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…
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…
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…
Note (11 Aug 2015): this page has obsolete content and has been replaced with the Developer documentation at http://help.keyman.com/developer/9.0/guides/distribute/mobile-apps With the latest updates (1.2) to Keyman for Android and Keyman for iPhone and iPad, you can now install custom keyboards onto your favourite mobile devices. This post will go Read more…
With the latest release of Keyman for iPhone and iPad (version 1.2), we've added a highly requested feature — the ability to download custom keyboards to your iOS device. We've also resolved some bugs and issues from the previous version, as well as updating the UI for iOS 7. Installing 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…
*** Updated *** We've updated information regarding user-defined key codes. For keys with a single Unicode character output, please use U_XXXX (where XXXX is the Unicode code point) instead of T_XXXX. For all other user-defined key codes, continue to use T_ as usual. *** Finish Update *** Last week, we Read more…
If you have used any of the GFF desktop keyboards, you will be used to touching a key twice or holding the Shift key to get a different base consonant from that displayed on the key. To avoid needing a Shift layer when entering normal text, all the characters from Read more…
A widely used Keyman Desktop phonetic keyboard for Amharic (developed by Geez Frontier Foundation) was also compiled and made available for use with KeymanWeb. When used with web browsers on desktop computers, the behaviour of the keyboard was identical to use with Keyman Desktop, but use of the same Amharic Read more…