ScriptKey is an image-based keyboard for non-encoded alphabetic scripts. This tool aims to enable users to send messages using unencoded scripts and allows for generating a library of symbol images, not only for use in messages, but also for crowdsourcing examples of a script’s use that are required for Unicode standardization.
Changes to ScriptKey's current platform and UI are forthcoming, but it can be used in its current state as follows.
- In a (macOS) terminal, clone the repository and navigate to its root directory.
git clone https://github.com/msthilaire5/unencoded-keyboards.git
cd /path/to/unencoded-keyboards
- Change your working directory to
src/html.
cd src/html
- Create a directory called
img.
mkdir img
- Return to the root directory of the repository and run php -S localhost:43560.
cd ../..
php -S localhost:43560
- Open a browser and navigate to
localhost:43560/src/html/ - Drawing and adding a character to your keyboard can be done by clicking “Create a Character in the top menu” and clicking send to server. Creating messages using the keyboard can be done on the "Write a Message" page.