Ave Team in English

25/07/2026

Ave Team attended the Let's NGO Weekends 2026 networking event, held on the outskirts of Lviv. Throughout the event, we rested, recharged, connected with like-minded people, and took shelter from the rain and the sparks of the bonfire.

We had arranged in advance to join the protests taking place on Svobody Avenue upon our arrival in Lviv. These protests called for the reinstatement of former Minister of Defense Mykhailo Fedorov to his position, as well as the resignation of former Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine Oleksandr Syrskyi. We joined the rally on the day of our departure, Sunday, despite four days packed with events and presentations for potential partners.

During the event, we told colleagues from all corners of Ukraine about our work, goals, and needs. We presented our fairy-tale characters, the Crimean Tatar and Belarusian Latin keyboard layouts, and materials from the exhibition "Donetsk Region: Unbroken and Undefeated" as part of the Ave Digital Museum, dedicated to the entrance stelae of Donetsk region.
The audience was warm, generous with compliments and advice. Civic activists were eager to share their own stories and projects. Not to mention the incredible surge of energy and motivation — all thanks to the community.

Of course, this wasn't our only goal: we can confidently say the communication was a success. We can't share the details just yet, but we'll be glad to announce everything in future updates.



🌐 This post is also available on our website: https://aveteam.org/publication?publication_id=8

15/07/2026

📂 We exist thanks to your trust and shared efforts: from the daily work of our volunteers to the contributions of donors and grantmakers. That is why we want you to have free access to our internal processes and up-to-date documentation.

And that is exactly why, alongside the launch of our updated website, we are launching an open document archive.

This is a user-friendly and structured database where all official documents of the organisation are automatically sorted by type and in chronological order: from Charter versions and meeting minutes to orders and memorandums of cooperation.

🔗 Read more about how the archive works, which documents are included, and how the publication process is regulated in the full article on our website.

https://aveteam.org/en/publication?publication_id=6

One of our core values is openness and transparency. After all, our organisation exists thanks to the people around it — from volunteers working to achieve the...

03/06/2026

We are announcing the publication and update of a number of policies and statements for the Ave Keyboard project. The following documents have been revised:

1. Заява про доступність вебсайту "Ave Keyboard" (Accessibility Statement for the "Ave Keyboard" website, keyboard.aveteam.org) — available in Ukrainian only
2. Політика приватності вебсайту "Ave Keyboard" (Privacy Policy for the "Ave Keyboard" website, keyboard.aveteam.org) — available in Ukrainian only
3. Політика щодо файлів cookie вебсайту "Ave Keyboard" (Cookie Policy for the "Ave Keyboard" website, keyboard.aveteam.org) — available in Ukrainian only
4. Політика приватності встановлюваних версій розкладок клавіатур, що є частиною проєкту "Ave Keyboard" (Windows, macOS, Linux) та програми "Ave Keyboard Installer" (Windows) (Privacy Policy for the installable keyboard layouts of the "Ave Keyboard" project and the "Ave Keyboard Installer" application) — available in Ukrainian only
5. Умови використання встановлюваних версій розкладок клавіатур, що є частиною проєкту "Ave Keyboard" (Windows, macOS, Linux) та програми "Ave Keyboard Installer" (Windows) (Terms of Use for the installable keyboard layouts of the "Ave Keyboard" project and the "Ave Keyboard Installer" application) — available in Ukrainian only

All updated documents are available in the footer of the project website at https://keyboard.aveteam.org/en/home, or via the prompts that appear during file download or cookie settings configuration.

A keyboard layout project for the Roman alphabets of Crimean Tatar and Belarusian languages. By Ave Team.

07/05/2026

🌐 Today is a special day for the Ave Keyboard project: we are launching a completely new website!

👀 What’s new on the website:
— A new design with a more user-friendly interface and improved responsiveness for different devices and screen sizes;
— A complete list of key combinations for every keyboard layout across all supported platforms;
— Support for four separate interface languages: Ukrainian, Crimean Tatar, Belarusian, and English;
— Compliance with WCAG standards and European privacy requirements;
— Organization contact information;
— Numerous bugs and issues from the previous version have been fixed.

