cdnvic Posted March 31, 2006 Share Posted March 31, 2006 Typing In Thai on Windows or MacOS http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=27246 Microsoft Virtual Keyboard for Typing in Thai http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=29891 Obtaining Thai Fonts for Your Computer http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=46220 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jaithai Posted November 26, 2006 Share Posted November 26, 2006 And once you can type on your keyboard using Thai fonts, consider keyboard overlays to make it easier to figure out which keys make which letters. I just ordered some from: http://www.datacal.com They have clear self-adhesive stickers with either blue characters (for white and off-white keyboards) as well as with white characters (for black keyboards). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
meadish_sweetball Posted December 16, 2006 Share Posted December 16, 2006 ...or next time you go to Thailand, buy a keyboard showing Thai characters - just 200-300 baht. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kriswillems Posted February 9, 2007 Share Posted February 9, 2007 Is there a way to only increase the size of the Thai font in your internet browser (and not the Roman font)? I am using firefox and IE on windows and konqueror and firefox on linux. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TonyBkk Posted February 19, 2007 Share Posted February 19, 2007 I put off learning to type Thai for ages as I never had a keyboard that displayed Thai characters, At the time it seemed like a good excuse, but it shouldn't be . . . . After a trip to Pantip plaza and a purchase of a USB Thai keyboard and a virtual typing tutor program, I changed the settings in control panels to show the language bar and add Thai. After 3 weeks I finished with the program, and decided to ditch the keyboard and just use the standard Roman keyboard on my laptop, if you learn with a good program you memorize where the correct keys are and what finger to use, with no need to visually look at the keyboard 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Totster Posted February 25, 2007 Share Posted February 25, 2007 Is there a way to only increase the size of the Thai font in your internet browser (and not the Roman font)? I am using firefox and IE on windows and konqueror and firefox on linux. On firefox pressing alt + will increase the size (alt - will decrease) totster Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jobsworth Posted February 28, 2007 Share Posted February 28, 2007 Is there a way to only increase the size of the Thai font in your internet browser (and not the Roman font)? I am using firefox and IE on windows and konqueror and firefox on linux. Sorry I don't know either and it is a real problem. When using mixed Thai and English fonts the English fonts are very large. Yet if the Thai fonts were are smaller they would be difficult to read. I am also trying to install Kymer fonts and they are less well supported than Thai. I guess that it is just a problem which has not been addressed yet. It costs time and money to create fonts. One day I am sure that there will be a way to adjust the two fonts independently. Of course it is possible to do anything even now. It is just very difficult. Have you looked at the Thai newspaper sites. They manage some weird and wonderful things which I find very difficult to understand. Like http://www.thairath.co.th/ and <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=windows-874"> and unicode. Sorry I am rambling a bit but maybe this helps a bit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eJai Posted March 4, 2007 Share Posted March 4, 2007 Is there a way to only increase the size of the Thai font in your internet browser (and not the Roman font)? I am using firefox and IE on windows and konqueror and firefox on linux. There is a plug-in written by Mike of www.thai2english.com to increase the display of Thai font in Firefox 2 Right Click Here for the plug-in Then select "Save Link As" to save the file largethai.xpi to your harddisk Installation instruction ------------------------- 1. Select FILE from pull-down menu 2. Select Open File 3. From Open dialogue: Pick largethai.xpi you downloaded. 4. Wait for installation to complete. 5. Click Install Now button in Software Installation dialogue. 6. Restart Firefox. 7. Click RIGHT mouse and select Increase Thai Text Size. You should notice an increase in the size of all the Thai fonts where the rest remain the same. Enjoy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Espina Posted April 2, 2007 Share Posted April 2, 2007 ...what if one needs a localized version of Vista? How to you purchase yours? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
