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afrim-keyboard/Afrim Input Method Engine for Android

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afrim-keyboard/Afrim Input Method Engine for Android

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This week on Hacker News

Nov 8–Nov 15 UTC · Direct repository links and separately labeled related project stories. Indexed through 11/15/2026, 6:36:16 PM UTC.

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Observed mentions: 2024-09-02 18:10:20 UTC to 2024-09-02 21:15:45 UTC.

01232024-09-02 18:00:00 UTC to 2024-09-02 19:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 1 mentions; 1 submissions, 0 commentsSep 2, 18:002024-09-02 19:00:00 UTC to 2024-09-02 20:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 3 mentions; 0 submissions, 3 commentsSep 2, 19:002024-09-02 20:00:00 UTC to 2024-09-02 21:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2024-09-02 21:00:00 UTC to 2024-09-02 22:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 1 mentions; 0 submissions, 1 commentsSep 2, 21:00

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Sep 2, 18:002024-09-02 18:00:00 UTC2024-09-02 19:00:00 UTC110
Sep 2, 19:002024-09-02 19:00:00 UTC2024-09-02 20:00:00 UTC303
Sep 2, 20:002024-09-02 20:00:00 UTC2024-09-02 21:00:00 UTC000
Sep 2, 21:002024-09-02 21:00:00 UTC2024-09-02 22:00:00 UTC101

What Hacker News says

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I've visited all the links and honestly still don't have the slightest idea what this input method does, or exactly what problem it's trying to solve, or why it's a good solution to the problem. I found the video [1] but it has no audio or explanations at all. I also don't understand why you'd want phonetic input methods, rather than wanting to input your desired character directly. For languages like Chinese I understand because there are thousands of characters, but aren't most or all African writing systems based on small alphabets? I shudder to think of having to learn to input English phonetically. So if you're looking for opinions, my first one is that your pages need to do a better job at explaining what current problems are (with multiple clear examples for each), where current solutions fail (with clear examples of how), and how
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your solution is different and better (again, with clear examples). Good luck! [1] https://github.com/pythonbrad/afrim-keyboard/?tab=readme-ov-...
In Show HN: A modern way to type in African languages

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