Test or install the Urdu Touch keyboard The recent availability of Google’s Noto Nastaliq Urdu Draft font has made it possible to render Urdu correctly (and beautifully!) on touch devices as well as on desktop computers. We had a number of Urdu keyboard layouts designed for desktop computers. We did Read more…
The other day, we received a review on the iTunes Store for Keyman, which was really a support request. Now the problem with asking for help in the iTunes reviews is that Apple provide no means for us to respond to you. This is unfortunate, especially when, as in this Read more…
In response to your feedback, we have improved Keyman for iPhone and iPad: we no longer require the Allow Full Access option to be switched on. Some background What is Allow Full Access? This is an option in iOS that gives Keyman (and other third party keyboards) access to the Internet Read more…
We are pleased to announce the launch of KeymanWeb 2.0 as an open source software product, under the Apache License, Version 2.0. What is KeymanWeb? What is KeymanWeb? It’s an open source input method framework for the web, supporting desktop and touch keyboard layouts, which works in all modern browsers. Read more…
This post builds on our last post about testing Keyman touch layouts. Now, we provide an alternative test platform for your keyboards, running on your desktop computer rather than your touch device. Google Chrome includes a mobile emulator for web pages, for various devices including iPhones, iPads and Androids. Recent Read more…
I recently discovered a number of comments on our blog that had gone unnoticed, and for which we received no notification. I’m sorry: I want to respond to all the comments and questions. Now that I’ve found the comments, I’ll respond here, even though it’s really too late! Obviously, we’ll Read more…
Keyman Developer 9 (download the beta, free, here) includes full touch layout editing tools. In the image below I am editing the Geez Frontier Foundation's Amharic touch layout. We talk more about the touch editor in previous blog posts: Creating a touch keyboard layout for Amharic – Part 1 Creating Read more…
Marc here. I’ve been trying to use the Keyman keyboard on iOS 8 exclusively for a few days, now that iOS 8 is in gold master. This post is written to give you a bit of an idea of how deep we try and go in working through usability and Read more…
Update 18 Sep 2014: This issue has been fixed in iOS 8. Read more. In the last couple of weeks, since the release of iOS 7.1, we have started receiving reports from Keyman for iPhone and iPad users of issues with fonts. Specifically, the missing character square box, or question Read more…
Update 4 July 2014: KeymanWeb Amharic Mini 2.0 is now online and is much faster to use! Read more… KeymanWeb Amharic Mini is a new website that makes it possible for you to type in Amharic on your Nokia mobile phone, and post your message in Amharic to Facebook. Read more…