Hi Grad, I don't think I've ever seen the phone keypad lettering being adapted to other languages in normal (desk) phones. In mobile phones, where the numeric keypad is used for text entry, the assignment of letters to keys depends on the manufacturer, but for languages using a variation of the alphabet accented characters will go on the same key as the character without the accent, for example "ñ" will go on the same key as "n". For some languages such as Greek (my native tongue) I've seen completely different approaches by each manufacturer (not sure if things have been standardized now) and only a few manufactures would care to produce a different keyboard faceplate that shows the Greek key assignment. Other languages/scripts (not sure if this is the correct terminology) such as Arabic, Japanese, Chinese, Hindu etc. have more complex input methods, you can probably find a lot about that on the net...
Not sure what you're trying to do, is it related to a service accessed by a fixed phone or a mobile? Regards, Alex On Jan 28, 2008 3:50 PM, Grady Kelly <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > This may be an odd question ... > > I have mentioned in an earlier post about designing a telecommunications > application, and localization. > > You all know how the phone dial pad has letters associated with the number? > For instance, 2 is ABC, 3 is DEF, etc. How is this done in other > languages? For instance, Spanish has 2 extra letters than the english > alphabet, the "ñ" and double L "ll" are they on the spanish phones? What > about other languages? > > Thanks, > > Grady Kelly > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://www.gradykelly.com > ________________________________________________________________ > *Come to IxDA Interaction08 | Savannah* > February 8-10, 2008 in Savannah, GA, USA > Register today: http://interaction08.ixda.org/ > > ________________________________________________________________ > Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! > To post to this list ....... [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Unsubscribe ................ http://www.ixda.org/unsubscribe > List Guidelines ............ http://www.ixda.org/guidelines > List Help .................. http://www.ixda.org/help > ________________________________________________________________ *Come to IxDA Interaction08 | Savannah* February 8-10, 2008 in Savannah, GA, USA Register today: http://interaction08.ixda.org/ ________________________________________________________________ Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! To post to this list ....... [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe ................ http://www.ixda.org/unsubscribe List Guidelines ............ http://www.ixda.org/guidelines List Help .................. http://www.ixda.org/help
