Alphabets and Keypads (2014-06-28)

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Alphabet

Note that due to the Ultraverse being portrayed in English, with the spelling and grammar thereof, this information will only really be useful when creating names. Even then, names are often translated.

Futarogu and Novians use a language known as Coranago. Coranago is written with an alphabet, but each word follows a consonant-vowel pattern, as demonstrated with names like Ci (Shi) Kayu and Edurino Kanuzenu (Edwin Kanzen)

Coranago and English use the same alphabet with the exceptions of C (Ch), L (replaced with R), Q ("Ku"), V (replaced with B), and X ("Ekisu"). W is pronounced wei because it is a silly letter that doesn't deserve three syllables.

Keypads

Feature Phones

They are given a landscape design to accomodate snout length.

Fig.1: Typical Novian Mobile Phone Keypad

↑   ←       →   OK           ↓	Call/Yes/Send	0 @ & $	End/No/Del	A B C D
	1 A B C	2 D E F	3 G H I
	4 J K M N	5 O P R	6 S T U
	* % ! '	7 W Y Z	# . , ?

Keyboards

Combination

Computers aboard Karasu feature a 14-key combined-input keyboard. Hover over a key if you are unsure of what it does.

(If the below table doesn't render properly, view this ASCII representation.)

Fig.2: Chorded Keyboards of Karasu Command

				C				I				II				←							ALTE
↲					M				V				X				⇑						MATH
				[__]													⇄						CAPS

Keypress chart (explained below):
keys  1 2 4 A 3 5 B 6 C E 7 D F G H    CAPS  1 2 4 A 3 5 B 6 C E 7 D F G H
-----------------------------------    -----------------------------------
ABCD  e t a o i n s h r d u c m w f    ABCD  E T A O I N S H R D U C M W F
ALTE  g y p ? b k [ j ] ` z ' , . _    ALTE  G Y P ! B K < J > ~ Z " ; : |
MATH  1 2 4 0 3 5 ( 6 ) / 7 + - * =    MATH        @   $ { ^ } % & #

1-H (17) are typed by simultaneously pressing the various combinations of I, II, V, and X (+1, +2, +4, and +10). The M key is Menu or Escape except in Navigation Lock, which is toggled with C. Navigation Lock converts the following keys: I/M/V/X to up/left/down/right, ALTE/MATH to PgUp/PgDn, Tab/CAPS to Home/End, II+Tab/II+CAPS to Start/EOF.

Traditional

Fig.3: Classic ETAOIN Keyboard Layout

ESC

F1

F2

F3

F4

F5

F6

F7

F10

BRK

[ <

] >

0 #

1 $

2 @

3 %

4 &

5 ~

6 |

7 ^

= _

BACKSPACE

⇄

e E

t T

a A

o O

i I

n N

s S

h H

- /

+ *

' "

CAPS

r R

d D

u U

c C

m M

w W

f F

? !

( {

) }

↲

ALT

⇑

g G

y Y

p P

b B

k K

j J

z Z

, ;

. :

⇑

↑

↓

CTRL

SPACEBAR

CTRL

ALT

←

→

The arrow keys double as PgUp/PgDn and Home/End when used with ALT.

Microwave Ovens

Fig.4: Reheater Basic Input Panel

+¼ min	Power	Clock
+1 min	Start	Timer
+4 min	Clear	Light

('Power' toggles between full and half cooking power.)

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