Converting Harikrishna to Shruti requires a character-map algorithm. Because Harikrishna uses specific English keystrokes to form complex Gujarati conjuncts (like kru or shree ), a simple "find and replace" is insufficient. Converters must: Identify character clusters.

: A widely used tool specifically for Harikrishna-like fonts. It allows you to paste legacy text and instantly generate Unicode text compatible with Shruti. TypeinGujarati Online Font Converter

| Document Type | Exact Match Accuracy | Character Error Rate (CER) | |---------------|----------------------|----------------------------| | Printed books (clean OCR) | 99.2% | 0.8% | | Government reports (tables) | 98.1% | 1.9% | | Scanned old newspapers (noisy) | 96.5% | 3.5% | | | 98.7% | 1.3% |

"It's not broken, Dad. It’s just in a different language than the modern web speaks," Aarav explained.

: Unlike Harikrishna, text in Shruti (Unicode) is fully searchable by search engines and within documents.

A ground-truth dataset was created: