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Cyrillic Keyboard
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Posted by: sidney

As many here are aware communication is important to your wife/ girlfriend. It is easy to type cyrillic with your existing keyboard or use a dual keyboard. My wife brought one along when she arrived on her K1. You can do the same with your existing keyboard and writing in the cyrillic letters with a marker. I did a search and found nothing on this subject but apologize if I'm plowing the same ground.
"START"
"SETTINGS"
"CONTROL PANEL"
"KEYBOARD"
"LANGUAGE"
"ADD"
pick the language/s (russian, ukrainian)
"OK"
It may be a little different since I'm using windows 98.
This is what you'll get:
йцукенгшщзфывапролдячсмить
You toggle between the languages in the tool bar or by left alt+shift or control+shift by clicking the appropriate box.
Sometimes my wife has to write letters in word because sometimes they are jumbled and unreadable when sent. It is best to save the letter if this happens and send thru a different means.
Sid

Posted by: Leprechaun

Yesterday I paid €10 in the centre for a sticker kit, I guess this would cost little elsewhere.

Advice: Get your lady to pick up a sticker kit if she can in her homeland

=o)

Posted by: Chrismc

This may be of interest to some,

http://www.cheaptickettorussia.com/ruklv.htm and apparantly you can buy cheap "Russian keyboard stickers" on ebay. Just checked and they are under $2 on ebay.

Posted by: Leprechaun

Nice one for that, would have cost me about €5 i dont mind paying 10 as the place i bought it from is a Russian Information Centre and its losers like me that helps keeps it afloat!!!

Posted by: GreenBarb

You can also buy an English/Russian (cyrillic) keyboard. I used the stickers also but found that after a couple of months typing they start to wear out. I bought the Keyboard for about €28 including delivery.

Posted by: searcher

Here is another company that sells stickers Latkey.

They are in Ire

Land

but their stickers arrived in less than a week!

I have purchased a few sets of stickers from them. Someone on this forum recommended them to me. The stickers seem quite durable, they still look new and i've had them on my laptop since February 2004.

Posted by: Leprechaun

so they are, thats handy to know =o)

Posted by: Khashyar

Quote:

Originally Posted by GreenBarb

You can also buy an English/Russian (cyrillic) keyboard. I used the stickers also but found that after a couple of months typing they start to wear out. I bought the Keyboard for about €28 including delivery.

I agree that the stickers will wear out after a while...

Cyrillic/English keyboards really aren't that much. (Lena uses one at home).

Khashyar

Posted by: sidney

We've worn two dual keyboard to the point where she was painting new letters on. It's nice to know that stickers are available, never thought of that one.
Sid

Posted by: ConnerVT

That reminds me -- time to put some new stickers on this keyboard. Guess I post too much...

Posted by: wavetossed

I bought no-name stickers and they wore out quickly. Then I discovered Latkey who claim to print on the glue side of the stickers so that they won't wear out. I bought 6 sets of those (I have lots of computers....) and they work really well. The only problem is on one BENQ mini keyboard that is smaller than a laptop keyboard where the stickers are slightly bigger than the keytops.

Posted by: Chrismc

Quote:

Originally Posted by wavetossed

I bought no-name stickers and they wore out quickly. Then I discovered Latkey who claim to print on the glue side of the stickers so that they won't wear out. I bought 6 sets of those (I have lots of computers....) and they work really well. The only problem is on one BENQ mini keyboard that is smaller than a laptop keyboard where the stickers are slightly bigger than the keytops.

Now you need to buy some keys to go with your stickers!

Posted by: Leprechaun

You can have a keyboard arrive in the post as a wedding gift!!!!

THANK YOU LESTER!!!!! we appreciate your kindness
it was a great surprise and Irina couldnt wait till i got home to open it, she did mail me in work to tell me though =o)))) and it did have her name on it she said. LOL.

Great Idea.

N1

Posted by: lester

You're welcome!
Easy for me to choose a suitable gift

More difficult for Mrs.Woo!!

The pen is mightier than the sword, but you can
tickle her to death with it! hehe.

Posted by: Leprechaun

heheheh oh yeah, thank your owl Mrs Woo for the feather that made the amazing quill you also sent, the poor bird must have nearly had a heart attack when you crept up behind her and *plucked* her.

Posted by: lester

*plucked*

Thank the Lord for spellcheck eh!!

Posted by: Leprechaun

and I also thank him for friends like you. =o)

Posted by: Trevar Langland

Quote:

Originally Posted by Chrismc

Now you need to buy some keys to go with your stickers!

But where can i get one in Sydney Australia ?

Posted by: Chrismc

Quote:

Originally Posted by Trevar Langland

But where can i get one in Sydney Australia ?

Sorry I am too far away from you to help, apart from trying ebay, they seem to have that type of thing on most sites.

Chris

Posted by: wavetossed

Quote:

Originally Posted by Trevar Langland

But where can i get one in Sydney Australia ?

Latkey ships their stickers worldwide http://www.latkey.com/home.asp
I bought several sets so that I can put them on all my different computers. Just be sure that when you order the transparent stickers, you get a contrasting letter color. Very light colors don't work on white keys and very dark colors don't work on black keys.

When you stick them on, open up an application like Wordpad so that you can doublecheck the Cyrillic letter that you get when you press the key *BEFORE* you stick on the sticker.

Posted by: lester

I've just returned from Krivoy Rog,
bought 2 keyboards for Ј2.75 GBP! each!!!!!

Get yerself married, You might get one as a pressie!

Seriously, I'm looking into how to get my "very Special Lady"
to purchase and ship keyboards to members!
will update asap.

Posted by: anthonyd

I puchased two sets of stickers from eBay and so far they are great!

I would eventually like to get a keyboard maybe if I ever buy a desktop computer again. I could always use the keyboard for my laptop as well. Can anyone recommend a source for purchase from the States?

Posted by: mistermopar

Hey everyone,
I see yous are chatting about keyboards and cyrillic letters.
I have been using one online for some time now and I find it works great for my needs.When I am done writing I just cut and past in my email and send.

http://www.yandex.ru/keyboard_abc.html

Randy

Posted by: anthonyd

Initially, I had used that same online keyboard.

You will find though, that it is much easier to just hit alt+shift to switch to russian fonts rather than having to go to an internet page, click the keys with your mouse, and then have to copy and paste

Posted by: philz50

Check here for bilingual keyboards.
http://www.fentek-ind.com/lang.htm

http://www.webideas.bigstep.com/homepage.html