The BÉPO layout is an optimized
French keyboard layout developed by the BÉPO community, supporting all
Latin-based alphabets of the European Union,
Greek
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, and
Esperanto
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.
It is also designed to ease programming. It is based on ideas from the
Dvorak and other ergonomic layouts. Typing with it is usually easier due to the high frequency keys being in the home row.
Typing tutors exist to ease the transition.
In 2017, the BÉPO layout was the object of an ongoing standardization by the French organization for standardization (
AFNOR
Association Française de Normalisation (AFNOR, English: French Standardization Association) is a Paris-based standards organization and a member body for France at the International Organization for Standardization (ISO).
The AFNOR Group develop ...
), along with an improved version of the traditional
AZERTY
AZERTY ( ) is a specific layout for the characters of the Latin alphabet on typewriter keys and computer keyboards. The layout takes its name from the first six letters to appear on the first row of alphabetical keys; that is, ( ). Like oth ...
layout. However, the use of the BÉPO layout, as well as that of the proposed new AZERTY layout, remained marginal.
On April 2, 2019, the norm had been published by AFNOR along with the improved AZERTY keyboard.
References
Latin-script keyboard layouts
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