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In addition to its Gboard keyboard, Google has announced that it introduces Morse code as input method in Gboard, for Android and iOS. The company first integrated the Morse code into the Android version of Gboard. Along with the iOS debut, Google says that it has made many improvements to the Android experience as well. When activated, the Morse code fills the keyboard area with two large dot and dash icons. When you tap the icons, word suggestions appear at the top of the onscreen keyboard, just like in the QWERTY version. It would be surprising to see that Tania Finlayson, a technology developer suffering from cerebral palsy, has collaborated with Google to come up with a project that is of importance to people with disabilities. She wrote her experience with Morse code in a Google blog post. She writes: "My experience with the Morse Code Communicator has led me to collaborate with Google on the project. Working with the team, I helped design the keyboard layout, added Morse sequences to the self-suggestion band above the keyboard and developed parameters that allow people to customize the keyboard. Most technologies are designed for the mbad market. Unfortunately, this can mean that people with disabilities can be left behind. Developing communication tools like this one is important because for many people it simply makes life livable.
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