On Mon, 12 Sep 2005 19:20:57 -0400, suzmccarth <suzmccarth@...>
wrote:

> I think the point made by Don, and I share it, is that however
> simple and unergonmic these pickers look, they are better than not
> being able to keyboard your own script at all.

I heartily agree!

> The issue is not so much technical as it is believing in the first place
> that digitial literacy and the English alphabet are not inextricably
> linked.

Indeed! I surely agree.

I was rather surprised to see Pinyin invented, and even more, for it to
became official. At least, it (imho) straightened out romanization (cap,
R, btw?) of Putonghua.

Computer people learned (slowly, maybe?) that ASCII was not sufficient for
almost all languages.

===

I was pondering whether a large touch-responsive pad with very-durable
markings and a cushioned "feel" might permit making a keyboard-equivalent
for lower cost than one with moving keys. One might start with an old
laptop with a touch screen (not common!), using the screen for input.

Best regards,

--
Nicholas Bodley /*|*\ Waltham, Mass. (Not "MA")
The curious hermit -- autodidact and polymath
Political URL, for a change:
http://www.truthout.org/docs_2005/090605A.shtml