I'm a native English speaking currently learning French, and I'm often slowed down when I'm trying to write on a computer. For those learning a language that contains unique charaters that aren't on a standard English keyboard: (particularly French) how do you go about it?
I noticed that I can change my operating system, Windows, to an English (International) keyboard layout, but all this does is allow you to place apostrophes and quotation marks before a letter in order to change it to the accented form, and it's a hastle to get used to. Should I go out and buy a legitimate French keyboard?
If you are using windows there is a multilingual canadian keyboard, check it out:
http://image.noelshack.com/fichiers/2015/22/1432643229-canada.png
http://image.noelshack.com/fichiers/2015/22/1432643229-canada2.png
I think the only way to do it is to get a french keyboard - or do everything on a tablet or on your phone so you can change the input language.
I do this for Russian, I just switch input language and voila I have myself a Russian keyboard. And if you do it in French, it knows all the accents! Cheating a little, but hey, it's one way of learning.
Hi,
Im also learning french and what i found best was typing on a sony/galaxy/ipad tablet that have a word suggestion bar above the keyboard with correct french accents on the letters. Although it might take a bit of time getting used to it in the beginning.
There are plugins for Chrome and Firefox to do this easily. No need to change Windows.
I use i.e. ¡ÅççéñţšPłüş! on Chrome.
u -> Ctrl = ü
s -> Ctrl = ß
