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  UNIFON - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
UNIFON is a phonemic alphabet developed by John R. Malone in the early 1950's on a contract from the Bendix Corporation.
Malone entered Unifon in the Shaw alphabet competition but since it ignored the requirement that the new alphabet be non-roman, it was disqualified.
Although Unifon was made available to a number of schools in the early 1960's, it was overshadowed by another initial teaching alphabet, Pitman's Augmented Roman.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/UNIFON   (739 words)

  
 Unifon alphabet
The Unifon alphabet is an alternative way of writing English based on the principle of one letter per phoneme.
Unifon was later found to be useful as a transitory alphabet to help children to learn to read English.
Unifon could also be used as a pronunciation key in English dictionaries.
www.omniglot.com /writing/unifon.htm   (196 words)

  
 The case for Unifon
Unifon is isomorphic or in 1-to-1 correspondence with the IPA and the phonemes of English speech.
Unifon was taught the same way that Laubach taught literacy in a foreign land.
Unifon did not record any of the transition problem experienced by some i/t/a trained students because there was no emphasis on learning whole word patterns and the writing system was abandoned as a reading system after 3 months.
www.foolswisdom.com /~sbett/unifon-malone.htm   (2584 words)

  
 UNIFONdoc   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
Unifon was invented in 1959 by Chicago economist John Malone.
I chose shift-Y for the sound in "Few." Although the sound is perhaps more related to the character "U", both U and shift-U were already in use, and the "Y" sound at the beginning of the sound ("Y" as in "You", or "Yard") seemed a good second choice.
The Roman letters C, Q, and X are unused in Unifon, but there was no reason not to use these keys.
home.tir.com /~gtwright/UNIFONdoc.html   (285 words)

  
 UNIFON   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
UNIFON is a "capitalist" tool, based on the uppercase letters of the Roman alphabet.
At present, UNIFON is being used as an initial reading system in the public schools of Indianapolis.
First-graders spend six months with UNIFON, then transfer to traditional orthography, because their first experience with print has been logical and consistent, the children score high in reading and writing skills.
www.unifon.org /culkin.htm   (1206 words)

  
 Info-Quest Online
The synergies and cross-selling opportunities with Unifon are immediately realisable as Infoquest gains access to a wireless network so as to provide data services and a secure retail franchise for distribution of consumer oriented products and services.
In addition, the sector traditionally trades at a significant premium to the market multiples, while we believe that a premium to the sector is warranted due to the well-balanced exposure to the different facets of digital technology.
Unifon is Panafon's largest service provider (50% of its subscribers, 25% of the whole mobile telecoms market).
www.quest.gr /info-quest/ir/analysts_p&k.htm   (3321 words)

  
 THE UNIFON ALPHABET READER
The Unifon alphabet is a 40 character phonemic alphabet consisting of 16 vowels and 24 consonants.
In other words Unifon is an alphabet that lets you write a word the way it is spoken; and allows you to easily read it by the way it is written.
The purpose of Unifon was not to replace the 26 character alphabet but to provide a secondary or auxilary alphabet that a child could use to express his/her early thoughts.
www.dlstewart.com /neil   (561 words)

  
 Creating bilingual fonts - Unifon
The Unifon phonetic font has 42 symbols, with the majority of the Unifon font the same as the capital letters of English.
The Unifon orthography was created with the capital letters and the numbers were replaced with additional Unifon symbols.
The free keyboard position is used for Unifon, with the assumption that the Yurok Unifon is the primary orthography when it is used.
www.savetz.com /ku/ku/bennett_creating_bilingual_fonts_unifon_july_august_1989.html   (898 words)

