[Lingtyp] Entering IPA etc. characters/diacritics on new Apple Macs

[Jeffrey Mielke]

I've been happy using this web-based tool to type IPA characters:
https://westonruter.github.io/ipa-chart/keyboard/

Jeff

Jeff Mielke
Professor
Linguistics program
Department of English
North Carolina State University


On Thu, Aug 3, 2023 at 11:54 AM Larry M Hyman <hyman at berkeley.edu> wrote:

> Thanks for letting us know, Bill. I have been using IPA Palette on
> Monterey, where there already are some quirks: Sometimes it doesn't insert
> the symbol when you click on it, sometimes it does; it does always work
> when you drag the symbol into your document or email. Does dragging not
> work in Ventura? I have been hesitant to upgrade to Ventura, and now will
> put it off even longer if I can get away with it!  θæŋks so mʌtʃ !!!  Best,
> Larry
>
> On Thu, Aug 3, 2023 at 8:50 AM William Croft <wcroft at unm.edu> wrote:
>
>>
>> I have used IPA Palette for entering IPA, special characters and
>> diacritics on my Mac for many years, which I was very happy with.
>>
>> I am upgrading, or trying to upgrade, to a new Mac, using the Apple chip
>> and macOS13 Ventura. Unfortunately the latest version of IPA Palette
>> (2.3.2), doesn’t work on the new Macs and the Ventura OS. I wrote the
>> developer, and he wrote back:
>>
>> “I am no longer doing any Mac OS development. IPA Palette binaries will
>> probably not run on current versions of the OS; however, anyone can
>> download Xcode and compile the IPA Palette sources on GitHub for the
>> current OS and chip architecture.”
>>
>> Unfortunately, I don’t have the programming skills to do this. Have any
>> of you done this for yourselves, and are willing to share the product? If
>> not, what is the next best way to enter IPA/special characters/diacritics
>> on a new Mac? I use it mainly for example sentences; I am not currently
>> doing any continuous IPA transcription, for which an IPA keyboard setting
>> is more suitable.
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Bill
>>
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