diff --git a/testimonials/index.md b/testimonials/index.md index d07d07bd..35c3c9e6 100644 --- a/testimonials/index.md +++ b/testimonials/index.md @@ -1,266 +1,372 @@ --- -title: Testimonials +title: What our users have told us about Keyman --- -## What people are saying about Keyman {.red .underline} -
- I’m especially grateful for the hint feature, Start of Sentence detection, and the predictive text feature. These things make life very easy, and Keyman itself is a lifesaver for minority languages. Thanks for giving power to speakers of these languages. + Keyman Developer is a must for anyone that needs to develop keyboards and input methods, its many programming and input features provide users with a one stop keyboard management solution.
-#### [katelem](https://community.software.sil.org/t/thank-you-and-more-grace/9090) - August 2024 {.caption} +#### Ken Skuse - BBC World Service {.caption}- I would earnestly like to thank you for the best multilingual keyboard, especially for us #Ethiopians using #Geez scripts. It’s simply excellent. + We are delighted to be in a position to distribute Aboriginal language keyboard solutions to our clients. The local Saanich tribe will be the first to benefit ... You can be sure that your invention will be a wonderful enabling tool for a host of new Indigenous communities via their connections to First Peoples' Cultural Foundation.
-#### [@HibamoA](https://twitter.com/HibamoA/status/1551487029405519875) - July 2022 {.caption} +#### Peter Brand - [First Peoples' Cultural Foundation](https://fpcf.ca/), British Columbia {.caption} -- "@Keyman is the best and works efficiently with windows 10. Download the power geez keyboard and Amharic on too." -
++Thank you so much - both for this great product and the excellent support. Very much appreciated. +
-#### [@fegabuti](https://twitter.com/fegabuti/status/1405762146835652621") - June 2021 {.caption} +#### [Esther_S](https://community.software.sil.org/t/keyboard-still-outputs-roman-characters-yiddish-pasekh/11128/8) - January 2026 {.caption}- "Such great software. Thanks for supporting those who need to enter text in 100’s of less-widely-supported languages." + je viens de coir que le clavier a été publié merci à l'équipe pour tout ce que vous faites pour les communautés dons leurs écritures étaient en disparition presque.
-#### [@simoncaudwell](https://twitter.com/simoncaudwell/status/1372154283613884425) - March 2021 {.caption} +#### [DOUCK156](https://github.com/keymanapp/keyboards/pull/3771#issuecomment-3673009424) - December 2025 {.caption} + ++it helps me to write in tankri. the only app where we can type in our regional script +
+ +#### Ankush Thakur (Android review) - November 2025 {.caption} + ++Good it solved my problem to have a canadian multilanguage on an android +
+ +#### Jack Viperwolf (Android review) - November 2025 {.caption} + ++The availability of this App is excellent. It gives access to all those interested. It is quite easy to learn and use it. I am Rev. Musa J. Jambawai, Methodist Church Sierra Leone, a registered user of Keyman. But I lost my product key. With this App, I have Keyman again. +
+ +#### Rev. Musa JAMBAWAI (Android review) - October 2025 {.caption} + ++Tons of Thanks. This is the only app in the world which enables all characters of devnagari inscript traditional keyboard. I don't have words to express my gratitude towards the developer. May God Bless You +
+ +#### Sumit Kumar (Android review) - October 2025 {.caption} + ++good free libre keyboard for polyglots +i can make an own layout for minorital languages. very good. developers, please publish this app in F-Droid. +
+ +#### Світлана Мінченко (Android review) - August 2025 {.caption} + ++I can finally type in Carian. +
+ +#### Hisenferg (Android review) - July 2025 {.caption} + ++Good it really help me with our languages live in central highlands of Vietnam . +
+ +#### Tlerayun Y (Android review) - April 2025 {.caption} + +
+So happy
+
+Thanks a lot, I was unable to find a Tibetan Keyboard. But thanks to you, it’s now possible. It means a lot to me. =D
+
+(Written in Hindi): Bahut accha app hai bahut dino se dundh rha tha ki mai kab gondi languages me chat kru bat kru. + +(Translated): This is a very good app. I was searching for a long time when I would be able to chat in Gondi language. +
+ +#### Ajay Kumar (Android review) - January 2025 {.caption} + ++Lots of keyboard varieties in lots of languages. Very useful for an omniglot or a polyglot such as myself. And as always expect more and more newer and newer keyboards. +
+ +#### Swarnadip Mitra (Android review) - January 2025 {.caption}- "Keyman, I installed it on my PC and can write [Egyptian] in quadratic form. You guys did an amazing job. Thanks! + I’m especially grateful for the hint feature, Start of Sentence detection, and the predictive text feature. These things make life very easy, and Keyman itself is a lifesaver for minority languages. Thanks for giving power to speakers of these languages.
-#### L. Cavanagh - December 2020 {.caption} +#### [katelem](https://community.software.sil.org/t/thank-you-and-more-grace/9090) - August 2024 {.caption} -
- "... I would suggest to stick with keyman and I am sure you would love the experience.
- I type #Amharic like a Pro on Keyman [winking face]"
-
+💕💞💕Thank you very much for being able to write your Gondi script so well. Jai Johar 💐💐🌺💐🌺 +
-#### [@MekonnenAkele](https://twitter.com/MekonnenAkele/status/1208281934721409025) - December 2019 {.caption} +#### Koya Hm (Android review) - August 2024 {.caption} -- "@keyman, thank you for the Tamil keyboard. Loved how easy it is to type in Tamil." -
++Written in Chinese (Traditional): 很好,可以使我在手機上輸入我根據越南語所創製的湛江白話羅馬字~ -#### [@BlueLotusTrans](https://twitter.com/BlueLotusTrans/status/1149465727193079808) - July 2019 {.caption} +Translated: Great! It lets me input the Zhanjiang vernacular Romanization I created based on Vietnamese on my phone! +
+ +#### Sihng-yih Ngaang (Android review) - August 2024 {.caption} + +
+Keyman is the preeminent tool for custom keyboards.
+
+Absolutely stellar app and incredible functionality given the complexity of the human language spectrum and variety of devices to support. I’ve reviewed a lot of options for keyboards and there’s not a better tool out there than Keyman.
+
- "If you need to develop keyboard inputs for your language @keyman is a great resource. - Make keyboards for iOS, Android, Mac, & Windows! #ᏣᎳᎩ, Osage, Diné Bizaad, Lakota, & Cree Syllabics are just some - of the Keyman keyboards." -
+ I would earnestly like to thank you for the best multilingual keyboard, especially for us #Ethiopians using #Geez scripts. It’s simply excellent. + -#### [@NativeLangsTech](https://twitter.com/NativeLangsTech/status/1131316826795892736) - May 2019 {.caption} +#### [@HibamoA](https://twitter.com/HibamoA/status/1551487029405519875) - July 2022 {.caption} + +
+One of a kind
+
+It took a lot of apps to find a full keyboard in desired language with all the letters on one page without the need of an Alt button. It’s easier to download and install than other apps that require you to program your own especially for someone who doesn’t have an idea how.
+
- "The software works perfectly, and we've already translated a document into Tamil!" -
+ @Keyman is the best and works efficiently with windows 10. Download the power geez keyboard and Amharic on too. + -#### A Customer - IFMR, Tamil Nadu - June 2012 {.caption} +#### [@fegabuti](https://twitter.com/fegabuti/status/1405762146835652621") - June 2021 {.caption}- "As a longtime customer... I'm very grateful. It's an excellent piece of software -- by far the easiest way I know of typing in Greek on a Windows system." -
+ Such great software. Thanks for supporting those who need to enter text in 100’s of less-widely-supported languages. + -#### Mark Landon - June 2012 {.caption} +#### [@simoncaudwell](https://twitter.com/simoncaudwell/status/1372154283613884425) - March 2021 {.caption}- "In the language lab we use Tavultesoft Keyman with the Heidelberg Solution input (fully phonetic for Devanagari and transliteration) on Win XP. Everyone I've shown this to has taken it up quickly, without a lot of instruction, and have liked it a lot. The keyboard mapping and documentation are particularly good." + Most people who develop in @keyman only use a fraction of its capabilities.
-#### Jose Rodriguez - Emory College, Georgia - January 2009 {.caption} +#### [@enablelanguages](https://twitter.com/enablelanguages/status/1355786787273154563) - January 2021 {.caption}- "I have just launched a web site that promotes the Amharic language through the use of "creative writings" ... Thank you for producing a quality software." + Keyman, I installed it on my PC and can write [Egyptian] in quadratic form. You guys did an amazing job. Thanks!
-#### Toto Adefris (ቶቶ አደፍርስ) [The Very Best of Toto](http://totoadefris.ning.com) - December 2009 {.caption} +#### L. Cavanagh - December 2020 {.caption} + +
+Only Sanskrit keyboard on IOS
+
+Been typing Sanskrit words in IOS with roman diacritics for years with Keyman. Congrats to developers for inventing and maintaining this app for all to use and profit.