  
 Unifon Transcription
Unifon is like a pronunciation key in a dictionary, there is one and only one symbol for 40 phonemes (the sound categories in American English).
The unifon transcription may look particularly strange because there are no digraphic or two letter symbols as in the tradtional spelling.
The case for Unifon Literate adults when first exposed to a Unifon transcription think that they will have to learn to read all over again in order to decipher the alphabetic code.
www.foolswisdom.com /~sbett/unifon_transcription.htm   (7071 words)

  
 root.cellar
An alphabet is a table of correspondences between the important sounds in a language and a set of visible marks.
Tc letcrz cn Tc Unifon alfcbet kxrcspond tU Wun, and OnlE Wun, sqnd.
A Wurd speld cn Unifon prcvIdz a gId tU its prOncnsEAScn.
radio.weblogs.com /0123486/2003/09/27.html   (410 words)

  
 Blogger: Email Post to a Friend   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
One of the most interesting of these stillborn linguistic efforts was UNIFON, a 'universal' phonetic font that never quite took off, but still retains a fervent, cult-like following.
UNIFON was created in the 1950's for the airline industry by John Malone, a Chicago economist working for the Bendix Corporation.
With a 40-character alphabet and a "one symbol/one sound" rule, UNIFON eliminated all complex pronunciation rules, significantly improving English learning and retention.
www.blogger.com /email-post.g?blogID=4153247&postID=88647205   (132 words)

  
 Unifon exands GSM coverage: CommsUpdate : TeleGeography Research
Argentinian wireless operator Unifon has launched its GSM network in the Atlantic city of Mar del Plata, as part of its ARS700 million investment to rollout the network on a national basis.
By mid-2004 the company expects GSM to be available in most cities in the interior of the country, operating alongside its TDMA platform.
Parent company of Unifon, Telefonica Moviles, recently agreed to buy rival cellcom Movicom, as part of its purchase of BellSouth’s Latin American assets.
www.telegeography.com /cu/article.php?article_id=3494   (94 words)

  
 UniFon (WebSeitz/wikilog)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
He met with some success, and [UNIFON] was used for more than a decade in several schools the Indianapolis and Chicago area...
[UNIFON] is actually just part of a larger global movement you've never heard of: the Spelling Reform Movement...
Of course, the irony for the Spelling Reform Movement is that Instant Messaging and EMail may be doing the job for them.
webseitz.fluxent.com /wiki/UniFon   (187 words)

  
 Simplified Spelling Society : Shaw alphabet: Steve Bett.   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
Unifon, another phonemic transcription system, simply adds 17 new characters to the existing alphabet to cover the sounds that are not well defined.
As a result, Unifon can be learned twice as fast as Shavian by those already familiar with the traditional sound-symbol relationships.
Twain and Shaw thought that an entirely new phonemic alphabet could be appreciated as beautiful the way that Arabic or another written foreign languages might be found beautiful.
www.spellingsociety.org /journals/j31/shawbett.php   (1120 words)

  
 Utter Access Discussion Forums - Is there a way to make Access or Excel case sensitive?
Unifon is a 40-character phonetic alphabet, uppercase only.
I need to create a dictionary, but because the "R" is now assigned to the "a" position, when I call for a sort in Unifon, words that begin (in Unifon) with "R" are mingled with words that begin with "A".
I'm also resigned to the fact that there may not be a way to make Access case-sensitive, so if you know that to be the case, please also tell me that.
www.utteraccess.com /forums/showflat.php?&Number=1002556   (613 words)

  
 The Spelling Reform Ring
UNIFON: A Phonetic Alphabet for the 21st Century
UNIFON is a phonemic transcription system for English.
UNIFON adds 17 new letters to create an alphabet with 40 characters.
h.webring.com /hub?ring=orthography   (558 words)

  
 WIPO Domain Name Decision: D2001-0407
The Respondent is Unifon AE, which available information is as follows: P. Marinopoulou 7 Alimo, Athens, 15456, Greece (hereinafter, the Respondent).
The Panellist has checked that the use of the word UNIFON in the most important search engines of the Internet shows that the Complainants are mostly appointed in all items.
In this case, having compared the words of each of the distinctive signs at issue, the conclusion must be that the coincidence between the trademarks and the disputed domain name is absolute.
www.wipo.int /amc/en/domains/decisions/html/2001/d2001-0407.html   (1095 words)

