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What a developer needs to know about input method editors, including how and why an IME is used.

Executive overview: input method editors

"Many software developers today are familiar with the use of Unicode for information storage and retrieval. Using Unicode, however, is not enough to satisfy the requirements of a truly globalized application. Developers must consider other things, such as cultural formatting of information, font selection, and keyboards. This article provides a brief overview of how individuals use a keyboard to input non-Latin based text."

--Dr. Steven Atkin
Advisory Software Engineer
IBM Globalization Center of Competency


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