--- In qalam@yahoogroups.com, "i18n@..." <i18n@...> wrote:

> Richard Wordingham wrote:
>
> >
> > This needs to work for thick people, not just smart people,

and the

> > odds seem high that the average Vai is thicker than the

average

> > person, simply for environmental reasons. Your Vai sample

is

> > definitely smarter than the average Vai, and obviously have

more get

> > up and go than average if you're meeting them in New York!
>
>
> Won't the market release another keyboard if the users can

express what

> might work better?? Why not plan for iterative or competitive

releases?

> Why does it need to be perfected on the first go?

We are just discussing options, Barry. But this is likely not a
market driven situation. There needs to be conviction that if the
market has created *numerous* glyph-based keyboards for
Chinese, which is market driven, maybe there is something
behind this idea. It is the priniciple really. In a particular situation
it is not evident what will happen.

I brought up handwriting input for Tamil a while ago - think it got
poohpoohed. I have asked kids how it compares for Chinese
and the answer is 'my parents like me to do it this way so they
know I am writing properly.' Hm. Not much fun. However, it may
be the best for Vai. I was wondering what squawk was all about
at www.yuvee.com

Suzanne




That is what *I* am

> having trouble grasping and I don't think I am thick at all :)
>
> Why not plan for the long term - what will it look like in 7 or ten
> years as computers get more common? Frankly I think this

might be a case

> where some sort of handwriting might win out - can the folks

we are

> discussing *write* the characters? It seems conceded that

they can

> *read* them at least, correct?
>
> Might a variation of this

(http://alphaworks.ibm.com/tech/sharktext)

> work for Vai? Why or why not?
>
> Best,
>
> Barry