Hi!
I'm very happy to announce that the keyboard support for five languages of Africa has improved!
The languages are Ewe, Fon, Hausa, Igbo, and Yoruba. The improved typing support is usable on any desktop computer with a browser with JavaScript enabled. It is installed in Wikipedia and all other Wikimedia projects, and also on translatewiki.net.
These typing tools don't require the installation of any software on your computers, or using any key combinations (like Alt or Ctrl). Most special characters are typed on these keyboards by typing the tilde (~) character before the special letter.
See the full documentation here:
* Ewe: https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Help:Extension:UniversalLanguageSelector/Inpu... * Fon: https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Help:Extension:UniversalLanguageSelector/Inpu... * Hausa: https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Help:Extension:UniversalLanguageSelector/Inpu... * Igbo: https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Help:Extension:UniversalLanguageSelector/Inpu... * Yoruba: https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Help:Extension:UniversalLanguageSelector/Inpu...
Some thanks and credits: The Fon keyboard was originally made by Mahuton Possoupe at the Barcelona Hackathon. This week I updated it with some more necessary characters by Mahuton's request. The Hausa, Igbo, and Yoruba keyboards were requested by User:HandsomeBoy at https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Community_Wishlist_Survey_2019/Editing/Add_k... . The keyboard for Ewe was requested by Felix Nartey. Kartik Mistry was very helpful with reviewing the code for the keyboards, and of course I thank all the developers of jquery.ime ( https://github.com/wikimedia/jquery.ime/ ), the underlying technology that was used to make them.
If you have any questions about these keyboards, or if you want to request keyboard support for more languages, please reach out to me or leave a note at the talk page: https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Help_talk:Extension:UniversalLanguageSelector...
-- Amir Elisha Aharoni · אָמִיר אֱלִישָׁע אַהֲרוֹנִי http://aharoni.wordpress.com “We're living in pieces, I want to live in peace.” – T. Moore
Fantastic news! Let's all make sure speakers of these languages hear of this and incorporate it into their work and their trainings.
A.
On Fri, Dec 14, 2018, 12:37 Amir E. Aharoni <amir.aharoni@mail.huji.ac.il wrote:
Hi!
I'm very happy to announce that the keyboard support for five languages of Africa has improved!
The languages are Ewe, Fon, Hausa, Igbo, and Yoruba. The improved typing support is usable on any desktop computer with a browser with JavaScript enabled. It is installed in Wikipedia and all other Wikimedia projects, and also on translatewiki.net.
These typing tools don't require the installation of any software on your computers, or using any key combinations (like Alt or Ctrl). Most special characters are typed on these keyboards by typing the tilde (~) character before the special letter.
See the full documentation here:
- Ewe:
https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Help:Extension:UniversalLanguageSelector/Inpu...
- Fon:
https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Help:Extension:UniversalLanguageSelector/Inpu...
- Hausa:
https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Help:Extension:UniversalLanguageSelector/Inpu...
- Igbo:
https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Help:Extension:UniversalLanguageSelector/Inpu...
- Yoruba:
https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Help:Extension:UniversalLanguageSelector/Inpu...
Some thanks and credits: The Fon keyboard was originally made by Mahuton Possoupe at the Barcelona Hackathon. This week I updated it with some more necessary characters by Mahuton's request. The Hausa, Igbo, and Yoruba keyboards were requested by User:HandsomeBoy at https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Community_Wishlist_Survey_2019/Editing/Add_k... . The keyboard for Ewe was requested by Felix Nartey. Kartik Mistry was very helpful with reviewing the code for the keyboards, and of course I thank all the developers of jquery.ime ( https://github.com/wikimedia/jquery.ime/ ), the underlying technology that was used to make them.
If you have any questions about these keyboards, or if you want to request keyboard support for more languages, please reach out to me or leave a note at the talk page:
https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Help_talk:Extension:UniversalLanguageSelector...
-- Amir Elisha Aharoni · אָמִיר אֱלִישָׁע אַהֲרוֹנִי http://aharoni.wordpress.com “We're living in pieces, I want to live in peace.” – T. Moore _______________________________________________ African-Wikimedians mailing list African-Wikimedians@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/african-wikimedians
Hi Amir,
Thanks for this new development. I will be sharing this information with the Yoruba Wikipedia community shortly.
Regards,
Isaac
On Dec 14, 2018 10:29 AM, "Asaf Bartov" abartov@wikimedia.org wrote:
Fantastic news! Let's all make sure speakers of these languages hear of this and incorporate it into their work and their trainings.
A.
On Fri, Dec 14, 2018, 12:37 Amir E. Aharoni <amir.aharoni@mail.huji.ac.il wrote:
Hi!
I'm very happy to announce that the keyboard support for five languages of Africa has improved!
