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[andrewheiss]

Typing transliterated Arabic quickly | Andrew Heiss.com
http://www.andrewheiss.com/blog/2009/04/26/typing-transliterated-arabic-quickly/

[andrewheiss]

Originally posted by Jude on 2009-04-26 13:04:59

That is an inventive way to transliterate. Have you seen this?

http://www.smi.uib.no/ksv/D...

You can download a keyboard (for Mac) built around transliteration. I
use it for work and find it incredibly easy, all the characters are
available by a combination of Option + [key] for example; ط (ṭ) =
Option + [t]. Capitals are just as easy; Shift + Option + [T] = Ṭ.

[andrewheiss]

Originally posted by Faddho on 2013-03-06 07:54:53

 Hey this is perfect! Been cracking around about this issue over some
months. Thank you!

[andrewheiss]

Originally posted by Jude on 2009-04-26 13:11:24

I forgot the best part: it's free!

[andrewheiss]

Originally posted by Andrew on 2009-04-26 13:12:44

Brilliant! I'm installing it right now.

[andrewheiss]

Originally posted by Andrew on 2009-04-26 13:23:08

Weird. It crashed Firefox, Word, Bean, and TextMate the first time I
tried using it. After restarting the programs, though, it seems to be
more stable.

And I can't use Spotlight when using that layout. Strange.

Other than that, though, it's ʿagīb ʾawwī.

I love that it can do capitals, too. My system doesn't have that (but
it could be added)

[andrewheiss]

Originally posted by Jude on 2009-04-27 21:05:09

I've never had it crash a program - that is extraordinarily strange. I
often try to use Quicksilver when in that layout and get stuck, a
similar situation to your Spotlight problem. However, you can
setup---through the International, then Input Menu---to toggle between
keyboard layouts through a hotkey combo. (I am sure you already do that,
however)

[andrewheiss]

Originally posted by Abeer on 2009-05-06 23:53:45

have you tried this
[www.yamli.com/arabic-keyboard](http://www.yamli.com/arabic-keyboard "www.yamli.com/arabic-keyboard")
? it's also search engine
[www.yamli.com](http://www.yamli.com "www.yamli.com")

[andrewheiss]

Originally posted by Joyce on 2009-12-03 10:16:53

Howdy that

[andrewheiss]

Originally posted by Sarapatra on 2011-03-04 01:16:52

Hi, I downloaded texter and am trying to use it for Arabic
transliteration with the same text replacements that you did, but it
doesn't seem to do anything when I type the text replacements. I can't
figure out what I'm doing wrong. Any thoughts or ideas?