Can PDAs be used for languages that do not use the Roman alphabet?
At the moment, only languages that use the Roman alphabet such as English, French, Swahili, Zulu, etc. are supported by the software. No capacity to create questions using some other type of alphabet exists. Q: Can you provide some specific examples of the kinds of studies and the contexts in which Horizon has used handhelds? A: During the past few years, the Horizons Program and the Population Council has utilized handheld computers with great success, conducting 1,200 baseline and follow-up interviews with HIV-positive prenatal and postnatal women in clinics, and in secondary and tertiary hospitals to assess prevention of mother-to-child transmisssion services in KwaZuluNatal South Africa; a study of 2,500 street, brothel, and home-based sex-workers and their knowledge, access, and use of social services and micro-credit programs offered by nongovernmental organizations and the Indian government and in the states of Karnataka, Maharashtra, Andhra Pradesh and Tamil Nadu, India; a mult
