--- Forwarded Message from Henry Wilmer <[log in to unmask]> ---

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>Date: Wed, 22 Sep 2004 20:04:32 -0400
>Subject: Re: #7636 Floating Accented Vowel Utility for XP?
>From: Henry Wilmer <[log in to unmask]>
>To: Language Learning and Technology International Information Forum
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Hi,

Two possible solutions.  Here's one that appeared on the listrserv last
year.  Another is something like the floating window from Quia
(www.quia.com).  It's great, but only seems to appear with their exercises
online.  See their demo.

Dear Members,

I recently finished developing JavaScript-based text editors designed for
typing in French, Spanish, German, Italian, and Portuguese.

I think they could be useful for foreign language learners (especially
beginners) as they let one enter foreign characters without memorizing Alt
codes or installing keyboard layouts. All you need to do is press a button
or use an easy-to-remember keyboard shortcut (e.g. Ctrl+E for $E9 in the
French editor, Ctrl+E twice for e-grave, etc.)

The URLs are:
http://french.typeit.org <http://french.typeit.org/>
http://spanish.typeit.org <http://spanish.typeit.org/>
http://german.typeit.org <http://german.typeit.org/>
http://italian.typeit.org <http://italian.typeit.org/>
http://portuguese.typeit.org <http://portuguese.typeit.org/>

I also made an editor for typing IPA-based phonetic transcriptions (for
English) at http://ipa.typeit.org <http://ipa.typeit.org/>

I thought you might be interested in taking a look at the editors. I would
be very grateful for your comments.

Best wishes,

Tomasz P. Szynalski


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On 9/22/04 4:34 PM, "LLTI-Editor" <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

> --- Forwarded Message from Joseph Kautz <[log in to unmask]> ---
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>> Date: Wed, 22 Sep 2004 08:34:09 -0700 (PDT)
>> From: Joseph Kautz <[log in to unmask]>
>> To: LLTI-List <[log in to unmask]>
>> Subject: Floating Accented Vowel Utility for XP?
>
>
>
> Hello.  I am wondering if there is a utility for Win XP that provides a
> floating window with clickable accented vowels for input into text
> areas in web interfaces.  We train students how to type these vowels but
> so many students are taking tests and doing assignments in our lab, I am
> looking for a simpler way to support diacritic input.   Is there such an
> animal?  I want to avoid cutting and pasting solutions.  A simple click on
> a symbol should insert the letter.   XP's On Screen Keyboard found under
> the accessibility programs works fine but I cannot find the accented
> vowels.  If I could customize this tool to show letters that I want, it
> would work fine.   Joseph
>
>
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