Japanese Hiragana Keyboard - Black - USB Connector


Japanese Hiragana Keyboard - Black - USB Connector

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Japanese Hiragana Keyboard - Black USB

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The Japanese Hiragana keyboard is a bilingual USB keyboard that supports both Japanese Hiragana and United States (English). You may need to download fonts and keyboard layouts to be able to use the keyboard, depending on your version of Windows.

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Features

  • Color: Black
  • Languages: Japanese characters on the right side of the key; US English characters in the upper left corner of the key.
  • Connector type: USB

Alternative Language Support

If your version of Windows does not support the language you need, there are a number of alternatives you may explore:

Alternative Keyboard Layout Sources

Many international languages require a specialized keyboard layout to be able to type. If Windows does not include the keyboard layout you need (or if you would like to create your own keyboard layout), you can consider these alternatives:

Tavultesoft Keyman. The Keyman application is similar to Parawin in that it allows the user to create new keyboard layouts and edit keyboard layouts in Windows. The product is free for personal use or personal educational use. The product does not include keyboard layouts or fonts necessary to type in a language. There are numerous keyboard layouts for many languages that you can download from various web sites at http://www.tavultesoft.com/keyman/downloads/keyboards/search.php. You must also download the appropriate fonts needed for the language you wish to use.

Microsoft Keyboard Editor (Windows 2000/XP). The Microsoft Keyboard Editor allows the user to create new keyboard layouts and edit existing layouts in Windows 2000 and XP. You can download this product for free at the following web page: http://www.microsoft.com/globaldev/tools/msklc.mspx

Microsoft Global IME (Input Method Editor). Microsoft offers a number of IME's (Input Method Editors) that allow the user to type in complex scripting languages, such as Japanese, Chinese, Korean, etc. You can get more information about these products and download them for free at the following web sites:

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=803A623E-C311-4591-
A593-B0E24A6F38E8&displaylang=en

http://www.microsoft.com/windows/ie/downloads/recommended/ime/default.mspx

For information on how to enable right-to-left text entry in Word 2002 in Windows ME/98/NT, see this information article from Microsoft: http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;311019

Font Sources

Many of the keyboard layout solutions above do not include the fonts necessary to type in a language. You can either purchase fonts separately or download freeware or shareware fonts from a variety of Internet sources. Some of the more extensive font collections are listed below:

FontSeek. http://www.fontseek.com/fonts.html

Freelang.net. http://www.freelang.net/fonts/