Tavultesoft Keyman

Tavultesoft is a software company. It has developed a keyboard layout software called "Keyman." There are free versions that permit use of Keyman layouts and "Keyman Developer" versions for sale that allow one to design layouts. The current version is 6.2 (as of 12-2006).

See http://www.tavultesoft.com/

Some keyboard layouts for African languages made with Tavultesoft Keyman. Most but not all of these are on the Keyman Keyboard page (along with layouts for other languages) at http://www.tavultesoft.com/keyman/downloads/keyboards/index.php :

• CNRS/LLACAN "AFRO" http://www.tavultesoft.com/keyman/downloads/keyboards/details.php?KeyboardID=377&FromKeyman=0 for Balanta, Fula, Bambara & Mandinka, Hausa, Jola, Kanuri, Serer, Songhay & Zarma, Soninke, Tamajaq & Tawallammat & Tamasheq, and Wolof
• Ge'ez Keyboards: Amharic Unicode EZ+ (implements the SERA EZ+ and EZ+i phonetic based input methods for Ethiopic script in the Amharic language) http://keyboards.ethiopic.org/ or http://www.tavultesoft.com/keyman/downloads/keyboards/details.php?KeyboardID=300&FromKeyman=0
• Ge'ez Keyboards: Tigrigna (Eritrean Style) http://keyboards.ethiopic.org/
• Ge'ez Keyboards: Tigrigna (Ethiopian Style) http://keyboards.ethiopic.org/
• GeezWord 2006 http://www.geezsoft.com/ for Tigrinya and Amharic
• "Moor gʋndga" http://www.tavultesoft.com/keyman/downloads/keyboards/details.php?KeyboardID=394&FromKeyman=0 (for Moore on French AZERTY)
• OpenRoad "DLIA Dinka Unicode keyboard layout" (Keyman 5) http://www.openroad.net.au/languages/files/dlia_dinka_unicode.html
• OpenRoad "Hausa Unicode keyboard layout" (Keyman 5) http://www.openroad.net.au/languages/files/hausa.html
• OpenRoad "Pan-Sahelian Unicode keyboard layout" (Keyman 5) http://www.openroad.net.au/languages/files/pan_sahelian.html (for Hausa, Fula, Manding and others [not including Senegal])
• OpenRoad "Harari (Ge'ez/Ethiopic)" http://www.openroad.net.au/languages/african/harari/keyboards.html or http://www.tavultesoft.com/keyman/downloads/keyboards/details.php?KeyboardID=390&FromKeyman=0
• OpenRoad "Harari (Latin)" http://www.openroad.net.au/languages/african/harari/keyboards.html or http://www.tavultesoft.com/keyman/downloads/keyboards/details.php?KeyboardID=389&FromKeyman=0
• OpenRoad "Alternative Igbo keyboard layout (v. 1)" (Keyman 6; German keyboard) http://www.openroad.net.au/languages/files/igbode10.html
• OpenRoad "Igbo Unicode keyboard layout (v. 2.0)" (Keyman 6) http://www.openroad.net.au/languages/files/igbo20.html
• OpenRoad "Pan-Sahelian Unicode keyboard layout, Ver. 2.0" (Keyman 6) http://www.openroad.net.au/languages/files/ps20.html (for many languages of West Africa)
• OpenRoad ""Pan-Sahelian Unicode keyboard layout, Ver. 2.0" (Keyman 6; uses deadkeys) http://www.openroad.net.au/languages/files/ps21.html (for many languages of West Africa)
• OpenRoad "Southern Sudanese Unicode keyboard layout, Ver. 2.1" (Keyman 6) http://www.openroad.net.au/languages/files/ssudan21.html (for Dinka and Nuer)
• OpenRoad "Yorùbá and Ife Unicode keyboard layout" (Keyman 6) http://www.openroad.net.au/languages/files/yi.html
• OpenRoad "Yorùbá Unicode keyboard layout, Ver. 4.1" (Keyman 6) http://www.openroad.net.au/languages/files/yo41.html
• SIL "Africa Keyboard: Mnemonic layout for any keyboard (using deadkeys)" http://scripts.sil.org/AfricanKeyboard1
• SIL "Africa Keyboard: Positional layout for US keyboard (using deadkeys and/or Shift-states)" http://scripts.sil.org/AfricanKeyboard1
• SIL list of other Keyman keyboards http://scripts.sil.org/SILKeyboards
• Termisti Balante (Senegal) keyboard (experimental) http://www.termisti.refer.org/ltt/ltt03.htm#clavk
• Termisti Bambara (Senegal) keyboard (experimental) http://www.termisti.refer.org/ltt/ltt03.htm#clavk
• Termisti Pulaar (Senegal) keyboard (experimental) http://www.termisti.refer.org/ltt/ltt03.htm#clavk
• Termisti Serer (Senegal) keyboard (experimental) http://www.termisti.refer.org/ltt/ltt03.htm#clavk
• Termisti Wolof (Senegal) keyboard (experimental) http://www.termisti.refer.org/ltt/ltt03.htm#clavk
• TransAzerty http://www.tavultesoft.com/keyman/downloads/keyboards/details.php?KeyboardID=385&FromKeyman=0 (~130 extended Latin characters on an AZERTY keyboard ; ~130 caractères latins étendus sur clavier AZERTY)
• winGLaSS 1.0 [2003] Akan keyboard http://www.ghanakeyboards.com/downloads/
• Wycliffe "Nigeria Unicode Dot Keyboard" http://www.tavultesoft.com/keyman/downloads/keyboards/details.php?KeyboardID=379&FromKeyman=0 for Ebira, Engenni?, Igbo, Igede, Ikwere?, Ivbie North-Okpela-Arhe?, Lokaa?, Obolo?, Tangale?
• Wycliffe "Nigeria Unicode Odd Vowels Keyboard" http://www.tavultesoft.com/keyman/downloads/keyboards/details.php?KeyboardID=380&FromKeyman=0 for Berom?, Bura-Pabir?, Idoma, Kamwe?, Lamang?, Mada?, Mumuye?, Mwaghavul?, Taro?
• Wycliffe "Nigeria Unicode Underline Keyboard" http://www.tavultesoft.com/keyman/downloads/keyboards/details.php?KeyboardID=381&FromKeyman=0 for C'lela?, Eten?, Goemai?, Hun-Saare?, Izere?, Jju, Kadara?, Kag-Fer-Jiir-Koor-Ror-Us-Zuksun?, Longuda?, Ninzo?, Ogbah?, Tarok?, Tsuvadi?