Add more keyboard options for Kiosk
Merged with several similar requests:
- Different keyboard layouts (e.g. QWERTY, AZERTY, QWERTZU)
- Keyboard to support characters with accents
- Keyboard to support Japanese, Chinese and Korean
The keyboard layout is built in in the Mews Kiosk app.
Only Qwerty is used in the app. Allthough 85% of our customers are using Azerty.
I already contacted support for this problem and they confirmed that the only keyboard layout available is Qwerty.
It should depend which language the customer choose, that changes the keyboard layout.

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Christoph Horn commented
The english keyboard layout is even causing challenges regarding umlauten in german names. If using ae ue and or instead of ä ü ö, the reservation can not be found. If a u o is used instead, the system can identify.
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Filippo Vicentini commented
Yes, and even within the Latin alphabet we´re experiencing difficulties with special characters such as ü,ä,ö, which can be quite common in last names. I´ve been informed that replacing the letter with dieresis with one without dieresis works (ü - u), however we need to instruct guests to do so, therefore adding unnecessary complication to the self check-in process.
Even if such characters are not introduced right away in the Operator keyboard, it would also be okay to use a very common rule in German-speaking countries, namely that such characters with dieresis can be written without dieresis and followed by an "e". Müller --> Mueller. -
Frederic Turpin commented
Sure that it would help Mews to become a major player in Asian markets!
Please do it!!!!!!!! -
Tomas Sergeant commented
Only 2 votes? come on! This should be fixed asap! ;)
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keishiro ikenaga commented
We want to use MEWS operator in Japan, but we can't type Japanese, Chinese, or Korean in MEWS operator.
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keishiro ikenaga commented
At present, we can only type Latin alphabet in MEWS operator, so it is difficult for guests who use non apohabetic lunguages to find out their reservaion.