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KONYIN: Nigeria Multilingual Keyboard

KONYIN: Nigeria Multilingual Keyboard Purpose – Introduces readers to the new multilingual keyboard technology, KONYIN. Design/methodology/approach – This paper describes KONYIN, a Nigerian multilingual keyboard that has just been invented. It highlights the features and the benefits of the keyboard manufactured by LANCOR technologies based in Boston, MA. Describes eight years of product design to achieve results. Findings – Applications for a new typewriter/keyboard that accommodates different languages and diacritical marks in a single interface. Research limitations/implications – Users no longer have to switch keyboard layout to type in any language. Has great potential for other language variations. Practical Implications – Provides useful information and advice for software architects and computer scientists, linguists and writers who want to write in native languages and dialects as well as international languages on one keyboard. Has enormous potential for translation. Originality/value – This may be the first virtual keyboard layout with its scope. http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Library Hi Tech News Emerald Publishing

KONYIN: Nigeria Multilingual Keyboard

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Emerald Publishing
Copyright
Copyright © 2005 Emerald Group Publishing Limited. All rights reserved.
ISSN
0741-9058
DOI
10.1108/07419050510620253
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Abstract

Purpose – Introduces readers to the new multilingual keyboard technology, KONYIN. Design/methodology/approach – This paper describes KONYIN, a Nigerian multilingual keyboard that has just been invented. It highlights the features and the benefits of the keyboard manufactured by LANCOR technologies based in Boston, MA. Describes eight years of product design to achieve results. Findings – Applications for a new typewriter/keyboard that accommodates different languages and diacritical marks in a single interface. Research limitations/implications – Users no longer have to switch keyboard layout to type in any language. Has great potential for other language variations. Practical Implications – Provides useful information and advice for software architects and computer scientists, linguists and writers who want to write in native languages and dialects as well as international languages on one keyboard. Has enormous potential for translation. Originality/value – This may be the first virtual keyboard layout with its scope.

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Library Hi Tech News – Emerald Publishing

Published: Jul 1, 2005

Keywords: Keyboards; Konyin; Multilingual computer keyboards; Translation; Translation services; Nigeria; Computer Peripheral equipment

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