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.
MIT © Prasanna Venkatesh T S