Presented at a Google-in-your-language translation session for the Akan homepage of Google.com

1. How to translate software to Akan
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Sɛnea wo bɛkyerɛ sɔftwɛɛ ase akɔ Akan mu
Jojoo Imbeah
jojoo.imbeah@kasahorow.com

2. Ansaana yɛbɛhyɛ ase
● Ntuul
● Kiibɔd
● Nsɛmfuaasekyerɛ
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3. Kiibɔd
● Windows
● [ => ɛ
● ] => ɔ
● Linux/Mac
● q => ɛ
● x => ɔ
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4. Nsɛmfuaasekyerɛ
● Wegyete
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iGoogle: http://goo.gl/Bsehd
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5. Nsɛmfuaasekyerɛ (ntoaso)
● Wegyete
● source: http://goo.gl/fHbvs
● Spellchecker (Borɔfo)
● OpenOffice: http://goo.gl/L8oi4
● Firefox: http://goo.gl/Lsy0G
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6. Nsɛmfuaasekyerɛ (ntoaso)
● Spellchecker (Borɔfo)
● Firefox: http://goo.gl/Lsy0G

7. Stael a yɛ de bɛkyerɛw
● Orthography (Borɔfo)
● Krataa a wo kura mu a yɛfrɛ no
Writing Akan
● Grammar (Borɔfo)
● Kae nea wo esua wɔ skuul anaaso
asɔre
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8. Tɛminɔlɔgyi (Terminology)
● Nea ɛwɔ hɔ dadaw
● http://goo.gl/fbcyM
● Tɛm a wo de di dwuma
● Nsɔhwɛ: Wo tumi san kyerɛ ase kɔ
Borɔfo mu?
● Transliteration (Borɔfo)
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9. Gya no saa ara
● Emel adrɛs
● Wɛbsaet adrɛs
● Constants (Borɔfo) bi te sɛ
● APPROXIMATE_NUMBER_OF_RESULTS
● HTML ntag bi te sɛ   anaaso
<p>, etc.
● Variables (Borɔfo) bi te sɛ %s
● Bio ka ho. Wo nnte biribiara ase
a, bisa :)
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10. Mo ngye mo eni!
Me da ase
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