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

[Andrew Cunningham]

As the expression goes "horses for courses", there are many input
frameworks, each with their own strengths and weaknesses.

In our projects we develop keyboard layouts for various input
frameworks including Keyman, KeymanWeb, Win32 keyboard environment
(using MSKLC), text services table driven IMEs, KeyMagic, xkb,
SCIM+KMFL, iBUS+KMFL, MacOS X XML keylayouts, etc.

But Keyman is a useful tool to have in the repertoire, esp. when you
need sophisticated or complex layouts, where the MacOS, xkb and
standard win32 models are not adequate.

For some keyboards/languages you could use any tool, but for some
projects only Keyman is appropriate.

Andrew

On 25 August 2011 05:09, 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:
>
> 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:
>
> 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
>
> ~~~
>
>
> =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=
> 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)
>
> 210 Rider Building  (formerly Rider II)
> 227 W. Beaver Avenue
> State College, PA   16801-4819
> http://www.personal.psu.edu/ejp10/psu
> http://tlt.psu.edu
>
>
> ========================================================================
> 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.
> ========================================================================
>
>
>



-- 
Andrew Cunningham
Senior Project Manager, Research and Development
Vicnet
State Library of Victoria
Australia

andrewc at vicnet.net.au
lang.support at gmail.com