Photo / Getty ImagesBy Will Trafford of Māori TelevisionMicrosoft is embracing te reo Māori and the name Aotearoa in the new version of the Windows operating system. Windows 11 features an Aotearoa keyboard, which boosts macron availability for vowels as default. Vanessa Sorenson of Microsoft NZ says the keyboard is part of a broader focus on te ao Māori at the company. The Aotearoa keyboard will enable millions of Windows users around Aotearoa and the world to write more easily in te reo Māori, removing the barriers people currently face to expressing themselves in our indigenous language. Windows 11 was launched yesterday as a free upgrade for all existing Windows 10 users.

Source: New Zealand Herald October 06, 2021 00:45 UTC