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also address keypad layout. Language-specific letters (e.g. ü, é, å, ä, ö) as well as other characters (e.g. ‘€’ or ‘@’) are not addressed, which has led to a variety of inconsistent solutions for European languages.
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on mobile phones, which required the full range of the alphabet, led to the need to standardize locations for Q and Z on mobile devices. E.161 adopted the current layout in response to this.
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Standardization Supporting Cultural Diversity: Character Repertoires, Ordering and Assignment to the 12-key Telephone Keypad for European Languages and Languages Used in Europe
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Financial services — Personal Identification Number (PIN) management and security — Part 1: Basic principles and requirements for PINs in card-based systems
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are specified both in the common 4 × 3 and several variations, such as 6 × 2 and 2 × 5. E.161 also specifies the dimensions and characteristics of the
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The standard also recommends that a tactile identifier be placed on the 5 key to make it easier to use the keypad in low-light conditions or by the
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Arrangement of digits, letters and symbols on telephones and other devices that can be used for gaining access to a telephone network
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The E.161 layout is primarily based on the layout used on American telephones since the 1930s for
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Recommendation that defines the arrangement of digits, letters, and symbols on
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and digits (e.g., "DEF" on 3). Uses for this mapping include:
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Böcker, Martin; Larsson, Karl Ivar; von Niman, Bruno,
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ITU-T
telecommunication
https://www.itu.int/rec/T-REC-E.161
ITU-T
telephone keypads
rotary dials
basic Latin alphabet
Multi-tap
predictive text
phonewords
mnemonic
personal identification number
Keypads
asterisk
square
number sign
visually impaired
recall button
ETSI
ISO 9995-8
telephone exchange names
phonewords
text messaging
"E.161 : Arrangement of digits, letters and symbols on telephones and other devices that can be used for gaining access to a telephone network"
Archived
ISO 9564-1:2011 Financial services — Personal Identification Number (PIN) management and security — Part 1: Basic principles and requirements for PINs in card-based systems
Standardization Supporting Cultural Diversity: Character Repertoires, Ordering and Assignment to the 12-key Telephone Keypad for European Languages and Languages Used in Europe
the original
"E.161 Arrangement of digits, letters and symbols on telephones and other devices"

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