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 # UltimateKEYS for AutoHotkey v2/v1.1
 
-Prerequisites :
+## Prerequisites
 
-The base keyboard layout has to be configured as US QWERTY.
+These AutoHotkey scripts are highly customizable editions of UltimateKEYS. To work properly, the Windows main/base keyboard layout has to be set to either :
 
-When two or more languages/keyboards are installed on the system, the default 'Alt + Shift' sequence will interfere with the AHK scripts.
+- **Hausa (Latin, Nigeria)** => AltGr assigned to UltimateKEYS (based on US QWERTY).
+- **Romanian (Programmers)** => AltGr assigned to UltimateKEYS (based on US QWERTY).
+- **English (India)** => AltGr assigned to UltimateKEYS (based on US QWERTY).
+- **United States (US)** => Right Alt assigned to UltimateKEYS (secondary choice).
 
-To avoid this, you can disable the interfering key sequences at :
+  (Notes: "Romanian (Programmers)" does not contain some special control codes (Ctrl+\[: u+001b, Ctrl+\\: u+001c, Ctrl+\]: 001d), but I could not find any specific use cases requiring these mappings. "English (India)" also emits an Indian rupee sign (₹) via Ctrl+Shift+4.)
 
-*Settings -> Time & Language -> Language -> Spelling, typing & keyboard settings (on the right) -> Advanced keyboard settings -> Input language hot keys*
+**_Note about the standard base US layout :_**
 
-Please note that on the standard US QWERTY, the sequence 'Left Alt + Shift' also gets mistakenly triggered by 'Right Alt + Shift', resulting in an unexpected keyboard layout change...
+When two or more languages/keyboards are installed on the system, the default 'Alt + Shift' sequence will interfere with the AHK scripts.  
+To avoid this, you can disable the interfering key sequences at :  
+*Settings -> Time & Language -> Language -> Spelling, typing & keyboard settings (on the right) -> Advanced keyboard settings -> Input language hot keys*  
+Please note that on the standard US QWERTY, the sequence 'Left Alt + Shift' also gets mistakenly triggered by 'Right Alt + Shift', resulting in an unexpected keyboard layout change.
+
+## Keyboard Layout Image
+
+![UltimateKEYS - Keyboard Layout Image](/images/UltimateKEYS%20-%20Keyboard%20Layout%20Image.png)