Earlier this month, we conducted an internal review of our product offerings and development status. As a result of this review, we determined that we would stop developing and distributing several products. This is important to help us focus on improving our core products without spreading ourselves too thinly. This 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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
The most requested feature of Keyman for Android was to be able to use Keyman keyboards across all apps on the device. With the latest 1.1 version update to our app, it's now a reality! Here is a step-by-step guide to install a keyboard across your entire Android device: Step Read more…