meadish_sweetball Posted April 3, 2007 Share Posted April 3, 2007 If you need Vista in Thai or English I guess you could just head to the nearest computer store. If by 'localized' you mean a version in a language other than Thai or English, you may find it very difficult to find one for sale in Thailand. If you have a reasonably fast Internet connection (and a download manager that supports resume, otherwise you can get cut off in the middle of the file and have to start all over again) it may be possible to download it from Microsoft's website in your language - check that out first. You can of course also contact Microsoft, explain your situation and ask them what solution they can offer you. Personally I use XP Pro Swedish, and had a friend buy it for me in Sweden, as he was coming over here on holiday. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LonelyAmerican Posted April 4, 2007 Share Posted April 4, 2007 (edited) To read Thai messages: Any browser or email program will have a Character Encoding menu item under the View menu. If you can't read something that you believe was written in Thai, go to the View - Character Encoding menu and select TIS-620. If that doesn't work, then try UTF-8. If neither of those work, then try ISO-8859-11 or Windows-874. If none of these work, then the message was probably not written in Thai. To create Thai messages (without a Thai keyboard): Go to http://www.atm.ox.ac.uk/user/iwi/charmap.html, select "0E: Thai, Lao" from the selection box, and begin clicking on Thai letters. Here is some more detailed information for those who are interested. There are several character encodings that support Thai. I have my system set to use UTF-8 by default. UTF-8 includes characters for dozens of languages, including Thai. For those of you located in Thailand, your computer is likely using TIS-620 (Thai Industry Standard character encoding) by default. TIS-620 only includes Thai and western characters, what you would see on a standard Thai keyboard. There is also ISO-8859-11 and Microsoft's Windows-874 encoding for the Thai language, both of which are almost identical to TIS-620. UTF-8 and TIS-620 are by far the most common encodings for the Thai language. When I receive emails from Thailand, my friends' computers all use TIS-620, but my system uses UTF-8, so I always have to change the encoding so that I can read their messages. This is perfectly normal. Briefly, the reason there are multiple character encodings for the same language is because there are hundreds (maybe even a few thousand) languages in the world and many have their own scripts. Chinese alone has about 10,000 different possible characters. In order to send data around via email or the web and represent all of those characters, each character would have to be represented with 8 or 10 bytes instead of 1 to 4 bytes. In order to control the amount of data being sent around, we use character encodings, each of which includes a specific set of languages. If you are technically minded and still want to learn more about character encodings, http://www.w3.org/TR/html4/charset.html#h-5.2 is a good place to start. Edited April 4, 2007 by LonelyAmerican Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
srachai Posted July 8, 2007 Share Posted July 8, 2007 Hi all: My secret to input Thai scripts quickly is to use Japanese IME with user’s dictionary created by myself. The user’s dictionary contains all of Thai scripts plus Thai words, which are often to be used to make sentences in Thai. For example: for Thai alphabetic scripts, ก for kai or k ข for kha or kh ค for khu or kh for Thai words, ความ for khwaam สามารถ for s<aam>aat ประชาธิปไตย for prachaathippatai ผม for phom or ph<om note: It is not always necessary to use tones but for some words it is easier to identify with tones. Blind touch method (without watching keyboard) can be used for my system, it is not stressful at all and I can type quicker than ordinary Thai people. No need to use kanji character but only Thai scripts and roman alphabetic letters. Simple. tones symbols: flat อ low อ, falling อ> high อ’ rising อ< 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grashopa Posted January 2, 2008 Share Posted January 2, 2008 If you could post the custom dictionary I'd appreciate it! Hi all:My secret to input Thai scripts quickly is to use Japanese IME with user’s dictionary created by myself. The user’s dictionary contains all of Thai scripts plus Thai words, which are often to be used to make sentences in Thai. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
srachai Posted January 9, 2008 Share Posted January 9, 2008 Grashopa: I had been very busy from the end of the last year to the beginning of New Year to attend many parties. If you use windows xp English version, Japanese front-end processor (IME) is attached to the program, so it is very simple to make a copy of my user dictionary into your Pc’s IME. This IME is written in English so you won’t have any problem. One thing I would like to point out is that it must be with ms-excel or ms-words to write in Thai language together with Thai font such as Cordia New etc. There is no completion date for my user dictionary because it evolves day by day slowly. I will upload my user dictionary to thaivisa forum. If you might be in a hurry, please send me e-mail ([email protected]) so I can send you the user dictionary as an attachment. Thank you for your interest in the method. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
