[IxDA Discuss] Phone pad question ...

[Alexander Baxevanis]

Hi Grad,

I don't think I've ever seen the phone keypad lettering being adapted
to other languages in normal (desk) phones. In mobile phones, where
the numeric keypad is used for text entry, the assignment of letters
to keys depends on the manufacturer, but for languages using a
variation of the alphabet accented characters will go on the same key
as the character without the accent, for example "ñ" will go on the
same key as "n". For some languages such as Greek (my native tongue)
I've seen completely different approaches by each manufacturer (not
sure if things have been standardized now) and only a few manufactures
would care to produce a different keyboard faceplate that shows the
Greek key assignment. Other languages/scripts (not sure if this is the
correct terminology) such as Arabic, Japanese, Chinese, Hindu etc.
have more complex input methods, you can probably find a lot about
that on the net...

Not sure what you're trying to do, is it related to a service accessed
by a fixed phone or a mobile?

Regards,
Alex

On Jan 28, 2008 3:50 PM, Grady Kelly <grady at simpledesign.org> wrote:
> This may be an odd question ...
>
> I have mentioned in an earlier post about designing a telecommunications
> application, and localization.
>
> You all know how the phone dial pad has letters associated with the number?
> For instance, 2 is ABC, 3 is DEF, etc.  How is this done in other
> languages?  For instance, Spanish has 2 extra letters than the english
> alphabet, the "ñ" and double L "ll" are they on the spanish phones?  What
> about other languages?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Grady Kelly
> grady at gradykelly.com
> http://www.gradykelly.com
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