When in Rome, Do as the Romans Do Desiderata for MultiLanguage Input Systems Respectfully Submitted

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When in Rome, Do as the Romans DoDesiderata for
Multi-Language Input SystemsRespectfully
Submitted to the CEN/ISSS Cultural Diversity
Focus GroupBrainstorming Session on Keyboards

• Daniel Mailman
• DMailman_at_MindStride.us

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User Input Sophistication Scale

• Very Basic Users (VBUs)
• First Language Only
• Fairly Basic Users (FBUs)
• Infrequently type very few non-first-language
  (NFL) characters
• Fairly Sophisticated Users (FSUs)
• Frequently Use a Single NFL
• Very Sophisticated Users (VSUs)
• frequently type many characters from multiple
  NFLs
• Extremely Sophisticated Users (ESUs)
• Constant use of Multiple NFLs Mobile Devices as
  well

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The NFL Character SuperSet
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First-Language Keyboard Layouts
Swiss German, Swiss French, Liechtenstein
Luxembourg
Most (All?) European First Language Keyboards
Type a-z, A-Z (No Accents, No Diacritics)
Finnish Swedish
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MindStride Input Engine
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Four Gesture Types
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Gesture Purposes