Questions people ask us

It was typed in a legacy font such as Akruti Sarala. The file really contains Latin characters, and only that font draws them as Odia. Converting to Unicode stores the actual Odia letters, so any Odia font shows them.

Akruti Sarala, Sreelipi, Apranta and ORTT Sarala, each to Unicode Odia. The Supported Fonts page always shows the live status.

Not yet. The open-source rules we build on only go one way, and simply reversing them produces wrong text. We are developing and testing reverse rules per font and will switch each one on only when it passes.

Per conversion, on our server. Unicode text uses Unicode word segmentation for Odia; legacy text counts runs of characters between spaces. If your text is longer we show the upgrade option and keep your text in the box — nothing is cut off.

No. Text is converted in memory and sent back to you. We store only metadata: when, which direction, how many words, and whether it worked.

No converter can promise that. Ours gives exactly the same output as the published OdiaWikimedia converter, and it lists any character it could not map. Please proof-read important work.

No. Pro is a prepaid pass for 30 or 365 days. When it ends you return to the Free plan with your account intact. Buy again any time; time is added to the end of your current pass.

Pro converts TXT files today. DOCX conversion is planned. Scanned PDFs need OCR, which this tool does not do.

No. Akruti, Sreelipi and other commercial fonts belong to their owners and are not distributed here. Unicode output displays with free fonts such as Noto Sans Oriya.

The conversion engine is free software under the GNU GPL v3, based on the OdiaWikimedia Converter. Its complete source is on the Source Code page.