[Project-ideas] Bengali keyboard layout for mobile devices

[Abhishek Gupta]

But don't you think using google transliterate which is sure to be backed
out in a very few years, is not such a good idea?

Regards
Abhishek

On 21 March 2012 20:38, Chinmay Dabral <chinmay.kai at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hi,
>
> As I mentioned on the IRC a couple of days back, I'm interested in this
> project idea. I have a couple of questions:
>
> 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.
>
> 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.
>
> I'm currently looking into designing Android IME and am going to design a
> basic English keyboard to get a better understanding of it.
>
> Thanks,
> Chinmaya Dabral
>
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