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Scientist Joshua Miele demonstrates a virtual wireless Braille keyboard attached as an input device to an Android phone.
The World in Words
Will blind people use Braille in the future?
An illustration image shows the new Latin-based Kazakh alphabet published in a newspaper in Almaty, Kazakhstan, on Oct. 27, 2017.
Culture
Kazakhstan’s switch from Cyrillic to Latin is about more than just alphabets
A news conference of Turkish Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan is screened on televisions at an electronics shop in Istanbul September 30, 2013. Erdogan announced a so-called "democratization package" that would allow for education in languages other than Tur
Conflict & Justice
Turkey is set to end a ban on several letters of the alphabet
Global Politics
Some Turks reconsidering Arabic connection to Turkish language
Pakistani scholars concerned that Urdu script being lost to technology
Arts, Culture & Media
The Flame Alphabet
Global Hit
Podcast: The Perfect Love Song
Arts, Culture & Media
Chinese bilingual ballots