In the move to include African languages in natural language processing (NLP), it has become imperative to have a convenient means of typing in these African langugaes, which may contain unique accents, diacritics and completely new alphabets.
The presence of a specialized keyboard for the Igbo language, will foster typing in the language, thereby increasing the amount of online presence of the language.
Edémédé is free, open-source online keyboard with the special Igbo diacritics. Although in its early stage, Edémédé contains the full functionalities to make one type easily. There will be updates to improve the platform on a regular basis.
We are always working to include features to make typing very easy and enjoyable. At the moment, we have:
- Sleek design
- Integration with PC Keyboard: while typing with your PC keyboard, you can press:
- Shift + a to toggle between ạ, à, á
- Shift + e to toggle between ẹ, è , é
- Shift + i to toggle between ị, ì, í
- Shift + o to toggle between ọ, ò, ó
- Shift + u to toggle between ụ, ù, ú
- Auto complete suggestion
The long-term goal of this project is to create a central platform for typing in as many African languages as possible.
- Implementation with mobile devices (Android and OS).
- Creating and collating dictionaries for the African languages.
- TBD.
All contributions are welcome and appreciated!
Chris C. Emezue | Handel C. Emezue. Please do not reproduce any part of the code(s) in this project.