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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=black face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black'>This is bad news about Transcriber. It
doesn't sound like something we should be</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=black face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black'>promoting through our OLAC tutorials, if
it doesn't support any Unicode fonts.</span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=black face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black'>Has anybody tried Transana, from the
University of Wisconsin? It's also free, open</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=black face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black'>source, etc. They discuss Unicode issues
on this page:</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=black face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black'>http://www.transana.org/developers/international.htm</span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=black face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black'>In summary, it's supposed to work with
UTF-8 encoding, but they note areas in</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=black face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black'>which theory and practice fail to mesh.</span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=2 face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Tahoma;font-weight:bold'>From:</span></font></b><font size=2
face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma'> Nicholas
Thieberger [mailto:thien@unimelb.edu.au] <br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Sent:</span></b> Tuesday, March 28, 2006 5:13
PM<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>To:</span></b> RNLD<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Subject:</span></b> Re: Non-roman and
Transcriber</span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>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.</span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>I have a defined keyboard layout using Ukelele which works with other
applications.</span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>When I try inserting the Unicode character into the .trs file and
opening it in Transcriber it generates an error.</span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>Has anyone figured out how to do this?</span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>Thanks,</span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>Dear list,<br>
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Thanks to Rachel Cross, I stand corrected. Non-roman characters can be inputed
in Transcriber by attributing shortcuts to certain keystrokes.</span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>Instructions are at:</span></font> <a
href="http://trans.sourceforge.net/en/usermanUS.php#r53"><font size=2
face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>http://trans.sourceforge.net/en/usermanUS.php#r53</span></font></a></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>See especially 6.7.</span></font> <a
href="http://trans.sourceforge.net/en/usermanUS.php#r6.7"><font size=2
face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Accented characters
and internationalization</span></font></a></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>and </span></font> 13.1. <a
href="http://trans.sourceforge.net/en/usermanUS.php#r53">Define a shortcut</a></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>This has solved my problem, I am now able to enter both
Phonetic and Bengali characters using this method. (Remember to change the
font)</span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>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.</span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>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.</span></font></p>
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