The languages are Ewe, Fon, Hausa, Igbo, and Yoruba. The improved typing support is usable on any desktop computer with a browser with JavaScript enabled. It is installed in Wikipedia and all other Wikimedia projects, and also on translatewiki.net.
These typing tools don't require the installation of any software on your computers, or using any key combinations (like Alt or Ctrl). Most special characters are typed on these keyboards by typing the tilde (~) character before the special letter.
See the full documentation here:
UniversalLanguageSelector/Input_methods/ee-tilde
UniversalLanguageSelector/Input_methods/fon-tilde
UniversalLanguageSelector/Input_methods/ha-tilde
UniversalLanguageSelector/Input_methods/ig-tilde
UniversalLanguageSelector/Input_methods/yo-tilde
Some thanks and credits: The Fon keyboard was originally made by Mahuton Possoupe at the Barcelona Hackathon. This week I updated it with some more necessary characters by Mahuton's request. The Hausa, Igbo, and Yoruba keyboards were requested by User:HandsomeBoy at https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Community_Wishlist_ Survey_2019/Editing/Add_key_mapping_for_Yoruba,_Igbo,_and_Hausa_to_ULS . The keyboard for Ewe was requested by Felix Nartey. Kartik Mistry was very helpful with reviewing the code for the keyboards, and of course I thank all the developers of jquery.ime ( https://github.com/wikimedia/jquery.ime/ ), the underlying technology that was used to make them.
If you have any questions about these keyboards, or if you want to request keyboard support for more languages, please reach out to me or leave a note at the talk page: https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Help_talk:Extension: UniversalLanguageSelector/Input_methods
-- Amir Elisha Aharoni · אָמִיר אֱלִישָׁע אַהֲרוֹנִי http://aharoni.wordpress.com “We're living in pieces, I want to live in peace.” – T. Moore _______________________________________________ African-Wikimedians mailing list African-Wikimedians@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/african-wikimedians
Hurray!
Thank you so much Amir and thanks also Asaf. This is deeply appreciated. I celebrate you all.
Blossom Ozurumba I am absolutely illimitable.
On 14 Dec 2018, at 10:28, Asaf Bartov abartov@wikimedia.org wrote:
Fantastic news! Let's all make sure speakers of these languages hear of this and incorporate it into their work and their trainings.
A.
On Fri, Dec 14, 2018, 12:37 Amir E. Aharoni <amir.aharoni@mail.huji.ac.il wrote: Hi!
I'm very happy to announce that the keyboard support for five languages of Africa has improved!
The languages are Ewe, Fon, Hausa, Igbo, and Yoruba. The improved typing support is usable on any desktop computer with a browser with JavaScript enabled. It is installed in Wikipedia and all other Wikimedia projects, and also on translatewiki.net.
These typing tools don't require the installation of any software on your computers, or using any key combinations (like Alt or Ctrl). Most special characters are typed on these keyboards by typing the tilde (~) character before the special letter.
See the full documentation here:
- Ewe: https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Help:Extension:UniversalLanguageSelector/Inpu...
- Fon: https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Help:Extension:UniversalLanguageSelector/Inpu...
- Hausa: https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Help:Extension:UniversalLanguageSelector/Inpu...
- Igbo: https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Help:Extension:UniversalLanguageSelector/Inpu...
- Yoruba: https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Help:Extension:UniversalLanguageSelector/Inpu...
Some thanks and credits: The Fon keyboard was originally made by Mahuton Possoupe at the Barcelona Hackathon. This week I updated it with some more necessary characters by Mahuton's request. The Hausa, Igbo, and Yoruba keyboards were requested by User:HandsomeBoy at https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Community_Wishlist_Survey_2019/Editing/Add_k... . The keyboard for Ewe was requested by Felix Nartey. Kartik Mistry was very helpful with reviewing the code for the keyboards, and of course I thank all the developers of jquery.ime ( https://github.com/wikimedia/jquery.ime/ ), the underlying technology that was used to make them.
If you have any questions about these keyboards, or if you want to request keyboard support for more languages, please reach out to me or leave a note at the talk page: https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Help_talk:Extension:UniversalLanguageSelector...
-- Amir Elisha Aharoni · אָמִיר אֱלִישָׁע אַהֲרוֹנִי http://aharoni.wordpress.com “We're living in pieces, I want to live in peace.” – T. Moore _______________________________________________ African-Wikimedians mailing list African-Wikimedians@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/african-wikimedians
This is a great news! I'll test it out once I get on my laptop.
Thanks for sharing Amir!
Sam. ________________________________ From: African-Wikimedians african-wikimedians-bounces@lists.wikimedia.org on behalf of Amir E. Aharoni amir.aharoni@mail.huji.ac.il Sent: Friday, December 14, 2018 8:07:06 AM To: Mailing list for African Wikimedians Subject: [African Wikimedians] New keyboards: Ewe, Fon, Hausa, Igbo, Yoruba
Hi!
