Before Unicode became the global standard for all scripts, Ethiopian software was fragmented. Visual Geez 2010 solved three major problems simultaneously:
Once installed, it resides in the system memory, making it available to Microsoft Office, web browsers like Chrome , and other text-based applications.
The most daunting task for new typists is learning the keyboard layout. Visual Geez popularized the phonetic typing method. If you wanted to type the Amharic letter "ሀ" (ha), you simply typed . If you wanted "ለ" (la), you typed L . It removed the need to memorize complex layouts or stick paper cutouts onto your keyboard keys.