srachai Posted January 10, 2008 Share Posted January 10, 2008 To Grashopa and anybody who is interested in learning Thai language: I present you Thai-Japanese-English dictionary for everybody’s daily use together with user dictionary for easy input of Thai scripts into your Pc. http://www.geocities.jp/srachai2000/thai_dic_2.htm I hope it helps you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
srs Posted March 14, 2008 Share Posted March 14, 2008 Hi all. I have Windows XP English, but I am German. So in my regional settings in the control panel I changed the "language for non-unicode programs" to German. But now I cannot use my Thai-English Dictionary called "ThaiSoftware Dictionary" anymore. Furthermore I cannot access the settings of my graphic card anymore. All I see in these and some other programs are questions marks. Do I understand that right:? Obviously these programs are not programmed in UTF which means I cannot use them anymore - or on the other hand I have to stop to support my German non-UTF-programs to get my dictionary work again?. If so, does anybody knows a good English-Thai Dictionary for Windows that is Unicode-based? Or is there another possibility? Thanks a lot Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
meadish_sweetball Posted March 14, 2008 Share Posted March 14, 2008 Hi all.I have Windows XP English, but I am German. So in my regional settings in the control panel I changed the "language for non-unicode programs" to German. But now I cannot use my Thai-English Dictionary called "ThaiSoftware Dictionary" anymore. Furthermore I cannot access the settings of my graphic card anymore. All I see in these and some other programs are questions marks. Do I understand that right:? Obviously these programs are not programmed in UTF which means I cannot use them anymore - or on the other hand I have to stop to support my German non-UTF-programs to get my dictionary work again?. If so, does anybody knows a good English-Thai Dictionary for Windows that is Unicode-based? Or is there another possibility? Thanks a lot Unfortunately, I can only nod in sympathy. I am Swedish, and have the exact same problem as you. I would love to be proven wrong, but it appears that Microsoft does not see us Northern European users who need Asian language support in parallel with English and our mother tongue, as a very important group. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ElZorro Posted March 14, 2008 Share Posted March 14, 2008 Or is there another possibility? Have you tried to create another user account? I'm not sure because I haven't tried this myself, but it might be possible to set the language for non-unicode programs as German in you main account and Thai in the new account. Then you could just switch user accounts when needed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
everydaysthesame Posted December 8, 2008 Share Posted December 8, 2008 I just downloaded th new firefox and this plug in no longer works.. I wouldnt have downloaded the new firefox had I known this as i use this plug in alot. Anyone know if there is a new version for the latest firefox? thanks Is there a way to only increase the size of the Thai font in your internet browser (and not the Roman font)? I am using firefox and IE on windows and konqueror and firefox on linux. There is a plug-in written by Mike of www.thai2english.com to increase the display of Thai font in Firefox 2 Right Click Here for the plug-in Then select "Save Link As" to save the file largethai.xpi to your harddisk Installation instruction ------------------------- 1. Select FILE from pull-down menu 2. Select Open File 3. From Open dialogue: Pick largethai.xpi you downloaded. 4. Wait for installation to complete. 5. Click Install Now button in Software Installation dialogue. 6. Restart Firefox. 7. Click RIGHT mouse and select Increase Thai Text Size. You should notice an increase in the size of all the Thai fonts where the rest remain the same. Enjoy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
katana Posted December 8, 2008 Share Posted December 8, 2008 Sometimes you can fix that by downloading the .xpi file to your desktop, then: 1. change the file extension from .xpi to .zip and unzip the contents 2. open up the .rdf file in Notepad 3. change the maxversion to the version of your Firefox eg 3.0.4 and save 4. zip up all the files again that you previously unzipped 5. change the extension back to .xpi 6 open up Firefox then drag the xpi file onto Firefox and follow the prompts thereafter. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
everydaysthesame Posted December 10, 2008 Share Posted December 10, 2008 Sometimes you can fix that by downloading the .xpi file to your desktop, then:1. change the file extension from .xpi to .zip and unzip the contents 2. open up the .rdf file in Notepad 3. change the maxversion to the version of your Firefox eg 3.0.4 and save 4. zip up all the files again that you previously unzipped 5. change the extension back to .xpi 6 open up Firefox then drag the xpi file onto Firefox and follow the prompts thereafter. thanks... i will try that and report back... sounds a bit difficult for me though! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
