Wait Zar Official Release: 1.5
Seth Hetu
I am pleased to announce the release of Wait Zar official version
1.5, which can be downloaded from:
http://waitzar.googlecode.com/files/waitzar_release_1.5.zip
This is a pretty big release; the last "official" release was
version 1.0. Since then we've come a long way, with four intermediate
releases, each adding functionality. Since this is my first email to
the list, here's a brief overview of what Wait Zar can do, and where
the project will go from here:
Current Features
* Switch between Myanmar and English input. Myanmar input is done
based on sound; e.g., "ka" = က.
* If there are many Burmese words to one sound, Wait Zar can guess
the correct one 90% of the time.
* Typed sentences can be sent directly to any Windows application;
you can type Burmese using Wait Zar in Microsoft Word, gmail, and
almost any other program.
* If Wait Zar doesn't contain a word you need, it's fairly easy to
add it to the dictionary.
* Wait Zar requires no installation, is small enough to fit on a
floppy disk, and uses little memory (5mb).
Proposed Features
* The Wait Zar romanisation needs to be re-done. The goal is to have
a community-developed romanisation in place for release 1.6.
* Currently, Zawgyi-One is the only supported font. Future releases
(1.8+) will add support for other popular fonts, such as WinInnwa and
all Unicode 5.1-compliant fonts.
Thanks again for signing up for this mailing list. Please spread the
news to your friends if you like the Wait Zar system, and file a
feature request if you don't:
http://code.google.com/p/waitzar/issues/list
All the best,
-->Seth