Typist

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What problem does the suggested tool solve?

Linguists often need to be able to type special characters not available on standard keyboards. Installing such keyboards is often a nuisance.

What features should the suggested tool have?

The user should be able to create keyboards and assign keyboard shortcuts to them.

• Display list of shortcuts for each keyboard.
• Include some preset keyboards:
  • XSAMPA
  • SIL's IPA keybindings
• Allow user to import/export keyboards. (See if there's already a standard format for this.)

It might make sense to write this as an independent library first, so it could be embedded on any page which accepts keyboard input.

To Do

• Purpose/Overview
• Directions, hidden once dismissed
• Underlying libraries, with links
• Save work + settings to local storage
• Domain redirects (e.g. transliterate.digitallinguistics.io > tools.digitallinguistics.io/transliterate
• Data Import/Export