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SophoKeys

SophoKeys - 1.3

Unicode keyboard layout for typing in ancient Greek

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Current Version: 1.3
Release Date: 2005-10-13
License: Freeware
Downloads (this version): 4,764
Downloads (all versions): 7,166
Price: Free

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Product Description:

SophoKeys provides an easy to use and standardized method for writing Ancient Greek on the Macintosh, taking advantage of the well-known Beta Code of Thesaurus Linguae Graecae. Producing platform independent Unicode output, SophoKeys is a perfect tool perfect for the modern publishing world. Creating complex documents is simple, requiring no deadkeys or modifiers except shift -- simply type in Beta Code and watch your properly marked text appear on the screen, with live-updated cues as you type!

Alternatively, SophoKeys also comes with an Express layout, which enables very rapid text entry. Features include all common breathings, accents and other marks available with a single keystroke and vowel deadkeys - type accents after letters! Furthermore, SophoKeys Express allows capital letters to be entered in the simpler shift-letter format.

SophoKeys also comes with a Caps layout which is exactly like the standard layout, but removes the need for asterisk-based capitalization. The Caps layout supports capital letter entry with either the shift or caps-lock key, then allows accents and other marks to be typed afterwards.

Implementation details:

  • Lower and upper case characters
  • All accents
  • All subscripts
  • All breathing marks
  • Macron, breve, and dieresis marks
  • Most archaic characters
  • All punctuation marks
  • All TLG Beta Code quotation marks
  • All TLG Beta Code parentheses
  • 100 TLG Beta Code additional marks
  • 100 TLG Beta Code additional characters

What's new in this version:

  • Created Caps layout for standard shift-based (non-asterisk) entry of capital letters.
  • Added smart single quotes to regular and Caps layouts.

Operating System Requirements:

This product is designed to run on the following operating systems:

  • Mac OS X 10.4 PPC
  • Mac OS X 10.3.9
  • Mac OS X 10.3
  • Mac OS X 10.2

Additional Requirements:

  • Mac OS X 10.2 or higher

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SophoKeys CommentaryNot so intuitive :-( - Version: 1.3, 1/15/2006 03:38AM PST

GianMarco Tavazzani
Unfortunately it needs a real training to be used correctly. Please think:
1) at a manual file.. asking some inexperienced students which difficulties they found installing and using it
2) how to make it more 'user friendly'
In any case thanks a lot to have filled a lack and... to still love 'our' ancient Greek!
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SophoKeys CommentaryNot so intuitive :-( - Version: 1.3, 1/15/2006 03:34AM PST

GianMarco Tavazzani
Unfortunately it needs a real training to be used correctly. Please think:
1) at a manual file.. asking some inexperienced students which difficulties they found installing and using it
2) how to make it more 'user friendly'
In any case thanks a lot to have filled a lack and... to still love 'our' ancient Greek!
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SophoKeys ReviewI love you. - Version: 1.2.2, 9/28/2005 06:11PM PST

(1 of 1 users found this comment useful)

soundeziner
Sophokeys is the easiest-to-use input method I have yet found for Ancient Greek. May Apollo himself shine on you for gifting us with the ability to type diacriticals AFTER the letter – and to fix them without changing what has already been written. χαίρε!
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