Naira Sign On A Keyboard?

One Lagos tech company Lancor Technologies recently unvailed a nigerian multilingual keyboard with the naira sign but I'm not sure whether it gone commercial.

http://allafrica.com/stories/200504280216.html

Lucky i use mozilla firefox then

Very few people are going to buy a new keyboard just because of the symbols.  This is a niche product and I hope the marketers realise this.

• First of all, no Nigerian is going to buy a new, more expensive keyboard just because of the naira sign.  People already are able to type the naira sign using MS Word.
• Only a very small subset of PC users ever have reason to type documents in the local languages - lecturers of Yoruba/Ibo/hausa and their students, scriptwriters and producers of Yoruba/Ibo/Hausa films, et cetera.
• Therefore the company should target these people specifically and they might be able to make a little money
• If they are lucky and the price is right, they might be able to convince some local PC manufacturers to use their keyboard.

So that's my view on the issue of the Konyin keyboard.

If you desperately need to 'fake' it in Word, you can just apply the double strikethrough style to a capital 'N' by going 'Format' > 'Font' > 'Effects' > 'Double Strikethrough'

Zinox comes with the naira sign on their keyboards.

For everything else, there is Mastercard

That's what i use too, =N= because I don't seem to get the original one.

Its gone commercial. Heard its 5K N srry N srry N= omg!..we need this naira symbol fo real. Anyway its Five thousand naira

seun we are not talking of copying and pasting, weare talking of having it in the keyboard as a symbol

I don't think WesleyanA has been following the reply threads.

THERE IS A NIGERIAN KEYBOARD WITH NAIRA SYMBOL ON A KEY.

The keyboard is called KỌNYIN Nigeria Multilingual Keyboard. I have been to the website and noticed that the keyboard surprisingly has all the major currency symbols on it too. (Dollar, Euro, Pound and Naira)

I think, the company may be up to something and hope our prople in Nigeria will support them, somehow I doubt that, we Nigerians will only buy what is made by white people.

GOD save us from ourselves.

Gbenro

Here we go, I got this from the website, they also have a catalog at:

http://www.konyin.com/products/NIG/KONYIN%20Catalog%20Nigeria%201.pdf

The PDF file is big

I have already put in an order for one. I will let you all know how it actually works later.

Gbenro

Dat's cute, unfortunately they don't have it here   

Guys, it works, it really, really works.

I was pleasantly surprised that it works just like my standard keyboard.

First - The installation of the driver was simple enough. You’re asked to select Nigeria or other countries.
If you select Nigeria, then the default currency symbol in the language locale of your PC becomes the Naira sign, and if you use spreadsheets like Excel, the currency symbol will be the Naira.

Second - Typing the Nigerian specific alphabets was also very intuitive and straight forward. The beauty for me is that if you forget to press the "Ng" key for the Nigerian alphabet, you will still get the alphabet you are used to using.

The only problem I noticed is that you need to select a Unicode Font that includes all the extended Latin characters, like - Arial Unicode MS or Microsoft Sans Serif, or you will just get boxes (" ₦ ")

Otherwise, I now agree that the product KỌNYIN Nigeria Multilingual Keyboard is quite brilliant and I think every Nigerian, no matter where they are in the world, should be using this keyboard. 

KUDOS to http://www.konyin.com

Hi blendz4real,

How do you use your "(N) with double strike through" in a spreadsheet and make sure it sums up your numbers.
Can you give me the trick to that? I use MS Excel for my financial.   

Update:

OH by-the-way the attached excel spreadsheet below was created using the KỌNYIN Nigeria Multilingual Keyboard.
This keyboard is the best thing that can happen to Nigeria Naira Symbol.

After almost 5 months of using this Keyboard for my work on financial applications: I strongly recommend this keyboard.
Go to: http://www.konyin.com and buy one today!

How can i achieve the Naria sign perfectly in Ms Excel?

Here is how you insert the Naira sign into MS Excel.
Follow the two steps in the image below. (Click Insert > then click Symbol > then select the font > then pull down subset and select Currency symbols > then double click the Naira sign)
Note that you have to select a Font that includes the Naira sign (Microsoft Sans Serif or Arial Unicode MS will do)
Now this will only insert the Naira sign as a text.

 But, if you want to do summations or calculations with Naira signs, you can either change your regional settings to add the naira sign as your default currency sign or if you really need to use the Naira sign and do calculations on a consistent basis, then get the Kọnyin keyboard.

If you ask me, I will say get the Kọnyin keyboard, I have one and it is unbelievable. It is not just the Naira sign, but it also allows you to type Latin extended letters and add tonal marks for Nigerian languages.

When i finish work on my MIKEBUDDY keyboard i wont see this trend again i guess.