+
+Woh good jop
+
+I can have my language Ede keyboard now ..thanks you so much ! God blesses you
+
- "Thank you for this fascinating programme. I am enjoying the ability to type instead of hand writing phonetic characters." + had a blast at the @keyman 2020 Workshop last week, great lectures, great trainers, and + great fun hanging out with keyboard enthusiasts -not to mention a great price! After years of day dreaming about it, + I made a #Musnad: [keyman.com/keyboards/gff_musnad](https://keyman.com/keyboards/gff_musnad)
-#### Margaret Gleeson - Victoria University of Wellington {.caption} +#### [@ethiopic](https://twitter.com/ethiopic/status/1235564088341774338) - March 2020 {.caption}- "Excellent piece of software! Really easy to use. Excellent range of third-party keyboards available." + Thanks to @keyman, just finished a Taiwanese Pe̍h-ōe-jī keyboard for all platforms just the 3rd day of the 1-week workshop. Can't wait to publish it!
-#### Brian Hayes - November 2011 {.caption} +#### [@ngoohebi](https://twitter.com/ngoohebi/status/1232731288143974400) - February 2020 {.caption}
- "I only wish I had discovered Keyman sooner. For typing Polytonic Greek, I know of no better solution for the Windows Operating System than Keyman (and I've tried a handful of solutions). Where Windows has fallen remarkably short, Keyman has picked up the slack. I recommend the software to anyone and everyone who needs to integrate Greek scripting into their written prose."
+ ... I would suggest to stick with keyman and I am sure you would love the experience.
+ I type #Amharic like a Pro on Keyman [winking face]
- "We do a great deal of editorial work involving Greek and Hebrew and the Tavultesoft software has been extremely useful. Many thanks for your prompt and helpful response." + @keyman, thank you for the Tamil keyboard. Loved how easy it is to type in Tamil.
-#### Peter Cooper - Alexander Street Press {.caption} +#### [@BlueLotusTrans](https://twitter.com/BlueLotusTrans/status/1149465727193079808) - July 2019 {.caption}- "I do most of my greek work on a Windows 7 operating system, running Keyman. It makes typing polytonic Greek a real breeze." + If you need to develop keyboard inputs for your language @keyman is a great resource. + Make keyboards for iOS, Android, Mac, & Windows! #ᏣᎳᎩ, Osage, Diné Bizaad, Lakota, & Cree Syllabics are just some + of the Keyman keyboards.
-#### Seumas Macdonald - [Compliant Subversity blog](http://jeltzz.blogspot.com.au/2010/07/really-slow.html) - July 2010 {.caption} +#### [@NativeLangsTech](https://twitter.com/NativeLangsTech/status/1131316826795892736) - May 2019 {.caption} + +- "I'm quite happy to see the launch of KeymanWeb. This new web service permits academics to use any input language on any computer in a university setting, even when they do not have access to administrative privileges needed to install the software on the computer." + You are an excellent partner with us and you excel in customer service. That is getting to be a rare quality in today's world and we greatly appreciate and value you as one of our best vendors.
-#### A Customer - The University of Chicago - July 2010 {.caption} +#### Rusty Riggs - The Seed Company, March 2015 {.caption}- "Using the Bookmarklet with the Amharic Keyboard. Works great in google chat." + The support I received was fantastic. It was very quick, and I was able to be up and running again. Thank you for the excellent response!
-#### Kitfo – Twitter – August 2010 {.caption} +#### Patrick Barber - East Point Church of Christ, Kansas - August 2012 {.caption}- "Keymanweb virtual online keyboard is a winner." + The software works perfectly, and we've already translated a document into Tamil!
-#### Seumas Macdonald - [Compliant Subversity blog](http://jeltzz.blogspot.com.au/2010/07/rethinking-approach-on-gregory-reader.html) - July 2010 {.caption} +#### A Customer - IFMR, Tamil Nadu - June 2012 {.caption}- "In my opinion your KeymanWeb is the best online keyboard tool. I strongly support such good products." + As a longtime customer... I'm very grateful. It's an excellent piece of software -- by far the easiest way I know of typing in Greek on a Windows system.
-#### Fabio - [El Galepin](http://www.elgalepin.com) - March 2009 {.caption} +#### Mark Landon - June 2012 {.caption}- "The solution offered by you indeed is the best which is free, easy to use and readily accessible too. Congraulations and thank you." + You resolved my problem. Many thanks! I know there are free things out there, but I thoroughly enjoy Tavultesoft and its ease of use.
