Virtual Keyboards for Over 1,000 Languages - Keyman Desktop (fwd link)

[Daniel Hieber]

I believe SIL also builds in Keyman compatability to most of their tools. It
works very nicely with Fieldworks, for example.

On Wed, Aug 24, 2011 at 3:09 PM, Keola Donaghy <donaghy at hawaii.edu> wrote:

> Aloha. We used to use it, they developed a Hawaiian keyboard for us and it
> worked well. Occasionally there were issues with new versions of windows,
> but they generally got them fixed fairly quickly. Once I found the Microsoft
> Keyboard Creator and made a keyboard with that we stopped using Keyman.
>
> Keola
>
> On 2011 ʻAu. 24, at 02:34, Elizabeth J. Pyatt wrote:
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> ILAT Note: Do you use Keyman?
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> FYI - Keyman is a reputable vendor in the industry, and I've installed some
> of these utilities on my computer without any difficulty.
>
> They provide a free plugin for Windows users who can then download keyboard
> utilities for various languages. Keyman makes its income by selling the
> development software to create the keyboard.
>
> Many utilities are offered for free or very low cost by individual
> developers as a way to encourage computing in different languages.
>
> Hope this is useful information.
> On Aug 24, 2011, at 3:24 AM, ILAT automatic digest system wrote:
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> Date:    Tue, 23 Aug 2011 10:25:02 -0700
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> From:    Phillip E Cash Cash <cashcash at EMAIL.ARIZONA.EDU>
>
> Subject: Virtual Keyboards for Over 1,000 Languages - Keyman Desktop (fwd
> link)
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> Virtual Keyboards for Over 1,000 Languages - Keyman Desktop
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>
> HOBART, Australia, Aug. 23, 2011 /PRNewswire-Asia/ -- Tavultesoft, an
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> Australian company, is currently leading the world in enabling
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> communication through multilingual keyboards.  Thanks to their ongoing
>
> efforts, minority communities around the world can participate in the
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> electronic age in their native tongue.
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> Tavultesoft's Keyman Desktop product enables text input in over 1,000
>
> languages.  Their market leading, multilingual, virtual keyboard
>
> software allows users to type in the language of their choice using
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> their existing keyboard.
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> Keyman Desktop allows users to effectively write using a computer in
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> their own language.  With the last native speaker of a language dying
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> every two weeks, Keyman Desktop has become a critical tool in the
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> preservation of languages and cultural diversity.
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>
> Access full article below:
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> http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/virtual-keyboards-for-over-1000-languages---keyman-desktop-128237228.html
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>
> ~~~
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> =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=
> Elizabeth J. Pyatt, Ph.D.
> Instructional Designer
> Education Technology Services, TLT/ITS
> Penn State University
> ejp10 at psu.edu, (814) 865-0805 or (814) 865-2030 (Main Office)
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> ========================================================================
> Keola Donaghy
> Assistant Professor of Hawaiian Studies
> Ka Haka 'Ula O Ke'elikolani             keola at leoki.uhh.hawaii.edu
> University of Hawai'i at Hilo           http://www2.hawaii.edu/~donaghy/
>
> "Tír gan teanga, tír gan anam."  (Irish Gaelic saying)
> A country without its language is a country without its soul.
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