[Project-ideas] Bengali keyboard layout for mobile devices

[Sankarshan Mukhopadhyay]

On Wed, Mar 21, 2012 at 8:38 PM, Chinmay Dabral <chinmay.kai at gmail.com> wrote:

> Does the input method also require word prediction capabilities? Or can it
> be safely marked as a "bonus" idea to be implemented if time permits? This
> will require me to study string matching algorithms.

Look up indic typing booster

> Will transliteration be a good idea in addition to the "real" Bengali
> layout? Google has a javascript transliteration API which is deprecated, but
> will remain functional for another 3 years. Their transliteration works
> quite well for Hindi, so I'd imagine it works fine for Bengali as well (can
> someone confirm this?). http://www.google.com/transliterate
> I have no idea how I'd integrate javascript though, short of somehow running
> a hidden WebView.

The language centric APIs from Google are in a state of flux with
regards to stability and usage. It would probably be a risk.

> I'm currently looking into designing Android IME and am going to design a
> basic English keyboard to get a better understanding of it.

Nice. Bonus points if you are looking up existing layouts for Bengali.

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