<html><head></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; ">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.<div><br></div><div>Keola<br><div><br><div><div>On 2011 ʻAu. 24, at 02:34, Elizabeth J. Pyatt wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote type="cite"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; font-family: Helvetica; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: -webkit-auto; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-size: medium; "><blockquote type="cite"><br class="Apple-interchange-newline">ILAT Note: Do you use Keyman?<br></blockquote><br><br>FYI - Keyman is a reputable vendor in the industry, and I've installed some of these utilities on my computer without any difficulty.<br><br>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.<br><br>Many utilities are offered for free or very low cost by individual developers as a way to encourage computing in different languages.<br><br>Hope this is useful information.<br>On Aug 24, 2011, at 3:24 AM, ILAT automatic digest system wrote:<br><br><blockquote type="cite">Date: Tue, 23 Aug 2011 10:25:02 -0700<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">From: Phillip E Cash Cash <<a href="mailto:cashcash@EMAIL.ARIZONA.EDU">cashcash@EMAIL.ARIZONA.EDU</a>><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">Subject: Virtual Keyboards for Over 1,000 Languages - Keyman Desktop (fwd link)<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">Virtual Keyboards for Over 1,000 Languages - Keyman Desktop<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">HOBART, Australia, Aug. 23, 2011 /PRNewswire-Asia/ -- Tavultesoft, an<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">Australian company, is currently leading the world in enabling<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">communication through multilingual keyboards. Thanks to their ongoing<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">efforts, minority communities around the world can participate in the<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">electronic age in their native tongue.<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">Tavultesoft's Keyman Desktop product enables text input in over 1,000<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">languages. Their market leading, multilingual, virtual keyboard<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">software allows users to type in the language of their choice using<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">their existing keyboard.<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">Keyman Desktop allows users to effectively write using a computer in<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">their own language. With the last native speaker of a language dying<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">every two weeks, Keyman Desktop has become a critical tool in the<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">preservation of languages and cultural diversity.<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">Access full article below:<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><a href="http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/virtual-keyboards-for-over-1000-languages---keyman-desktop-128237228.html">http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/virtual-keyboards-for-over-1000-languages---keyman-desktop-128237228.html</a><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">~~~<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><br></blockquote><br>=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=<br>Elizabeth J. Pyatt, Ph.D.<br>Instructional Designer<br>Education Technology Services, TLT/ITS<br>Penn State University<br><a href="mailto:ejp10@psu.edu">ejp10@psu.edu</a>, (814) 865-0805 or (814) 865-2030 (Main Office)<br><br>210 Rider Building (formerly Rider II)<br>227 W. Beaver Avenue<br>State College, PA 16801-4819<br><a href="http://www.personal.psu.edu/ejp10/psu">http://www.personal.psu.edu/ejp10/psu</a><br><a href="http://tlt.psu.edu/">http://tlt.psu.edu</a></span></blockquote></div><br><div>
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; border-spacing: 0px 0px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; text-align: auto; -khtml-text-decorations-in-effect: none; text-indent: 0px; -apple-text-size-adjust: auto; text-transform: none; orphans: 2; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; border-spacing: 0px 0px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; text-align: auto; -khtml-text-decorations-in-effect: none; text-indent: 0px; -apple-text-size-adjust: auto; text-transform: none; orphans: 2; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; "><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 14px/normal Lucida Grande; min-height: 17px; ; font-family: Lucida Grande; font-size: 14px; "><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Courier" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px;; font-family: Courier; "><br style="font-family: Courier; "></span></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Courier"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Courier; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Courier; ">========================================================================</span></span></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Courier"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Courier; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Courier; ">Keola Donaghy</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Courier; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Courier; "> </span></span></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Courier"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Courier; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Courier; ">Assistant Professor of Hawaiian Studies</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Courier; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Courier; "> </span></span></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Courier"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Courier; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Courier; ">Ka Haka 'Ula O Ke'elikolani </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Courier; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Courier; "> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Courier; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Courier; "><a href="mailto:keola@leoki.uhh.hawaii.edu">keola@leoki.uhh.hawaii.edu</a></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Courier; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Courier; "> </span></span></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Courier"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Courier; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Courier; ">University of Hawai'i at Hilo </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Courier; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Courier; "> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Courier; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Courier; "><a href="http://www2.hawaii.edu/~donaghy/">http://www2.hawaii.edu/~donaghy/</a></span></span></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; 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