I'm very happy to announce that the keyboard support for five languages of Africa has improved!
The languages are Ewe, Fon, Hausa, Igbo, and Yoruba. The improved typing support is usable on any desktop computer with a browser with JavaScript enabled. It is installed in Wikipedia and all other Wikimedia projects, and also on translatewiki.nethttp://translatewiki.net.
These typing tools don't require the installation of any software on your computers, or using any key combinations (like Alt or Ctrl). Most special characters are typed on these keyboards by typing the tilde (~) character before the special letter.
See the full documentation here:
* Ewe: https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Help:Extension:UniversalLanguageSelector/Inpu... * Fon: https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Help:Extension:UniversalLanguageSelector/Inpu... * Hausa: https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Help:Extension:UniversalLanguageSelector/Inpu... * Igbo: https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Help:Extension:UniversalLanguageSelector/Inpu... * Yoruba: https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Help:Extension:UniversalLanguageSelector/Inpu...
Some thanks and credits: The Fon keyboard was originally made by Mahuton Possoupe at the Barcelona Hackathon. This week I updated it with some more necessary characters by Mahuton's request. The Hausa, Igbo, and Yoruba keyboards were requested by User:HandsomeBoy at https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Community_Wishlist_Survey_2019/Editing/Add_k... . The keyboard for Ewe was requested by Felix Nartey. Kartik Mistry was very helpful with reviewing the code for the keyboards, and of course I thank all the developers of jquery.ime ( https://github.com/wikimedia/jquery.ime/ ), the underlying technology that was used to make them.
If you have any questions about these keyboards, or if you want to request keyboard support for more languages, please reach out to me or leave a note at the talk page: https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Help_talk:Extension:UniversalLanguageSelector...
-- Amir Elisha Aharoni · אָמִיר אֱלִישָׁע אַהֲרוֹנִי http://aharoni.wordpress.com “We're living in pieces, I want to live in peace.” – T. Moore
This is super cool. Yay for language engineering! Yay for African languages! Yay for our wonderful African community!
On Tue, Dec 18, 2018 at 6:10 PM Sam Oyeyele samoye_@hotmail.com wrote:
This is a great news! I'll test it out once I get on my laptop.
Thanks for sharing Amir!
Sam.
*From:* African-Wikimedians < african-wikimedians-bounces@lists.wikimedia.org> on behalf of Amir E. Aharoni amir.aharoni@mail.huji.ac.il *Sent:* Friday, December 14, 2018 8:07:06 AM *To:* Mailing list for African Wikimedians *Subject:* [African Wikimedians] New keyboards: Ewe, Fon, Hausa, Igbo, Yoruba
Hi!
I'm very happy to announce that the keyboard support for five languages of Africa has improved!
The languages are Ewe, Fon, Hausa, Igbo, and Yoruba. The improved typing support is usable on any desktop computer with a browser with JavaScript enabled. It is installed in Wikipedia and all other Wikimedia projects, and also on translatewiki.net.
These typing tools don't require the installation of any software on your computers, or using any key combinations (like Alt or Ctrl). Most special characters are typed on these keyboards by typing the tilde (~) character before the special letter.
See the full documentation here:
- Ewe:
https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Help:Extension:UniversalLanguageSelector/Inpu...
- Fon:
https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Help:Extension:UniversalLanguageSelector/Inpu...
- Hausa:
https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Help:Extension:UniversalLanguageSelector/Inpu...
- Igbo:
https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Help:Extension:UniversalLanguageSelector/Inpu...
- Yoruba:
https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Help:Extension:UniversalLanguageSelector/Inpu...
Some thanks and credits: The Fon keyboard was originally made by Mahuton Possoupe at the Barcelona Hackathon. This week I updated it with some more necessary characters by Mahuton's request. The Hausa, Igbo, and Yoruba keyboards were requested by User:HandsomeBoy at https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Community_Wishlist_Survey_2019/Editing/Add_k... . The keyboard for Ewe was requested by Felix Nartey. Kartik Mistry was very helpful with reviewing the code for the keyboards, and of course I thank all the developers of jquery.ime ( https://github.com/wikimedia/jquery.ime/ ), the underlying technology that was used to make them.
If you have any questions about these keyboards, or if you want to request keyboard support for more languages, please reach out to me or leave a note at the talk page:
https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Help_talk:Extension:UniversalLanguageSelector...
-- Amir Elisha Aharoni · אָמִיר אֱלִישָׁע אַהֲרוֹנִי http://aharoni.wordpress.com “We're living in pieces, I want to live in peace.” – T. Moore _______________________________________________ African-Wikimedians mailing list African-Wikimedians@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/african-wikimedians
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