yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] wouterk:
Hi Sallala,

I've got the same problem. I uninstalled Blimkeys (I like Fitaly better, but I think it is great that someone is making apps like this :lol: ) as you described and did a dozen soft resets but the Blimkey option is still in the Input list. I checked the registry but couldn't delete the Blimkeys keys.

Any ideas?

Wouter
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] prd00:
Hi, just joined this forum because of this program :D

I tried to make this kind of program because I was frustated to find SIP like this, but I just couldn't integrate it to SIP. Nice job :D

Anyway, I got some suggestion..

1. add up gesture for shift

2. put an option to adjust the delay. You can add option menu from SIP options instead of putting a plain Blimkeys 1.0.1.1 text there, so that people can adjust it according their need. Put in milisecond. 500ms was enough for me to complete my typing.

3. As for T9. It is very simple. read the whole dictionary file, and find the first match. I chose txt because it is easy to edit whether from notepad or anything that can read plain text. Also, you need to store the newly typed word which BlimKeys didn't recognize to the dictionary.

4. Abbreviation. Put an abbreviation list to speed up typing. You can put this list into a txt file too. Use CSV method.

5. your right button are still wide enough to put a cursor button. bring the height down a bit, and put a cursor there. And, yes.. use the directional pad as cursor is also a good idea too.

Oh, BTW, for those who asking space and backspace, they are triggered by gestures. gesture means that you tap a button and drag it away. space is to the right, backspace to left and enter is down. Hope that helps

And, uh... 20KB is still small, even 40KB is alright. It still small anyway. No problem with that.. I divided signs into 4 buttons.

1. .,?!&:;/"'

2. =-+/*%

3. ({<)}>

4. $@#~ (and other misc symbols)
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] powerppc:
I have a big fingers, so this program is great. I can push it with no problem. With Fitaly on the other hand, I hit wrong keys, even with the soft keyboard.

Thanks Salalla
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] Urosh:
Great job Sallala!

Sorry for this long delay, but I was away for all the week for job.

I agree with prd00 with the four buttons for the signs (I think that the most important are ,.!?:;).

Now I miss only the "bip" for any stroke. You mentioned also the possibility to implement a big square with the character that will be written.

It is not very important, but another usefull option should be an import name or number or mail from the contacts list. I think that it could be one of the buttons for the signs. What do you think?

Now I'll write a post every day, because I'll stay here (I hope :) ).

Bye,

Uros
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] Sallala:
Hi!

I am back again!

(I was on holiday)

I will answer all the questions today, and maybe send a new version ;-)

Sallala
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] beecher:
Classic cell phone keypad

What about changing it to classic cellphone keypad? I think lot's of people learned how to write very fast on cell phones and this brings little different style...

Of course T9 style with custom dictionary will be great!
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] Urosh:
Welcome back Sallala!

If you want to come in Slovenia for next holidays just let me know :wink: .

I'm waiting with impatience your new release.

Bye,

Urosh
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] Sallala:
Of course, time will be adjustable in the options window. Now, this is 400ms.

Huhh. I think this is ok. To take a spce, one sqare-width is enough. To take a "-" sign, three square-width neccessary. I think the difference is enough.

Look text above! ;-) I post how to write space and backspace and enter in the Changelog earlyer.

Some pepole suggest the D-pad method for space etc. I don't like it, because I think the Wallaby's D-pad unuseable. And I like to make anithing in the tuchscrreen. But It is possible, to write space in the tuchscreen and with the D-pad too.

Yes, I see that at name input, not searching for names. And another thing, is: in excel, when you hit enter nothing happen. The reason is that Blimkeys not simulate HW keys, it just send characters. That is the reason to not hera the tap sound. With HW simulations I can't write őúóü etc. keys, but I want.

I must to try some things about it....

This application use the standard 240px × 80px place for the input. This is a good thing I think. A full sized

123

456

789

*0#

keyboard takes double height. (160px wich is the half of the whole screen)

1. OK

2. Of course, settings will be at the options dialog. (I not to make options dialog to place only the version information txt here. Just happy, to finaly could make an options dialog base :-) Next step to add functionality.)

