keyboards

[danny thorp]

this question relates to acourse i am doing, as i know nothing about keyboards i wonder if you can help me with the answer or point me in the right direction? the question is as follows:
a translating agency is aproached by your firm (hypothetically) to install new keyboards, suggest types of keyboards you'd recommend and comment on additional services you'd suggest to the customer.

[Paleo Pete]

BTC International Keyboards (http://www.fingertipsoft.com/kbd/btc.html)

International Keyboard Mapping (http://www.terena.nl/multiling/ml-mua/test/kbd-all.html)

Westrex International Keyboards (http://www.westrex.com/keyboard.htm)

Typing Foreign Characters on Your Mac or PC (http://www.umass.edu/langctr/keyboardhelp.html)

International Keyboards and Fonts (http://www.usna.edu/LangStudy/international_keyboards.html)

A search will turn up lots more. sounds like a sales effort, from your description. What I would do is know every detail of the product I'm selling, and everything possible about the product the competition is certainly trying to make as attractive as possible, and especially note the differences and advantages that would benefit each individual prospective customer.

So far I haven't turned up much with any serious technical info about the companies' keyboards, but if you dig a bit deeper into their websites you might be able to find plenty.

One thing you would note though, on one of the first links the list of specs shows the keyboards' keys are laser labeled. That would be one thing to look for, since decals will wear off in time, while laser imprinted letters are there forever. My current one for example, is an IBM made in 1993, and was used by a school for years before I got it. No apparent wear on the laser imprinted keys, while decals would never have lasted half that time, especially with some teacher pounding away at it for 10 years...

Keyboards + International was the keyword phrase used to find these links on Google. Just "keyboards" won't turn up much related to international usage, just business ads from every mom & pop company out there.

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