Comments on: Thai Virtual Keyboard from Google

By: Catherine

Catherine — Sat, 23 Jul 2011 10:22:24 +0000

That’s great! I’ll add those two into the post above after I have my dinner.

The comments are quite interesting in that post too. Ta!

By: Snap

Snap — Sat, 23 Jul 2011 09:16:31 +0000

Success! I read the (font) fixes on this site http://howtolearnthai.com/thai-language-typing-software/
and redownloaded the program from this site http://gurce.bigblog.com.au/index.do

Can see the fonts now, just have to practice.

By: Snap

Snap — Sat, 23 Jul 2011 02:01:04 +0000

Keith, I can type in Thai or English using my physical keyboard…so I’m guessing I have the driver installed? It’s only when I use the Typing Tutor that the program’s Thai fonts don’t appear. There are quite a few reports on the internet stating that this particular program has gremlins, so I’m not sure if its me or it. I taught myself to touch type in English using similar software and was hoping to do the same in Thai.

By: Catherine

Catherine — Fri, 22 Jul 2011 23:48:17 +0000

Keith, how’d you know that I used to spill beer over my keyboard? :-)

These days I have a Mac bought in Thailand so I don’t need stickers. The keys come with both Thai and English.

If you are learning to type, the best way is to do it blind. That way you are not peeking and your typing will go faster. Start out with a couple of keys to practice and then build out from there.

I sound like I know what I’m talking about but I don’t -my typing is cacca! I learned how to type in Thai but then slacked off.

By: Keith Williams

Keith Williams — Fri, 22 Jul 2011 19:24:08 +0000

I have stickers on my laptop keyboard and one of those roll up keyboards connected to my desktop. The rolled up ones would definitely suit you Catherine, they are totally sealed so you can spill tea, coffee or any type of beer over them.

Is the problem, SNAP, that you don’t have the fonts installed? Google is your friend in this. I know that to get the keyboards working, I had to install the Thai keyboard driver. My problem is that the English bit of it is all wrong. It’s got # label where the £ key is and ” and @ the wrong way round. Very confusing

By: Catherine

Catherine — Fri, 22 Jul 2011 14:31:08 +0000

Hi Snap, I haven’t come across any Thai typing software for Windows. There has got to be others out there as the Windows market is quite big (bigger than the Mac anway).

THanks for the alert about the broken links. I changed one and deleted the other.