Introduction

The FirstVoices keyboards act as a way for language communities to type in their language both on computers and mobile devices. The FirstVoices keyboards for Mac and PC are built in partnership with Keyman, using Keyman's open-source technology. However, Keyman keyboards don't currently work on Chromebooks. For this reason, FirstVoices keyboards from Chromebook are built using the FirstVoices Chromebook plugin.

The Chromebook plugin was developed by the FirstVoices team, and is relatively new. There only only a few keyboards currently available for the plugin, but if you are in need of a keyboard for Chromebook this page will guide you the process of building one that is compatible with the plugin.

Before you start

Before you start creating a keyboard, please read the following page for guidelines and key information.

Additionally, it is important you understand the basics of Unicode before you begin. To learn more about Unicode, click here.

Video tutorial

The following video will walk you through the basics of building a keyboard.

View sample files for existing keyboards

• https://github.com/First-Peoples-Cultural-Council/fv-chromebook-keyboards/tree/master/keyboards