KONYIN: Nigeria Multilingual Keyboard
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.
Keywords
Citation
Adomi, E.E. and Benson Adogbeji, O. (2005), "KONYIN: Nigeria Multilingual Keyboard", Library Hi Tech News, Vol. 22 No. 6, pp. 17-18. https://doi.org/10.1108/07419050510620253
Publisher
:Emerald Group Publishing Limited
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