CzechLish in Software

Several months ago, I purchased a UPEK Eikon Digital Privacy Manager fingerprint authentication system when they announced a preview version for the Mac. The device was cheap ($40) and I was curious to see how it worked. It worked OK, but when Leopard came around, it stopped working, so I put it away. As part of the setup process you swipe your finger over the device a few times to get a base. I swiped one finger and the dialog said something to the effect “you should swipe another finger in case something happens to the finger you swiped”. I didn’t get a screenshot of that, but still remember it and laugh at it. The wording wasn’t quite right and it didn’t dawn on me why; maybe it was a developer joke that would get fixed in the released version.

The UPEK folks have a small booth and I got a demo to see what was new. I mentioned that dialog and the guys there started chuckling. They said the development is done in Praque and they call the language CzechLish. I’m well versed in JapanGlish, but had never heard of CzechLish. I’ll have to check out their latest software to see if the dialog is still in there.

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