farangnahrak Posted December 10, 2008 Share Posted December 10, 2008 You can get the stickers for your keyboard at any computer store here for like 30 baht. They typically come in two sizes, normal keyboard size and laptop size. The stickers last about two years before they wear out. Go to the bottom of this page to download a butt load of Thai fonts: http://www.learnthaiculture.com/thai_extras.shtml Also, if you are on a computer that doesn't support Thai, use this to type: http://www.learnthaiculture.com/thai_typer.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Indra Posted December 27, 2008 Share Posted December 27, 2008 I hope my information below is not redundant. There 2 ways to have Thai character in your computer If your computer is Windows XP, then you can enable the Thai character and switch between English and Thai; I provide the step-by-step instruction at the end of this posting, if you choose this method. Go to http://english-thai-dictionary.com/index.p...on=thaikeyboard and use the virtual keyboard to get the Thai character, which you want to type, then using the copy-paste to put it into your document/email. I personally like the second method because my keyboard is not a Thai keyboard (hence I need layout of Thai keyboard printed on a paper) and I am too lazy to switch back and forth between English and Thai language (although it is a matter of 2 clicks or 2 buttons) Step-by-step of enabling Thai character in Windows XP computer: Make sure that you have your Windows installation CD handy Open control panel Double click on "Regional and Language Options" icon Click "Languages" tab Click "Details" button Click "Add" button Select Thai as "Input language" and "Keyboard layout"; For my computer, I selected both Kedmanee and Pattachote; I don't know what it is but it works well in my system until now Click "OK" button in "Add Input Language" window Click "Apply" button in "Text Services and Input Languages" window; You may need your Windows installation CD at this stage Back to "Text Services and Input Languages" window, in "Setting" tab, you can select on how to switch between English character and Thai character by clicking "Key Settings" button Somehow you may find that this step-by-step is still confusing, then please feel free to drop your questions here (please don't pm me), I'll try to answer it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
klons Posted January 9, 2009 Share Posted January 9, 2009 Before going out to get my stickers (notebook and small desk) I was researching what difference there was between kedmanee and pattachote. I was led to rikker.blogspot and this free Thai typing tutor. http://www.users.bigpond.com/gurce/thai/type/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnGotti Posted June 14, 2009 Share Posted June 14, 2009 anyone know how to isolate the thai language files on one computer so that they can be moved to another? i do not have the windows disk with me anymore and the thai files therefore cannot be installed on my laptop. my desktop however, does have them already installed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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domu Posted September 29, 2009 Share Posted September 29, 2009 Hello, I just installed the thai language pack available from microsoft, but now, I have no idea of the way to go back to english. Can ayone help me? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard W Posted April 5, 2010 Share Posted April 5, 2010 On the problem of Large Thai Script not working when Firefox is upgraded: Sometimes you can fix that by downloading the .xpi file to your desktop, then:1. change the file extension from .xpi to .zip and unzip the contents 2. open up the .rdf file in Notepad 3. change the maxversion to the version of your Firefox eg 3.0.4 and save 4. zip up all the files again that you previously unzipped 5. change the extension back to .xpi 6 open up Firefox then drag the xpi file onto Firefox and follow the prompts thereafter. I've just had that problem with Firefox 3.6.3. The version (of 'Version 0.1') of the 'Large Thai Script' add-on I found (at Large Thai Script :: Firefox Add-ons for Firefox) had maxversion specified as 3.5.*. I changed that to 3.6.*, but it did not work. What did work was changing it to plain 3.7. (I didn't try upping it to 3.6.3, as on past form Firefox 3.6.3 will soon be replaced by Firefox 3.6.4) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mike_l Posted April 5, 2010 Share Posted April 5, 2010 Thanks Richard, I've updated it on the Mozilla site now, up to the maxversion they allow it to be at present. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
katana Posted April 6, 2010 Share Posted April 6, 2010 I've just had that problem with Firefox 3.6.3. The version (of 'Version 0.1') of the 'Large Thai Script' add-on I found (at Large Thai Script :: Firefox Add-ons for Firefox) had maxversion specified as 3.5.*. I changed that to 3.6.*, but it did not work. What did work was changing it to plain 3.7. (I didn't try upping it to 3.6.3, as on past form Firefox 3.6.3 will soon be replaced by Firefox 3.6.4) I had one extension I got to work recently by changing the maxversion to 99.0.*. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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