Straycat Posted August 29, 2003 Report Share Posted August 29, 2003 [ÃÔ¡ "ig" - again] Surely, this one has been up the board before but things evolve... Let me first state that the easiest solution to my "problem" is to buy stickers of Thai characters and put them on my keyboard. Let's assume however that I don't want to do that (which is actually also the case ). The Problem There's no problem writing Thai on my computer. I use Win XP Pro and there's built in support for Thai and number of other languages. That's good. However, the language support implementation sort of sucks. Or it may be the Thai types that really sucks... This is how I'd like to do it. 1) Change language to Thai 2) Bring up the built-in virtual keyboard 3) Type Unfortunately, the virtual keyboard in the Thai version is so cluttered you can hardly see what the types are. For example it's very hard to distinguish between Dor Dek (Â¥) and Kor Kwaai (¤). You just cannot see which way the "head" is turned. This goes for a number of other characters as well. [it's even very hard to here on the board. I'm not sure I got it right above 'cause I simply cannot see what the characters are!] In part, I guess, this is to blame the Thai types. They're sort of cut very small and not well suited for computer screens. The Questions -- Can anyone recommend a Thai type that is well suited for computer screens? -- Is there a better alternative to the XP built-in virtual keyboard or perhaps a hack to the same that will display Thai characters more clearly? -- Does anyone have a picture or a link to the mapping of a Thai keyboard (kedmanee version)? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted August 29, 2003 Report Share Posted August 29, 2003 I take it you're using a laptop with US/UK keyboard and no Thai ?? Why not get one of those fold-away thai keyboards in panthip and use that? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted August 29, 2003 Report Share Posted August 29, 2003 ÃÕ¡ not ÃÔ¡ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BritTim Posted August 29, 2003 Report Share Posted August 29, 2003 For occasional Thai typing, CHARMAP is a reasonable alternative. The characters are very readable. It gets very tedious for extensive use, however. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Straycat Posted August 29, 2003 Author Report Share Posted August 29, 2003 That's correct. I'm using a scandinavian keyboard on my laptop. Good tip! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Straycat Posted August 29, 2003 Author Report Share Posted August 29, 2003 Correct. However, in 1600x1200 resolution here I cannot see the spike in "sara ee". -- Do you have anything to contribute to the thread otherwise? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Straycat Posted August 29, 2003 Author Report Share Posted August 29, 2003 It's not bad to use charmap (go to "run" in the "startmenu", type "charmap" [without quotes]). However, the letters are presented in a different order according to which type you use. As you note, it gets tedious. It's very easy to see the characters though unlike the virtual keyboard.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted August 29, 2003 Report Share Posted August 29, 2003 Thai USB keyboard (ß250) is what I use when I need to type Thai on my laptop. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted August 29, 2003 Report Share Posted August 29, 2003 Nope! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Straycat Posted August 29, 2003 Author Report Share Posted August 29, 2003 Says bahnawk: Thai USB keyboard (ß250) is what I use when I need to type Thai on my laptop. And that's what I will do too! Thanks for the input! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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