[INDOLOGY] Easy unicode for ipad?

James Hartzell james.hartzell at gmail.com
Thu Sep 19 09:44:26 UTC 2019


Thanks Burkhard--I will definitely test the Hinglish method as well.
Cheers
James

On Thu, Sep 19, 2019 at 11:12 AM Quessel, Burkhard <Burkhard.Quessel at bl.uk>
wrote:

> for what is worth, I am happily using the *hinglish* keyboard on the ipad
> for Indian diacritics  plus a few added characters via *text replacements*
> in settings:
> e.g. the  m̐ offered by the hinglish keyboard under m can be replaced with
>> and other rext replacements can be defined when necessary
>
> best,
> Burkhard
>
> Sent from my iPad
>
> On 19 Sep 2019, at 09:55, James Hartzell via INDOLOGY <
> indology at list.indology.info> wrote:
>
> Thanks Jan very much--this looks promising and I will try to test it out
> soon.
>
> FYI I received this reply from one of the Ukelele development team members
> about the possibility of setting something up in Ukelele use
> Sanskrit-relevant diacritics in MS Word on the Ipad with Apple's smart
> keyboard:
> "Sorry, but that's not possible. The iPad has a different keyboard
> processing system to the Mac, so Mac keyboard layouts won't work with
> iOS devices. As far as I know, you are limited to the keyboard layouts
> available in the App Store. Keyman offers the widest variety, I think,
> but developing a new keyboard is only possible with Keyman Developer,
> which is Windows-only. But you might find what you need already out there."
>
> On Wed, Sep 18, 2019 at 2:32 PM <jan.kucera at matfyz.cz> wrote:
>
>> Hello,
>>
>> I have underestimated the submission process length, but in case you
>> cannot
>> use keyboard or install software, I have made a simple online add-in for
>> Word/PowerPoint that you can use to enter the diacritics (unless your
>> organization disabled using Office add-ins).
>>
>> Windows and Mac: Go to Insert tab > Get Add-Ins and search for Indic
>> Online in browser: Go to Insert tab > Add-ins > Store and search for Indic
>> iPad: In landscape mode, go to Insert tab > Add-ins > All > search for
>> Indic
>>
>> Add the add-in and you should get a taskpane with character buttons, see
>> http://apps.ujca.cz/IndicInputWebPane/ for a screenshot.
>>
>> It's not a great typing experience but better than nothing.
>>
>> Hope this helps,
>> Jan
>>
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: INDOLOGY <indology-bounces at list.indology.info> On Behalf Of James
>> Hartzell via INDOLOGY
>> Sent: úterý 13. srpna 2019 7:41
>> To: indology at list.indology.info
>> Subject: [INDOLOGY] Easy unicode for ipad?
>>
>> Hello
>>
>> Has anyone found a way to type Sanskrit diacritics in MS-Word on the Ipad?
>>
>> So far my attempts have been fruitless.
>>
>> Cheers
>> James
>>
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