-#### Abdul-Majid Bhurgri - July 2010 {.caption} - +#### Dr. Lee Fields - Mid-Atlantic Christian University - March 2012 {.caption} ++ Thank you very much for making my move to a new computer smooth… Absolutely not a penny wasted in purchasing your software. +
-## What people are saying about Keyman Developer {.red .underline} +#### Dawn Jacob - March 2012 {.caption}- "Most people who develop in @keyman only use a fraction of its capabilities." + Excellent piece of software! Really easy to use. Excellent range of third-party keyboards available.
-#### [@enablelanguages](https://twitter.com/enablelanguages/status/1355786787273154563) - Jan 2021 {.caption} +#### Brian Hayes - November 2011 {.caption}- "had a blast at the @keyman 2020 Workshop last week, great lectures, great trainers, and - great fun hanging out with keyboard enthusiasts -not to mention a great price! After years of day dreaming about it, - I made a #Musnad: https://keyman.com/keyboards/gff_musnad" + Good product and good service; who could ask for more?
-#### [@ethiopic](https://twitter.com/ethiopic/status/1235564088341774338) - March 2020 {.caption} +#### Michael Nye - May 2011 {.caption}- "Thanks to @keyman, just finished a Taiwanese Pe̍h-ōe-jī keyboard for all platforms just the - 3rd day of the 1-week workshop. Can't wait to publish it! https://pic.twitter.com/BE4PRpkUsm" - -
+ Thank you once again… I've never yet experienced such helpful support from any kind of online provider. + -#### [@ngoohebi](https://twitter.com/ngoohebi/status/1232731288143974400) - February 2020 {.caption} +#### Reuben Ramsey - University of Newcastle, Australia - December 2010 {.caption}- "Keyman Developer is a must for anyone that needs to develop keyboards and input methods, its many programming and input features provide users with a one stop keyboard management solution." + May I comment that this is excellent customer service, and I'm glad I purchased this product.
-#### Ken Skuse - BBC World Service {.caption} +#### Anna Reeve - UK - August 2010 {.caption}- "We are delighted to be in a position to distribute Aboriginal language keyboard solutions to our clients. The local Saanich tribe will be the first to benefit ... You can be sure that your invention will be a wonderful enabling tool for a host of new Indigenous communities via their connections to First Peoples' Cultural Foundation." + Using the Bookmarklet with the Amharic Keyboard. Works great in google chat.
-#### Peter Brand - [First Peoples' Cultural Foundation](http://fpcf.ca/), British Columbia {.caption} +#### Kitfo – Twitter – August 2010 {.caption}- "I must admit you are doing a great service to linguistic community in developing this type of software which is essential for developing Keyboards and language-specific software by this. I had written to someone who has a master's degree in computer application (MCA), was full of praise of this software. He was not aware of it, and added that it is a wonderful tool. I have no knowledge of computer systems intricacies. I believe in the same way: it is wonderful. I wish Marc and his associates a grand success for developing software like this." + I'm quite happy to see the launch of KeymanWeb. This new web service permits academics to use any input language on any computer in a university setting, even when they do not have access to administrative privileges needed to install the software on the computer.
-#### Professor Mrinal Kanti Nath - Calcutta University {.caption} +#### A Customer - The University of Chicago - July 2010 {.caption}- "This summer I got the opportunity to try to compile a key board using your Keyman Developer. By the way I am a registered user of your product and I am the only employee cum owner of my company. As I was developing a test keyboard I found it very interesting, intelligent, and efficient. You really did a wonderful job!" + Keymanweb virtual online keyboard is a winner.
-#### Abdus Shakil - BornoSoft {.caption} +#### Seumas Macdonald - [Compliant Subversity blog](http://jeltzz.blogspot.com.au/2010/07/rethinking-approach-on-gregory-reader.html) - July 2010 {.caption}- "Thank you for creating such a wonderful program. I can't live without it. I am telling people about Keyman and Keyman Developer, so you may see more orders coming in from Japan." + The solution offered by you indeed is the best which is free, easy to use and readily accessible too. Congraulations and thank you.
-#### Toshihide Nakayama - Japan {.caption} +#### Abdul-Majid Bhurgri - July 2010 {.caption} + ++ I do most of my greek work on a Windows 7 operating system, running Keyman. It makes typing polytonic Greek a real breeze. +
-## What people are saying about Keyman Support {.red .underline} +#### Seumas Macdonald - [Compliant Subversity blog](http://jeltzz.blogspot.com.au/2010/07/really-slow.html) - July 2010 {.caption}- "You are an excellent partner with us and you excel in customer service. That is getting to be a rare quality in today's world and we greatly appreciate and value you as one of our best vendors." + I'm glad we chose your software (it's popular in Sri Lanka I believe) which was worth every cent with all the support you gave us.
