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<DIV><FONT face="Arial Unicode MS">Dear Nick and list,</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face="Arial Unicode MS"></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face="Arial Unicode MS">I also am unable to use my keyboard software
(Tavultesoft Keyman) for entry into Transcriber. I sent an email describing the
problem to the developers of Transcriber but received no reply.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face="Arial Unicode MS"></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face="Arial Unicode MS">I tried several options, none of which I
found satisfactory:</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face="Arial Unicode MS">1) using standard but to me unnecessary
characters like $@ etc. as substitutes for less standard ones that I need like
[ɔ, ʈ, etc.], and doing a find/replace in the .trs file using a Unicode
compliant program like Word. However, after changing the .trs file in this way
it would no longer open in Transcriber. This sounds like what you describe
Nick.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face="Arial Unicode MS">2) having both Word and Transcriber open at
once; listening in TR, entering data in Word, copying the text and pasting it
into Transcriber. I found this worked but was inefficient.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face="Arial Unicode MS">3) Using the Bindings in Transcriber to
replace keystrokes with my intended character. This involved entering my
keyboard setup into the Transcriber Bindings dialogue box. This was
suggested to me by someone on this list. I tried it, it worked, I emailed
the list and said so. Then lo! and behold! I reopened transcriber a few
days later and found all my unicode characters that I had so carefully
entered into the Bindings box had all turned to boxes! All lost! I
tried again ... same result. So the moral of the story is: the bindings approach
works as long as you don't shut the program (I can't remember whether or not I
lost the Unicode characters when I changed transcription file). I found the idea
of reinstalling all the Bindings every time I open the program tedious. I had
ticked all the Unicode boxes that I could find within the program and could see
no reason why it should have lost all my Bindings entries.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face="Arial Unicode MS"></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face="Arial Unicode MS">I am not a unicode expert and at this
point</FONT> <FONT face="Arial Unicode MS">I gave up on Transcriber for my
purposes. As far as I can tell it is not really Unicode compliant in a robust
sense.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face="Arial Unicode MS">I'd love to hear otherwise from
someone.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face="Arial Unicode MS"></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face="Arial Unicode MS">Matthew</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face="Arial Unicode MS"></FONT> </DIV>
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV>
<DIV
style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: black"><B>From:</B>
<A title=thien@unimelb.edu.au href="mailto:thien@unimelb.edu.au">Nicholas
Thieberger</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A
title=resource-Network-Linguistic-Diversity@unimelb.edu.au
href="mailto:resource-Network-Linguistic-Diversity@unimelb.edu.au">RNLD</A>
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Wednesday, March 29, 2006 10:13
AM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: Non-roman and
Transcriber</DIV>
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<DIV>I am having trouble getting Unicode characters displaying in Transcriber
on a Mac. I have followed Matthew's instructions, changed the text encoding to
UTF-8, changed the font to Gentium, but still can't insert the
characters.</DIV>
<DIV><BR></DIV>
<DIV>I have a defined keyboard layout using Ukelele which works with other
applications.</DIV>
<DIV><BR></DIV>
<DIV>When I try inserting the Unicode character into the .trs file and opening
it in Transcriber it generates an error.</DIV>
<DIV><BR></DIV>
<DIV>Has anyone figured out how to do this?</DIV>
<DIV><BR></DIV>
<DIV>Thanks,</DIV>
<DIV><BR></DIV>
<DIV>Nick</DIV>
<DIV><BR></DIV>
<DIV><BR></DIV>
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<BLOCKQUOTE cite="" type="cite"><FONT face=Arial size=-1>Dear
list,<BR><BR>Thanks to Rachel Cross, I stand corrected. Non-roman characters
can be inputed in Transcriber by attributing shortcuts to certain
keystrokes.</FONT></BLOCKQUOTE>
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<BLOCKQUOTE cite="" type="cite"><FONT face=Arial size=-1>Instructions are
at:</FONT> <A href="http://trans.sourceforge.net/en/usermanUS.php#r53"><FONT
face=Arial
size=-1>http://trans.sourceforge.net/en/usermanUS.php#r53</FONT></A></BLOCKQUOTE>
<BLOCKQUOTE cite="" type="cite"><FONT face=Arial size=-1>See
especially 6.7.</FONT> <A
href="http://trans.sourceforge.net/en/usermanUS.php#r6.7"><FONT face=Arial
size=-1>Accented characters and internationalization</FONT></A></BLOCKQUOTE>
<BLOCKQUOTE cite="" type="cite"><FONT face=Arial size=-1>and </FONT>
13.1. <A href="http://trans.sourceforge.net/en/usermanUS.php#r53">Define a
shortcut</A></BLOCKQUOTE>
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<BLOCKQUOTE cite="" type="cite"><FONT face=Arial size=-1>This has solved my
problem, I am now able to enter both Phonetic and Bengali characters using
this method. (Remember to change the font)</FONT></BLOCKQUOTE>
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<BLOCKQUOTE cite="" type="cite"><FONT face=Arial size=-1>Admittedly this
solution is not ideal, as I have to recreate my Keyboard layout with
keystrokes, and the shortcut coding is not as flexible as Keyman
because Keyman allows dummy keys.</FONT></BLOCKQUOTE>
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<BLOCKQUOTE cite="" type="cite"><FONT face=Arial size=-1>Doug Marmion
suggested I also test ELAN. I downloaded it and found that it DOES accept my
Keyman keyboard, so I could be using that with my normal method of character
entry. For now I'll stick with Transcriber until my understanding of ELAN
catches up.</FONT></BLOCKQUOTE>
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<BLOCKQUOTE cite="" type="cite"><FONT face=Arial size=-1>Thanks to all
respondents. </FONT></BLOCKQUOTE>
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<BLOCKQUOTE cite="" type="cite"><FONT face=Arial
size=-1>Matthew</FONT></BLOCKQUOTE>
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