If you currently use Keyman Desktop 6, 7.1 or 8.0, you may have questions about whether you should upgrade to version 9.0 or not. This post outlines the various upgrade paths and provides information on the pros and cons of each upgrade path. Before getting into the details, Keyman Desktop Read more…
We are very excited to announce the launch of Keyman Desktop 9.0! Keyman Desktop 9.0 is the world’s leading custom input method tool for Windows, covering thousands of languages in every country under the sun — with keyboard layouts created by the Keyman community and your own creations made with Read more…
Updated for mobile: Tamil Mobile – we've created an optimized version of our Tamil keyboards specifically for smaller mobiles such as iPhone, iPad and Android tablets. Available now in Keyman for Android and Keyman for iPhone and iPad applications. GFF Amharic – version 1.2 is mobile optimized, allowing easy typing Read more…
For a long time (since iOS 7.1), users of the Keyman for iPhone and iPad apps have been reporting issues when using keyboards that relied on custom font profile installations — we blogged about the issue back in April (https://blog.keyman.com/2014/04/how-to-fix-font-issues-with-keyman-on-ios-7_1/). With the release of iOS 8, we can officially say Read more…
With the release of version 1.1 of our Syriac keyboard for keymanweb.com, Keyman for Android, and Keyman for iPhone and iPad, we've fixed an issue that was causing square boxes to appear when typing on Android or iOS devices. This was achieved by using Google Noto fonts, which is the Read more…
Configure Opera Mini to make Amharic and other custom text visible. 1) In Opera Mini, visit opera:config by typing it into the URL bar: 2) Find "Use bitmap fonts for complex scripts", set it to "Yes", and click "Save": You may also need to switch off "Single column view" in Read more…
We've just released update version 1.4 of Keyman for iPhone and iPad, here's the run down of what's new: Key Preview Now when you touch a key, a popup preview will show (phone only, not tablet), so you can see the key your finger is touching. We think this really Read more…
We've just released update version 1.4 of Keyman for Android, here's the run down of what's new: Key Preview Now when you touch a key, a popup preview will show (phone only, not tablet), so you can see the key your finger is touching. We think this really helps, as Read more…
Amharic keyboard version 2 for Opera Mini KeymanWeb Amharic Mini is a new website that makes it possible for you to type in Amharic on feature phones using Opera Mini, and post your message in Amharic to Facebook. What's New: Version 2 makes it much faster to type in Amharic, Read more…
In a previous post, I outlined the steps needed to deploy a custom touch keyboard layout to iOS or Android devices running Keyman for iPhone and iPad, or Keyman for Android respectively. This post will get into the nitty-gritty of how to do that using Google Drive as your 'web Read more…