keyboard

[Kim Quirk]

Thanks for your input, Alp!

I've copied the Devel group since there are interested people in this group
who have been working on the Turkish keyboard.

Regards,
Kim

On Wed, May 7, 2008 at 2:13 PM, Alp Simsek <alpstein at mit.edu> wrote:

> Hello Kim,
> Sorry for the late response. I was on a flight and just arrived in Turkey.
> The attached Q keyboard is the correct ver sion (not the one on the link).
> However I spotted one error:
>
> there should be a V between C and B and the on the attached Q-keyboard,
> that is, the line that starts with a Z should read: Z,X,C,V,B,N,M,Ö,Ç,: and
> the shift character
>
> The \ character before the shift character should be moved up and should
> be part of the character that is currently *?
> (I have in front of me a Turkish keyboard at the moment).
>
> Thanks,
> Alp
> On Wed, May 7, 2008 at 6:01 AM, Kim Quirk <kim at laptop.org> wrote:
>
> > Hi Alp,
> > I was given your name and email from Walter de Brouwer, the head of OLPC
> > Europe.
> >
> > We are trying to get a keyboard layout for the XO laptop for children in
> > Turkey. Would you be able to help determine the right layout -- or be able
> > to put me in contact with someone who can help with this layout?
> >
> > We have two layouts already. One is a file attached to this email. And
> > the other can be seen here:
> > http://wiki.laptop.org/go/OLPC_Turkish_Keyboard
> >
> > We need to finalize on the layout as quickly as possible in order to
> > start production. Thanks for any help you can provide,
> > Kim Quirk
> > Dir of Technology, OLPC
> >
> >
> > On Tue, May 6, 2008 at 7:24 PM, walter de brouwer <wdb at laptop.org>
> > wrote:
> >
> > > Turkey has already signed for 100,000 units but I am waiting for the
> > > money in the account.  They normally want to start in September, so that is
> > > a bummer.  But nothing we cannot handle.  The contract stipulates that we
> > > have 90 days from money in the account.  Nicholas thinks we can do 20,000,
> > > the rest later, month per month.
> > > I remember Bernie telling me that he knew how to do the keyboards and
> > > it would take a couple of weeks.  Was he not doing that for Turkey?  I was
> > > under the impression that he was working on that and that bender helped him
> > > doing so.
> > > The turkey grassroots group is MIT-based, they are the Turkish alumni,
> > > there is a postdoc called alp who is a great guy and can help you.  It was
> > > nicholas idea to use them for deployment.  His email is
> > > alpstein at mit.edu
> > >
> > >
> > > On Wed, May 7, 2008 at 12:06 AM, Kim Quirk <kim at laptop.org> wrote:
> > >
> > > > Ok... is there are few more people we can put on the review board?
> > > > Please understand that it will be quite a few months to create a new
> > > > keyboard, as Walter Bender was in charge of this process and we have to come
> > > > up with a way around that.
> > > >
> > > > The other keyboard had not been built yet and not through final
> > > > approval, so it is not a big loss to put that one aside. I'm curious as to
> > > > where it came from because someone had given Walter all the info he needed
> > > > to design that one. We should figure out if there was a reason for that.
> > > >
> > > > Any idea on how close Turkey is to signing a deal? Some idea on when
> > > > they want laptops? I think the normal amount of time is 3-4 months from when
> > > > they sign before we can start shipping in quantity.
> > > >
> > > > Thanks,
> > > > Kim
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > On Tue, May 6, 2008 at 4:13 PM, walter de brouwer <wdb at laptop.org>
> > > > wrote:
> > > >
> > > > >
> > > > > Ali tells me the keyboard is totally wrong; all computers use 99%
> > > > > Q keyboard in Turkey
> > > > > --
> > > > > Walter De Brouwer
> > > > > CEO One Laptop Per Child Europe (www.laptop.org)
> > > > > Chairman RSA Europe (www.rsa.org.uk)
> > > > > Director Tau Zero Foundation (www.tauzero.aero)
> > > > >
> > > > > http://www.cfel.jbs.cam.ac.uk/about/residence/residence_debrouwer.html
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > >
> > >
> > > --
> > > Walter De Brouwer
> > > CEO One Laptop Per Child Europe (www.laptop.org)
> > > Chairman RSA Europe (www.rsa.org.uk)
> > > Director Tau Zero Foundation (www.tauzero.aero)
> > > http://www.cfel.jbs.cam.ac.uk/about/residence/residence_debrouwer.html
> > >
> >
> >
>
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