[IxDA Discuss] Phone pad question ...

[Alexander Baxevanis]

Hi Gil,

thanks a lot for the reference to the ETSI standard, I hope that all
phone manufacturers are using it for text entry. Haven't bought a
phone with Greek localisation for ages, but the Greek mapping that
they give is definitely the most sensible one (following the order of
the Greek alphabet). Previous approaches would map all letters not in
the Latin alphabet to a random key (0, 1 or #).

Once again, thanks a lot, it's great to have such an international list :)

Cheers,
Alex

On Jan 28, 2008 5:26 PM, Gil Barros <gil.barros at formato.com.br> wrote:
> Hi Alex and Grad,
>
> Each manufacturer has his way of implementing non-ascii characters.
>
> There is an ETSI standard which tries to deal with localization
> (complements ITU E.161):
> ETSI ES 202 130 - Character repertoires, ordering rules and assignments
> to the 12-key telephone keypad
> http://portal.etsi.org/docbox/EC_Files/EC_Files/es_202130v010101p.pdf
>
> cheers,
> Gil.
>
> > AFAIK there is an international standard on how keys should be labeled
> > with letters. It's called "ITU E.161 : Arrangement of digits, letters
> > and symbols on telephones and other devices that can be used for
> > gaining access to a telephone network" :) and if you feel like reading
> > all the details you can download it at:
> >
> > http://www.itu.int/rec/T-REC-E.161-200102-I/en
> ...
>
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