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

[Keola Donaghy]

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:

>> 
>> ILAT Note: Do you use Keyman?
> 
> 
> 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
>> From:    Phillip E Cash Cash <cashcash at EMAIL.ARIZONA.EDU>
>> Subject: Virtual Keyboards for Over 1,000 Languages - Keyman Desktop (fwd link)
>> 
>> Virtual Keyboards for Over 1,000 Languages - Keyman Desktop
>> 
>> HOBART, Australia, Aug. 23, 2011 /PRNewswire-Asia/ -- Tavultesoft, an
>> Australian company, is currently leading the world in enabling
>> communication through multilingual keyboards.  Thanks to their ongoing
>> efforts, minority communities around the world can participate in the
>> electronic age in their native tongue.
>> 
>> 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
>> their existing keyboard.
>> 
>> Keyman Desktop allows users to effectively write using a computer in
>> their own language.  With the last native speaker of a language dying
>> every two weeks, Keyman Desktop has become a critical tool in the
>> preservation of languages and cultural diversity.
>> 
>> Access full article below:
>> http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/virtual-keyboards-for-over-1000-languages---keyman-desktop-128237228.html
>> 
>> ~~~
>> 
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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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