  
 Athens Exchange   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
UNIFON S.A. The Boards of Panafon, Panafon Emporiki S.A and Unifon S.A announce their intention to merge.
Subject to independent valuation and other legal procedures the Boards of Directors estimate that the ratio of the relative values of UNIFON and PANAFON is 1 to 19.1 respectively.
This announcement cancels the previously announced proposals (on 25/7/00) with regard to the merger between Panafon Emporiki and Unifon whereby Unifon was to acquire the whole of the issued share capital of Panafon Emporiki.
www.ase.gr /content/en/announcements/companiespress/Press.asp?press_id=33   (311 words)

  
 Xak.com: Greece: Panafon-Unifon merger approved
The merger of Panafon Emporiki SA and Unifon SA, via the absorption of the latter by the former, was approved on April 4 during an EGM of the shareholders of Panafon-Vodafone.
Based on the terms of the merger, Panafon-Vodafone will issue and grant to Unifon shareholders 21.626.396 common registered shares.
Following the exchange, Panafon will see its capital increase by Drs 7.722bn to Drs 59.020bn, divided into 534.126.396 common registered shares (against 512.500.000 prior to the merger) with a total nominal value of Drs 1,105bn.
www.xak.com /main/newsshow.asp?id=6525   (146 words)

  
 News from Latin America - May 19, 2000
The company, a wholly owned subsidiary of Argentina's largest telecom Telefonica de Argentina (TAR: Research, Estimates), controls 26 percent of the mobile-telephone market with 1.3 million subscribers, Malvido said, who predicted two million clients and $800 million in sales by year's end.
Unifon recently completed the installation of a $50 million PCS network in the northern province of Cordoba.
Unifon also provides trunking services in the cities of Cordoba, Rosario, Santa Fe, Parana, Mendoza, Mar del Plata and Buenos Aires and will soon extend its service to other cities.
money.cnn.com /2000/05/19/emerging_markets/bna_summary   (881 words)

  
 Spelling by Bob Paddock
UNIFON don't want to wait another 3,000 years before eliminating the illogic from our language." The UNIFON Alphabet (Trade mark) is by John Malone.
UNIFON is now part of the Unicode standard, (UNIFON:U+E740 - U+E76F).
It's a 16-bit character code standard (also known as ISO 10646) which is intended to provide character codes for, in principle, all the world's written languages.
www.unusualresearch.com /spelling/spell.htm   (664 words)

  
 Unifon chooses Ericsson for GSM expansion: CommsUpdate : TeleGeography Research
Unifon chooses Ericsson for GSM expansion: CommsUpdate : TeleGeography Research
Swedish equipment vendor Ericsson has secured a contract to expand and upgrade Argentinian cellco Unifon’s GSM network to provide countrywide coverage.
The agreement with Telefónica’s local unit includes the supply of EDGE-enabled GSM/GPRS 850MHz and 1900MHz equipment, transmission equipment and a five-year deal to provide backup for hardware and software on Unifon’s TDMA and GSM networks.
www.telegeography.com /cu/article.php?article_id=3212   (74 words)

  
 UNIFON
By Margaret S. Ratz, Ph.D. Originally published in 1966, updated and edited in 2006 by Ken Anderson
UNIFON can help your child learn to read and write...
Easily translate standard english to UNIFON with our translator
www.unifon.org   (264 words)

