[AfricanLanguages] RE: Prosposal of Somali key layout

[Don Osborn]

Hi Jama and thank you for this information. Is your work related at all to the old Somali wordprocessor by SomiTek called “Hikaadiye”?   I see from the description that it substitutes digraphs for 3 letters not used in Somali transcription but also makes those same letters available with AltGr + those same keys.   Was this layout created with MSKLC? If the layout is intended as a wider standard it could also be produced in a Keyman (Tavultesoft) keyboard.   Are you aware of any efforts to localize software in Somali, such as OpenOffice or MS Office? The Hikaadiye wordprocessor is by now rather old and I don’t think it ever was updated.   Don Osborn Bisharat.net PanAfrican Localisation project     From: AfricanLanguages@yahoogroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Jama Jama Musse Sent: Sunday, August 27, 2006 5:35 AM To: AfricanLanguages@yahoogroups.com Subject: [AfricanLanguages] Prosposal of Somali key layout   I am finalizing an early draft of proposal to adopt a custom key layout for Somali, based on QWERTY keyboard. It is an early draft, and I would like to hear your comments. I am not posting the file as it is big size to be posted on yahoogroups, so please get a PDF file from http://www.redsea-online.com/soomaali Regards, Jama.     __._,_.___ SPONSORED LINKS Creative writing Creative writing course Creative writing class Creative writing program Teaching creative writing YAHOO! GROUPS LINKS  Visit your group "AfricanLanguages" on the web.    To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to:  [EMAIL PROTECTED]    Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to the Yahoo! Terms of Service. __,_._,___