3. Yes, I thinking with txt too. Hm, but will use T9 or something like MS Word completion? Hmm, maybe they can use the same dictionary and let's this user switchable? I think T9 uses a special dictionary like this:

27753=apple

27764686368=appointment

But maybe the program can generate this database from the simple txt, what use the MS like (but mine) completion system:

apple

appointment

Must to try it, tests the speed..

4. OK, good.
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] Sallala:
Re: uninstall

Uninstall notes:

I see, the DllUnregisterServer() function in the source code is empty :oops: Thats mean, the regsvr_arm.exe -> Unregister button takes nothing. :-) You must to do this by hand.

1. restart PDA, (and after the restart not select or use Blimkeys)

2. delete the registry key and all of its subkeys:

HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{42429695-AE04-11D0-A4F8-00AA00A749B9}

(Use PHM registry editor, and find for blimkeys)

3. restart PDA, and delete blimkeys.dll from windows directory. The dll files not shown with PDA's file-explorer. Delete it with ActiveSync, from your desktop pc.

Sorry for disappointing. Futher versions will contain the code, to delete regisry keys..
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] beecher:
cell phone like keyboard...

I did this image (240x80), uploaded to PDA and tried to press by finger and I think this could work... The empty field is for space, minus sign etc...

"A <> 0" - changes to numbers or viceversa

"!?@#" - changes to the specials chars and back

"ABab" - changes to capitals and back
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] Urosh:
Something wrong with notification

After I've installed the new version of blimkey there were no more notification from Pocket Informant.

What do you think about it?

Thanks for the answer,

Uros
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] Sallala:
New verison avaible

I uploaded a new verison: 1.0.2.0

Changes

Special characters added.

Only on one tab now.

Hungarian accented keys added.

Not shown on the tab, but they ar avaible by clicking through the pads: a->b->c->á; d->e->f->é etc. I think this method is temporary.

"When you write a new message, the founded recipients not listed" bug fixed.

Even the "MS word completion not working" bug fixed.

"Can't use enter key (stroke) in excel" bug fixed.

You can download it at the top of this topic. Now all neccesarry files in one zip file, for new users. ReadMe.txt with install instructions added. Some help in the options dialog added. And added a slider for KeyUp delay, but it don't working at this time. I improved the KeyUp delay speed from 400ms to 500ms.

Users who already use Blimkeys: how to update?

1. Softreset your PDA (and after not use Blimkeys)

2. Overwrite \windows\blimkeys.dll file with the new one.

3. Use it :-)

Next updates maybe for adjustable KeyUp delay and maybe for initial T9 or Word completion functions. I will try beecher's layout, and upload it to test.

I solved my problem to input unicode characters. Now I can implement to write any Unicode characters.

Best Regards,

Gábor
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] Magellano:
Double caracters

I,

sorry for my English!

When I use versione 1.0.2.0 in "Find" function off my QTEK 2020, Blimkey write 2 time of the first caracter at any tap. So is inpossible tu use ...

No problem with Contats or PO.
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] Sallala:
Re: Double caracters

Hoops, Yes, I see.

And i see the bug in the source code too.

I update it immediatly.
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] Sallala:
Bug fixed ;-)

New version out. 1.0.2.1

- "Double characters in the "Find" box" bug fixed.
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] Magellano:
Re: Bug fixed ;-)

Now is OK! :)
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] Magellano:
Uppercase

Hi Sallala,

when I type a message the first letter is uppercase only if is the first letter I tap (ex. A or D or G ...). If I cancel the first uppercase letter and insert a new one, this is lowercase. Same after a dot.
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] Magellano:
Re: cell phone like keyboard...

Sorry beecher,

where I nead to put this image and what is the program that works with this?

Sorry for my bad English
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] skenliv:
How do one change the MS dictionary. It´s only english and i want to update the words to swedish...

