Good afternoon everyone! My names is Andrew Tagak Jr., I'm an Inuk (Eskimo) from Nunavut, Canada, living in a small city by the name of Iqaluit (Many Fish).
I have over the years developed small programs in Visual Basic. One of the programs I have developed is a transliterator that instantly converts Roman Orthography into Inuktitut Syllabics. I developed the program to ensure that the proper use of the orthography converts seamlessly in syllabics without having to learn a mapped keyboard to type, or to avoid downloading drivers to be installed on computers. My wish.... is to have such a program function in Open Office! That would be a thrill to be able to say a tiny little program like the transliterator can have a huge impact on all Inuktitut speaking and typing users across the globe! It would maximize technology to it's fullest capacity :) I'm also developing the same program for other Aboriginal languages (Cree, Ojibwe, Cherokee and Dene) Couple questions, 1 - would it be difficult to integrate VB into C? Or, convert vb language into the Open Office language? and 2 - If it is possible, any chance I can get any support or learning tutors to help with the wish I have? If you need some samples they are found on my site; http://www.tagak.net I have found an Add-on developed by Alex Beneson that transliterates other languages, and I have contributed Inuktitut to that particular add-on he developed; http://www.benya.com/transliterator/ I would like that everyone for any support! Take care Andrew Tagak Jr.
