| Challenge: | MY-AKKHARA is a method used to input Burmese texts encoded in the Unicode standard, based on commonly accepted Latin transcription. |
| Approach: | They propose a method to input Burmese texts encoded in the Unicode standard based on 26 lowercase Latin letters and 26 uppercase Latin keys as shortcuts for lowercase letters. |
| Outcome: | The proposed method can input arbitrary Burmese strings with 26 lowercase Latin letters and 26 uppercase Latin characters on a QWERTY keyboard. |
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