-#### Rusty Riggs - The Seed Company, March 2015 {.caption} +#### Yoshiko Abe - Kurunegala, Sri Lanka - January 2010 {.caption}- "The support I received was fantastic. It was very quick, and I was able to be up and running again. Thank you for the excellent response!" + I thank you from my heart for your help and advice ... I am indebted for the ability to type in both Greek and Hebrew.
-#### Patrick Barber - East Point Church of Christ, Kansas - August 2012 {.caption} +#### Dr. Robert R. Zweitzig - Faith Seminary, Maryland - September 2009 {.caption}- "Thank you very much for making my move to a new computer smooth… Absolutely not a penny wasted in purchasing your software." + I think your company must be the most efficient and helpful ever!
-#### Dawn Jacob - March 2012 {.caption} +#### Anne - August 2009 {.caption}- "May I comment that this is excellent customer service, and I'm glad I purchased this product." + Tavultesoft offers very good support. Initial difficulties were solved easily and efficiently by Mr. Peirce Baehr.
-#### Anna Reeve - UK - August 2010 {.caption} +#### Dr Ory Amitay - Mt Carmel-Haifa University - May 2009 {.caption}- "I'm glad we chose your software (it's popular in Sri Lanka I believe) which was worth every cent with all the support you gave us." + In my opinion your KeymanWeb is the best online keyboard tool. I strongly support such good products.
-#### Yoshiko Abe - Kurunegala, Sri Lanka - January 2010 {.caption} +#### Fabio - [El Galepin](http://www.elgalepin.com) - March 2009 {.caption}- "Tavultesoft offers very good support. Initial difficulties were solved easily and efficiently by Mr. Peirce Baehr." + In the language lab we use Tavultesoft Keyman with the Heidelberg Solution input (fully phonetic for Devanagari and transliteration) on Win XP. Everyone I've shown this to has taken it up quickly, without a lot of instruction, and have liked it a lot. The keyboard mapping and documentation are particularly good.
-#### Dr Ory Amitay - Mt Carmel-Haifa University - May 2009 {.caption} +#### Jose Rodriguez - Emory College, Georgia - January 2009 {.caption}- "I thank you from my heart for your help and advice ... I am indebted for the ability to type in both Greek and Hebrew." + I have just launched a web site that promotes the Amharic language through the use of "creative writings" ... Thank you for producing a quality software.
-#### Dr. Robert R. Zweitzig - Faith Seminary, Maryland - September 2009 {.caption} +#### Toto Adefris (ቶቶ አደፍርስ) [The Very Best of Toto](http://totoadefris.ning.com) - December 2009 {.caption}- "You resolved my problem. Many thanks! I know there are free things out there, but I thoroughly enjoy Tavultesoft and its ease of use." + Thank you for this fascinating programme. I am enjoying the ability to type instead of hand writing phonetic characters.
-#### Dr. Lee Fields - Mid-Atlantic Christian University - March 2012 {.caption} +#### Margaret Gleeson - Victoria University of Wellington {.caption}- "Thank you once again… I've never yet experienced such helpful support from any kind of online provider." + I only wish I had discovered Keyman sooner. For typing Polytonic Greek, I know of no better solution for the Windows Operating System than Keyman (and I've tried a handful of solutions). Where Windows has fallen remarkably short, Keyman has picked up the slack. I recommend the software to anyone and everyone who needs to integrate Greek scripting into their written prose.
-#### Reuben Ramsey - University of Newcastle, Australia - December 2010 {.caption} +#### A Customer - The University of Chicago - April 2008 {.caption}- "Good product and good service; who could ask for more?" + We do a great deal of editorial work involving Greek and Hebrew and the Tavultesoft software has been extremely useful. Many thanks for your prompt and helpful response.
-#### Michael Nye - May 2011 {.caption} +#### Peter Cooper - Alexander Street Press {.caption}- "I think your company must be the most efficient and helpful ever!" + I must admit you are doing a great service to linguistic community in developing this type of software which is essential for developing Keyboards and language-specific software by this. I had written to someone who has a master's degree in computer application (MCA), was full of praise of this software. He was not aware of it, and added that it is a wonderful tool. I have no knowledge of computer systems intricacies. I believe in the same way: it is wonderful. I wish Marc and his associates a grand success for developing software like this.
-#### Anne - August 2009 {.caption} +#### Professor Mrinal Kanti Nath - Calcutta University {.caption} +