On Tue, 29 Sep 2009 15:19:48 +0530 सुरेश कुमार शुक्ल wrote:
> I am curious as to why not a REAL keyboard: > http://anektameekta.blogspot.com/2009/03/devnagri-hindi-typing-complete-solution.html > > I pasted this 6 months ago, followed by Ravishankar ji. I also put > up photograph on wikipedia Devanagari entry. > Real Indic keyboards, I think were never mass manufactured, only in limited stock for specific set of users (govt depts/ dtp), so availability was never easy. And there was the layout issue, while Inscript mainly promoted by CDAC, other vendors had their own layouts, which never gave enough incentive to make keyboards in large volumes. Also in older 8bit scheme of things, using Inscript always required additional software from vendors, only with Unicode now, its more easy to use anywhere with keyboard supported at OS level. Another cause could be is since around dozen kind of keyboards would be needed to have all languages, it perhaps was impractical to make in all languages unless there was enough demand. Even stickers I think have been used only by heavy users, with occasional ones still resorting to phonetic maps or already have learnt Inscript well. It also becomes sticky to stick them on new keyboards, than say on an old worn out one. Regards, Karunakar -- ********************************** * कार्य: http://www.indlinux.org * * चिठ्ठा: http://cartoonsoft.com/blog * ********************************** ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Come build with us! The BlackBerry® Developer Conference in SF, CA is the only developer event you need to attend this year. Jumpstart your developing skills, take BlackBerry mobile applications to market and stay ahead of the curve. Join us from November 9-12, 2009. Register now! http://p.sf.net/sfu/devconf _______________________________________________ IndLinux-group mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/indlinux-group
