IPA-SIL keyboard layout for Mac OSX v. 0.6 (alpha)

[Christopher Doty]

The best option I've found for typing in the IPA (using the SIL fonts)
is a keyboard called IPAKeys which installs to System Prefs.  It is
essentially the same thing as Ukelele, except that someone has gone to
the trouble of setting up all of the keystrokes needed for the IPA.
It is at least as intuitive as the Keyman keyboard for Windows, and
has a rather detailed manual of the needed keystrokes.

The program is no long available from its own website, but it is
archived in several locations (for example, here:
http://w3.coh.arizona.edu/jeridf/wp-content/files/IPAKeys.tar.gz ).

Definitely worth a look.

Chris

On 10/22/06, Nick Thieberger <thien at unimelb.edu.au> wrote:
> I think you don't need to use specific IPA fonts anymore, but can use any
> Unicode compliant font - Gentium is a good option. You can download it
> from the web, and also get Ukelele, a program for assiging keys to
> characters for your own needs and then having that all come up as a new
> keyboard in your international options. So, instead of a flag in the top
> right of your menu bar you will have a keyboard of your own design.
>
> On the mac you can see unicode characters using 'character palette' and
> insert them into your work directly, but this is a bit fiddly if you have
> lots of IPA entry to do.
>
> You will have to be using a recent version of MS Word to have unicode work
> properly and use Toolbox and not Shoebox.
>
> Nick
>
> On Mon, October 23, 2006 3:24 pm, Frances Kofod wrote:
> > I  too have tried to install DoulosSIL4 and CharisSIL4 in my new
> > iBook G4 system 10.4.4 (not a new Intel Mac) so that I can use IPA. I
> > followed the directions for installation and the font titles come up
> > as possibility for choice in eg Microsoft word but remain looking
> > like Times and some other normal font.
> > Any help would be much appreciated.
> >
> > Frances Kofod
> >
> > On 23/10/2006, at 12:28 PM, Lesley Woods wrote:
> >
> >> I have tried to install and use the above SIL program for keyboard
> >> access to IPA, however it seems that my computer won't recognize it
> >> (Mac OS X10.3.9). Does anybody have any clues or more information?
> >>
> >> cheers Lesley
> >
> >
>
>
>