Ive tested out the Blimkeys program now.

I love it! its superb!!
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] beecher:
Re: cell phone like keyboard...

Its only image so save it to your pc and upload it to device and then open it with your image viewer with one to one size.

Its only proposal for Sallala how I think that blimkeys keyboard should look to be more effecient. Everybody of us used a classic cellphone keypad... Right?

This message is written using blimkeys... ;)
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] Magellano:
Re: cell phone like keyboard...

OK
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] powerppc:
Weird that I can't use the space or enter by stroking it. Do you mean stroke it up and then down to enter and left and right or right and left for space?

None of the stroke works. Thanks.
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] powerppc:
Nevermind, I figured it out. It works great, thanks and great job. Now I can type with one hand.

Did you setup a paypal account yet? You can make this into a donationware.
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] Urosh:
Re: Something wrong with notification

Now it is all OK.

I don't know the reason why it happened and why it is now back OK.

The computers are sometimes very strange.

Well done Sallala... you are on the right way.

Regards,

Uros
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] Sallala:
Re: Something wrong with notification

Uhh! I am sorry, I left to response to your question. :oops:

But it solved now, and I haven't got an idea for that problem.

Oh, yes. Computers are strange things sometiimes. :-)

Who miss to read that I wrote earlyer, there is a version of Blimkeys with all of the neccessarry characters and signs:

http://xdaforums.com/viewtopic.php?t=11029&postdays=0&postorder=asc&start=50#58591
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] skenliv:
Umm, does no one know if there is any way to edit or change the MS dictionary (is it calles SIP dictionary?) to any other language?
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] Sallala:
I don't know, how to do this. Maybe in a dll or in the system database.

Blimkeys will support predictive input and word completetion functions with custom, user-editable database.
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] Urosh:
Eccelent work Sallala

I have only one problem now.

When I start the default SMS client (I do it with D9 which select contact and then start the default SMS client) I have to select also the Blimkeys input method if it is not selected yet.

Do you know if exists a software that swithes the input method when you start e defined software? Or is it possible to make it?

It should be very nice that the input method change automaticaly to Blimkeys when I start SMS client or that switch to Letter Recognizer when I start for example Pocket Word.

What do you think?

Regards,

Uros
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] Sallala:
Re: Eccelent work Sallala

As I see in the eVC help, I can change SIP from program. This mean, I can make a simple application, that change the SIP to Blimkeys, and after begin to start your SMS program.

Hmm, or make a simple program that receive command line paramteres?

For example:

sipchange.exe /sip:"Leter Recognizer" /app:"\windows\pocketword.exe"

You can make several shortcuts with diferent commandline parameters.

I think you like an application, that listens in the background, and change SIP depend of which is the curent program in the foreground. Maybe this is better, but I don't know, how to do this. But it's makeable I think. I will thinking, this is another god idea.

Hey! I don't finish Blimkeys yet! And you like to start to develop another application?

:P
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] Urosh:
He he...

I'm very sorry Sallala, but I'm that kind of person (this is also one important part of my business).

I have a lot ideas every day. I know that we have to focus to just some of them to make them good, but I'll write them here, then you can decide what to do :D . OK?

Probably someone else can do this.

What do you think if I post them in a new topic?

Bye,

Uros
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] _4saken_:
ok, this tool looks very promising. great work so far.

but it definetly needs the regular gsm pad layout.

if you're not comfortable with that make an option to switch between the two layouts. the only program I really write with alot is the sms program. and there I dont need all the space. the gsm pad taking 3/4 of the screen would not be a problem at all.

please consider implementing this must have.

oh and of course predictive input would be cool too.

uhm and one other thing. I'm from germany. I would love to see those letters as well: öüä

very important in our language ;)
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] _4saken_:
what's up with this cool input prog ?

no news here?

I'm looking forward to updates
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] Sallala:
Sorry, but I am busy now because my work. (And I did not receive notification emails from new posts.)