ℹ️ The previous version of the website had a number of technical and design limitations that made the resource harder to use and difficult to scale further. The new website was built entirely from scratch — allowing us not only to resolve existing issues, but also to rethink the way information is presented, provide proper multilingual support, and make the resource more accessible for all categories of users regardless of language, device, or accessibility needs.

We are proud of the result and hope that the new website will become a convenient and reliable source of information for everyone who uses our keyboard layouts or is just beginning to explore them.

⬇️ Visit the website here: https://keyboard.aveteam.org

01/01/2026

25/03/2025

⌨️ Crimean Tatar Latin Keyboard Layout Update to Version v25.03.2025!

👀 What's New:
— The input method for characters common in countries with Crimean Tatar diasporas has been updated;
— Design changes (the contrast ratio of the manual and layout now meets the 1:7 standard, and the layout scheme now highlights new dead keys);
— The update procedure on Windows has been modified — it now includes an additional restart, after which the installation automatically resumes;
— The update mechanism for Linux distributions has been changed — the entire process is now handled by installCRH.sh instead of updateCRH.sh;
— Fixed a bug in Linux distributions where removing the layout did not delete its data from the /usr/share/X11/xkb/rules/evdev.xml file;
— The installation scripts for Linux have been tested with the GNOME and Wayland combination;
— The Ave Keyboard Installer files have been removed from the Git repository. We will publish them separately in the coming days.

ℹ️ Previous versions contained an issue where characters common in countries with Crimean Tatar diasporas were input as a combination of two symbols. For example, the letter Á was generated as A (U+0041) + ◌́ (U+0301) instead of a single character Á (U+00C1). This led to incorrect rendering in certain fonts and made it more difficult to create regular expressions involving these characters. To resolve this, the following combining diacritics: ◌̆ (combining breve), ◌̦ (combining comma below), ◌́ (combining acute), and ◌̂ (combining circumflex) have been replaced with dead keys.

⚠️ Now, characters common in countries with Crimean Tatar diasporas are displayed correctly. To type them, first press the dead key with the diacritical mark, then the corresponding letter. Here's a detailed explanation:

1️⃣ For characters found in the Latin script used by Uniunea Democrata a Tatarilor Turco-Musulmani din Romania (UDTTMR):
— To type Ĭ ĭ, press CTRL+ALT+SHIFT+6 first, then the corresponding letter from the I ı pair;
— To type Ș ș, press CTRL+ALT+SHIFT+8 first, then the corresponding letter from the S s pair.

2️⃣ For characters found in the Latin script of the Faculty of Foreign Languages and Literature of Universitatea din București:
— To type Á á, Í ı́, Ó ó, Ú ú, press CTRL+ALT+SHIFT+7 first, then the corresponding letter from the A a, I ı, O o, U u pairs;
— To type Î î, press CTRL+ALT+SHIFT+Â first, then the corresponding letter from the I ı pair.

⬇️ Download as always at: https://keyboard.aveteam.org

20/02/2025

⌨️ Belarusian Latin keyboard layout update to v20.02.2025!

👀 What's New:
- Updated method of entering soft letters using the acute accent;
- Changed update procedure — it now includes an additional reboot, after which the installation automatically continues;
- Removed Ave Keyboard Installer files from the Git repository. We will publish them separately in the coming days.

ℹ️ In previous versions, there was a problem that allowed the same soft letter to be typed in two different ways. For example, the letter Ń could be entered as Alt+Shift+N or as the combination N + ◌́. The issue was that the first method returned the Ń (U+0143) character, while the second produced a combination of N (U+004E) + ◌́ (U+0301).

⚠️ Now, both methods correctly return a single character Ćć, Ĺĺ, Ńń, Śś, Źź. The acute accent is typed first, followed by the corresponding letter.

Additionally, remember that Ćć, Ńń, Śś, Źź can be typed using Cc, Nn, Ss, Zz with Alt Gr or Ctrl+Alt, while Ll combinations will return Łł.

⬇️ Download as always via the link: https://keyboard.aveteam.org

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