  
 Second Largest Argentinian Carrier, Telefonica Unifon, Launches Wireless Internet Service
Telefonica Unifon will power its robust service with the Openwave(TM) UP.Link(TM) server and enhanced services.
(Photo: http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20001204/OPENWAVE) Telefonica Unifon's new service, branded E-mocion, provides subscribers with an extensive range of wireless Internet services, that include personal information management, such as calendaring functions and personal organizers, and such localized content as restaurant reviews, movie listings, sports scores and bank account balances.
Using TDMA Circuit-switched data, Telefonica Unifon will launch this service with the Nokia 7160 phone.
www.prnewswire.com /cgi-bin/stories.pl?ACCT=104&STORY=/www/story/01-03-2001/0001395665&EDATE=   (367 words)

  
 Unifon Selects Tiaxa To Launch SMS Games For The 2002 World Cup Japan-Korea   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
Unifon and Tiaxa signed an agreement to implement SmallPlanet's games.
These mobile entertainment games, based on SMS technology, allow the user to send short commands to respond to trivia questions in Fana-Trivia and Trivia- Mundial, as well as attempt to score goals in Golazo.
Unifon has 1,850,000 clients and an accumulated investment of more than 1,250 million pesos.
www.wirelessdevnet.com /news/2002/151/news3.html   (313 words)

  
 unifon   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
The CAPITAL Roman letters in the chart above show the sound made by each of the letters in UNIFON.
The advantage to using UNIFON is that there is only ONE way to spell any sound.
There are no silent or double letters, so the UNIFON spelling of "debt" is DET. Unifon has no lower case.
home.tir.com /~gtwright/unifon.htm   (144 words)

  
 HowardForums: Your Mobile Phone Community & Resource - Global GSM Prepaid Overview - Great for travelers!
There are lots of Unifon locations all over the Buenos Aires area.
Apparently, the cell phone theft rate is insanely high in Argentina so they are not very trusting when it comes to just handing any random person a SIM card.
UNIFON works well all over the Buenos Aires area, including about 60 miles outside city limits (Zarate area).
www.howardforums.com /showthread.php?t=388055&page=6&pp=15   (3523 words)

  
 read in UNIFON   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
Tc man hU sEz u viZcn and haz Tc cmpulz tU fxlO it iz not pcrmitcd tU nO in advans witK hE wil turn qt tU bE" - Dr. R.
Neil Stewart's THE UNIFON ALPHABET READER, original writing in UNIFON.
Spelling by Bob Paddock, Another UNIFON web site.
www.engin.umich.edu /class/eecs281/proj2/large0/f00574   (125 words)

  
 Gameloft - mobile games, download mobile games on your wireless phone   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
These games are currently available to Unifon subscribers with Nokia
With more than 4 million subscribers, Unifon represents 50% of the market.
This new partner, then, will be a great help in extending Gameloft's visibility and action in a leading Latin American country.
www.gameloft.com /press_release.php?press1=240   (372 words)

  
 Class C Networks - Block 195.97
Trikoupi Str., 14564 Athens; GR 195.97.26.32 - 195.97.26.47 (EMO30) Emotion Aigaleo; Customer of UNIFON; Hellas On Line S.A.; 151 Har.
Trikoupi Str., 14564 Athens; GR 195.97.26.48 - 195.97.26.63 (EMO28) Emotion Keratsini; Customer of UNIFON; Hellas On Line S.A.; 151 Har.
Trikoupi Str., 14564 Athens; GR 195.97.26.64 - 195.97.26.79 (EMO25) Emotion Korydalos; Customer of UNIFON; Hellas On Line S.A.; 151 Har.
redvip.homelinux.net /varios/www.ipindex.net/c/195/195_97.html   (1033 words)

  
 Simplified Spelling Society : Axioms, reserch, tribute.   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
Digraphs (double letter symbols) indicate stress in multisyllable words.
Unifon was an entrant in the Shaw alphabet competition which was disqualified because Malone ignored the requirement that no Roman letter should be used.
Unlike Cut Spelling, Spanglish is an alphabet reform and a pronunciation guide spelling.
www.spellingsociety.org /journals/j30/short3.php   (1341 words)

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