Other pepole requested standard cellphone layout too, and I will make a cellphone-layout-edition :-) I think the best, if user can configure the number of columns and rows, and customize characters on pads. But it need lot of work.

You can write "ö" characters with the "mno" button. Press it 5 times. And "ü" with the "tuv" button. But you like to write ä, ß and other characters too, I think, but in the current release only hungarian spec. chars supported. (áéíóöőúüű)

Give me a list of special characters for the German language, and I will make a german-edition. Let me tell, the order. For example: "mno" button: a->b->c->ä is corect?

I know, better to make only one release, with user selectable spec. chars-collections, but it need time.
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] Sallala:
Re: He he...

Of course, every ideas, feature requests for Blimkeys are wellcome here ;-)

If you think, post it to another topic! That program, (what you suggested) is not depend on Blimkeys. It can useable for all input methods.
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] _4saken_:
abc to ä would be correct I think.

and you could add the ß to pqrs since ß means double s

and I think that's about it for the special german characters.
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] skenliv:
åäö would be nice.

And the ability to edit the dictionary.
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] Sallala:
Hi Boys!

I will cook a German and a Swedish version tomorrow (Sunday) Ok? ;-)
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] alkandery75:
Hi Sallala

I hope if you can build Arabic version as soon as you can...

Thanks a lot in advance,,,
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] skenliv:
Wow!! Supernice, if you make that, you are my god!!!
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] Sallala:
Hi!

You wrote me an e-mail earlyer, for the arabic language?

I tryed this. As I see, I can write arabic letters, but the WM2003's font's does not conatin the arabic letters. Maybe if I copy the Arial.ttf from my PC (that conatins arabic letters) to the PDA, it will work. (I will test it) But we need a (registry?) hack, to use this font as system font.

Another thing, maybe you like to write right to left. I can't do this. (Only in PocketWord for example) It is not a problem for you?

But I don't know, how to arrange the buttons.

Let me tell this in the following form:

"abc"

1: 0639 Arabic Letter Ain

2: 063a Arabic Letter Ghain

3: 0640 Arabic Tatweel

"def"

1: 0641 Arabic Letter Feh

2: ...

3: ...

.......

Do you understand this? The keycodes you can find in Character map program in your desktop PC. I attached a screenshot.
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] alkandery75:
For arabic it will be as the following...:

"abc"

1:62f

2:630

3:631

4:632

"def"

1:62c

2:62d

3:62e

"ghi"

1:628

2:62a

3:629

4:62b

"jkl"

1:627

2:623

3:625

4:622

5:626

6:624

7:621

"mno"

1:646

2:647

3:648

4:64a

5:649

"pqrs"

1:641

2:642

3:643

4:644

5:645

"tuv"

1:637

2:638

3:639

4:63a

"wxyz"

1:633

2:634

3:635

4:636

I hope it is ok like this...
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] skenliv:
Do you need any help with the swedish version, please let me know :-)
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] Sallala:
No, no! I am sorry, I was busy on sunday. I think today afternoon, I will work on.

Gábor
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] Sallala:
GER, SWE layut out!

Now, you can download Blimkeys with German or Swedish special characters!

(Find it at the first post of this topic!)

German edition conatins the English letters, and these:

ä, Ä, ö, Ö, ü, Ü, ß

Swedish layout conatins English letters, and these:

å, Ǻ, ä, Ä, ö, Ö

Hungarian layout conatins English letters, and these:

á, Á, é, É, í, Í, ó, Ó, ö, Ö, ő, Ő, ú, Ú, ü, Ü, ű, Ű
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] _4saken_:
the german version is missing those letters:

öÖüÜ
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] Sallala:
I try to build the Arabic version. First only a few characters.

The result of the test:

I can write Arabic letters, but the default installation of WM2003 does not contain fonts, that are support Arabic letters. I copyed the arial.ttf from my c:\windows\fonts\ directory, to my PDA's \windows\ directory. After a softreset, PocketWord and other programs can use Arial font. And I can write Arabic letters in PocketWord.

