utopiaio/eKeyboard

Make typing Amharic [on mobile] great [again]. ### ~⚠️ Update ⚠️~ ~I've been informed by @jixtes that Google already has the `Amharic-English` implementation.~ ~Head on to Google Input and select the `Amharic` input. It requires a working Internet connection for it to come-up with the predictions.~ ~**So now, `eKeyboard` project is more of a reimplementation.**~ ### HOL'UP [Update 2.0] Google-Input (on Amharic) only has _sound normalizing_; no distance computation or auto-correction. Making eKeyboard [once again] a **new** endeavor ### eKeyboard Make typing Amharic [on mobile] great [again]. (no association) ### Great!?, #holdUp The *mistake* (imo) most mobile keyboard developers make is try to fit the **entire** Amharic alphabet (200+) on the small phone screen. This has been done in a variety of ways, but in general developers will display part of the alphabet on the screen and then create application rules for how to navigate between letters. This could be through pressing and holding a letter or sliding across the keyboard to navigate the different views or the very time-taking timeout approach where user types a letter and types another one after some time (type fast and rule breaks). Since the rules are not standardized and unintuitive, it can be complex for a user to adapt to. We see the issue reflected on many social media forums and messaging applications where users type `Amharic-English` to get around the frustration of strictly using Amharic Fidels. ### Plan-Future...Dirty Sprite The whole idea of `eKeyboard` revolves around by not introducing any new *rules* and building on-top of the *community standardized* rule of `Amharic-English` rule. If you can `sound it out`, then you can type on `eKeyboard`. #holdup that has been done before `eko`, right? Yes and No. ALL Amharic keyboards implementation of `Amharic-English`: ``` እኮ -> e[pause]ko ለምን -> le[pause]m[pause]n ቆንጆ -> qo[pause]n[pause]jo ``` Well, that's not very efficient. They're all basically mapping each **letter** to the *sound* 📢 in …