represent a complete Quran text.
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-Some instances of typos in existing digital copies of Quran are listed [[http://tanzil.net/pub/doc/typos/baqara.pdf|here]] and [[http://tanzil.net/pub/doc/typos/typo-3.pdf|here]]. Some other typos and missing diacritics are [[http://tanzil.net/pub/doc/typos/typo-2.pdf|listed here]].+
  
 +Some instances of typos in existing digital copies of Quran are listed {{:typos:typo-1.pdf|here}} and {{:typos:typo-2.pdf|here}}. Some other typos and missing diacritics are {{:typos:typo-3.pdf|listed here}}.
 ===== How precise is Tanzil Quran text? ===== ===== How precise is Tanzil Quran text? =====
  
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