If you set up WM2003 to use Arial.ttf as default system font, the Arabic characters shows correctly in other programs where you can't select font. For example in the calendar.

I used this program to set system font:

http://tillanosoft.com/ce/ptweak.html

After the tweak, arabic letter can show on the today screen too :-)

I try to create Arabic contacts, and appointments. It worked on the PocketPC, but after synchronization, on the Desktop outlook, only question mark sign appear. I use Office 2003 Hungarian edition. Maybe an Arabic version will work.

Here is the sample file. Test it! Only the following characters coded at this time to the "'ABC" button. (Not to the "abc" button. Use caps lock feature, while you test it!)

0x062f

0x0630

0x0631

0x0632

You can install it, without delete Blimkeys ENG version. (You can choose beetwen "Blimkeys" and "Blimkeys ARA" from the input switch button on the bottom right of the screen.

Next time, I will finish to fill the other Arabic letters.
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] Sallala:
Because you left those when you collect the letters for me. (Or you think, I will add them to the HUN layout)

I updated the file. Download it again!
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] alkandery75:
Hi Sallala

I tested the arabic version :D and it is working like charm :shock: , I will be waiting for the final version :wink: ...
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] atkhobby:
Danish/Norwegian would be nice too...

Here's the letters:

å, Å, æ, Æ, ø, Ø

Is this enough or do you need character codes?
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] j_metselaars:
Re: cell phone like keyboard...

Can anyone tell me how to upload and use the keyboard picture? Tried a lot of different ideas. None of them works!
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] skenliv:
Its suberb!!! But i still miss the dictionary for swedish, without it, it´s like pointless to use this program. Writing normally on keyboard is faster, without the dictionary working correcly with swedish :-/

I hope you can solve this, if i works fine, then id be happy to make a donation!
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] j_metselaars:
Re: cell phone like keyboard...

No one can help me with this?
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] Sallala:
Re: Danish/Norwegian would be nice too...

It's enough, but I must to find the character codes.

Anybody, who like to suggest a language layout, please find the codes if you can, because its help me.

Huhh, I don't like to build another language version. First, I like to make the lanuge layout selectable. I will develop this option first. After I can release different languages easyer and faster ok?
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] Sallala:
The program doesn't work from a dictionary now. It just use the built in MS dictionary. You can switch it off in the setup.

The user editeable dictionary is an important task in the project. I di it as I can.

You wrote: "Writing normally on keyboard is faster"

Not on a public transport bus on a shake wrong road. Or when your hand is used. Blimkeys made for one hand use.

To develop a normal qwerty keyboard which use a dictionary for diferent languages is another plan. ;-)
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] iggy:
Sounds good Sallala, I have a small request, would it be possible to have the screens stay on until you switch to another (i.e. When I am typing a note or SMS and I want to include numbers I press on the number the screen changes but lets me only type one number/or special character then switches back to letters)

It would be easier if I could press number it stays their until I press letters again.
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] Sallala:
Re: cell phone like keyboard...

Somebody answer this question earlyer.

Beecher just draw a test picture, to upload to the PDA, see it with a pictureviewer. It is only a test picture to see it's real size on a PDA screen.

He suggest a version which have a known GSM layout. Many pepole like to use this arrangement of keys, so I will make as I can.
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] Sallala:
Everybody lazy here to read the whole topic? Or the Readme.txt?

Ok, sometimes I skip the readem.txt too... :-)

And I see, it's time to make a FAQ on my website.

If you like to type more numbers, press the "123" button twice! It working on the capital letters to.

Press "abc" twice, and you can write capital letters continously.

Thank you for your interest!

Gábor
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] skenliv:
Thank you very much for the fast reply´s!

When the dictionary version is ready, il make my donation.

How much do you want?
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] iggy:
OOOOPS, did someone say readme file? Thanks Sallala, must have missed that somewhere. :oops: