Ghanaian language integration on Android smartphones

dc.contributor.authorFletcher, Nathan Adlam
dc.date.accessioned2017-06-30T10:44:54Z
dc.date.available2017-06-30T10:44:54Z
dc.date.issued2014-07
dc.descriptionApplied project submitted to the Department of Computer Science, Ashesi University College, in partial fulfillment of Bachelor of Science degree in Computer Science, July 2014en_US
dc.description.abstractThe main aim of this project is to integrate local languages spoken and written in Ghana into the input method services of smartphones. The high penetration of mobile devices in and across Africa continues to be an interesting phenomenon and this does not exclude smartphones. Since the introduction of smartphones, their production and customization has been skewed towards users and consumers in the West. Therefore the localization of the features of smartphones for the African environment has been very slowed if not stopped. The major result of this is that text based mobile messaging is limited to characters of only the dominant languages of the world such as English, French, Spanish and Portuguese. This leaves consumers especially in Ghana to resort to replacing the special characters of their local language with either numbers of symbols or totally ignore their use. This might conflict with the correct use of the local language in context. The goal of this project is to right this by implementing an input method service also known as a soft keyboard (SoftKeyboard) for the android smartphone platform which would represent the special characters in local languages spoken in Ghana. The end result should be a user-friendly and intuitive and interactive keyboard that satisfies Akan, which is a major spoken language across Ghana and other select languages in the country.en_US
dc.description.sponsorshipAshesi University Collegeen_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11988/238
dc.language.isoen_USen_US
dc.subjectmobile technologyen_US
dc.subjectinput keyboarden_US
dc.subjectandroid phoneen_US
dc.subjectlocal languagesen_US
dc.subjectGhanaen_US
dc.subjectAkan
dc.titleGhanaian language integration on Android smartphonesen_US
dc.typeApplied projecten_US

Files

Original bundle

Now showing 1 - 1 of 1
Loading...
Thumbnail Image
Name:
Nathan Fletcher_Capstone Project_Final.pdf
Size:
1.01 MB
Format:
Adobe Portable Document Format
Description: