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    Freewrite Firmware Update 1.6: 16 New Languages and 48 Keyboard Layout Variants Added

    February 22, 2023 2 min read

    Welcome to Freewrite Firmware 1.6, released today, February 23, 2023.

    This firmware introduces a massive update to our supported languages and keyboard layouts. In addition to the 40 variants supported, we have added 16 new languages and 48 new keyboard layouts, bringing the total to 88 layout variants and 60+ unique languages.

    Freewrite keyboard layout variants now include:

    1. Albanian
    2. Arabic
    3. Armenian
    4. Azerbaijani
    5. Bambara
    6. Belarusian
    7. Bosnian
    8. Bulgarian
    9. Bulgarian phonetic
    10. Canadian Multilingual
    11. Chinese (Simplified)
    12. Chinese (Traditional)
    13. Croatian
    14. Czech
    15. Danish
    16. Danish (Dvorak)
    17. Dutch
    18. English
    19. English (Colemak)
    20. English (Dvorak)
    21. English (International AltGr)
    22. English International
    23. Esperanto
    24. Estonian
    25. Eurkey
    26. Faroese
    27. Finnish
    28. French
    29. French (Belgian)
    30. French (Bepo)
    31. French (Canada)
    32. French (Dvorak)
    33. French (Swiss)
    34. Georgian
    35. German
    36. German (Dvorak)
    37. German (Swiss)
    38. German Neo
    39. Greek (modern)
    40. Hausa
    41. Hebrew
    42. Hungarian
    43. Icelandic
    44. Irish
    45. Italian
    46. Japanese
    47. Kazakh
    48. Korean
    49. Kurdish
    50. Kyrgyz
    51. Lao
    52. Latvian (AltGr)
    53. Latvian (Apostrophe)
    54. Lingala
    55. Lithuanian
    56. Macedonian
    57. Malay
    58. Maltese
    59. Mongolian
    60. Norwegian
    61. Norwegian (Dvorak)
    62. Pashto, Pushto
    63. Persian (Farsi)
    64. Polish
    65. Polish (Programmers Dvorak)
    66. Polish (Programmers)
    67. Polish (QWERTZ)
    68. Portuguese
    69. Portuguese (Brazil)
    70. Portuguese (Nativo)
    71. Romanian
    72. Russian
    73. Serbian (Cyrillic)
    74. Serbian (Latin)
    75. Slovak
    76. Slovenian
    77. Spanish
    78. Spanish (Dvorak)
    79. Swahili
    80. Swedish
    81. Swedish (Dvorak)
    82. Tajik
    83. Turkish
    84. Turkmen
    85. Ukrainian
    86. Uzbek
    87. Vietnamese
    88. Wolof

    Tip: To see a graphic of the active keyboard layout on your device, hold down the space bar.  We call this the Heads-up Display!

    For more help, visit our support topic on how to change the language on your Freewrite device.

     

    There are also numerous bug fixes under the hood, including:

    • Improved performance for large documents
    • Fixed status LED not turning off while in sleep mode

    For a full list of v1.6.0 new features, improvements, and fixes visit the Release Notes page.

     

    To manually check for a firmware update:

    • Option 1: Press right [new] + right [shift] + F
    • Option 2: hold the power button down for 3 seconds (version 1.5.0 or later) and select 'Firmware Update' in the device menu

    If an update is available, your device will begin downloading the update immediately. To perform the manual check, your device must be running on firmware version 1.1.6 or higher.
     

    For more detailed instructions, visit our support topics: