tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6179600510376940959.post8990076321264723066..comments2024-03-26T12:11:00.593-06:00Comments on Multilingual Mac: iPad Language CapabilitiesTom Geweckehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03947144407429196465noreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6179600510376940959.post-49651021724542528382010-06-05T13:29:30.183-06:002010-06-05T13:29:30.183-06:00PS This article is outdated, see the new ones:
h...PS This article is outdated, see the new ones:<br /><br />http://m10lmac.blogspot.com/2010/04/ipad-language-capabilities-update.html<br /><br />http://m10lmac.blogspot.com/2010/05/viewing-hindi-tamil-bengali-websites.htmlTom Geweckehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03947144407429196465noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6179600510376940959.post-71539358730139618622010-06-05T13:26:27.300-06:002010-06-05T13:26:27.300-06:00Rohit -- I think you are far too generous with &qu...Rohit -- I think you are far too generous with "partially". There are no conjuncts and no reordering of vowels when necessary. I prefer to say these devices do not yet support Indic scripts at all.Tom Geweckehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03947144407429196465noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6179600510376940959.post-76796463156594835572010-06-05T11:47:52.910-06:002010-06-05T11:47:52.910-06:00Hindi (unicode) partially works. Some of the text...Hindi (unicode) partially works. Some of the text is not shown correctly on iPad and iPhone.Rohit Aggarwal, रोहितhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06990311761111229962noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6179600510376940959.post-33693186526377434492010-01-30T06:11:28.733-07:002010-01-30T06:11:28.733-07:00Alcorac Alonso -- The tech specs say there is no k...Alcorac Alonso -- The tech specs say there is no keyboard for Greek at all in the iPad. So you will not be able to type that, polytonic or otherwise, in any app. I also do not think the user will be able to add his own keyboards, unless perhaps there is one in the Apple app store.Tom Geweckehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03947144407429196465noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6179600510376940959.post-86467434567290200322010-01-30T04:10:02.181-07:002010-01-30T04:10:02.181-07:00Since I can write polytonic Greek now in Pages (iW...Since I can write polytonic Greek now in Pages (iWork), I wonder if I will be still be able to do so in a iPad. They show it as a great tool for wordprocessing (for instance, doing library work). But I am not sure now that if you work with Unicode fonts and different keyboards it will be so.<br /><br />Thanks for a fantastic blog!Alcorac Alonsohttp://sites.google.com/site/alcoracalonsodeniz/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6179600510376940959.post-18542736221637690742010-01-28T20:21:36.785-07:002010-01-28T20:21:36.785-07:00leafy -- When Apple says the iPad has "langua...leafy -- When Apple says the iPad has "language support" for SC, it means the OS is localized in SC.Tom Geweckehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03947144407429196465noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6179600510376940959.post-58117033178007262272010-01-28T19:49:50.318-07:002010-01-28T19:49:50.318-07:00The SC in Pages is just the display localization, ...The SC in Pages is just the display localization, input methods are built into the OS itself. I guess this SC in iPad refers to the input methods available (Pingyin and friends).leafy7382https://www.blogger.com/profile/00491955626781050351noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6179600510376940959.post-10422815253935304402010-01-28T13:25:43.989-07:002010-01-28T13:25:43.989-07:00Good point, Magnus. I'm relieved.Good point, Magnus. I'm relieved.Joehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05937029617372221087noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6179600510376940959.post-63935051266266130392010-01-28T13:21:36.277-07:002010-01-28T13:21:36.277-07:00Joe, they have done SC before TC in the past. I th...Joe, they have done SC before TC in the past. I think Pages got SC before it got TC. It is probably just a matter of time.<br /><br />For the Scandinavian languages (or Swedish in particular) <a href="http://macworld.idg.se/2.1038/1.289516/flera-oklarheter-kring-ipad-for-oss-svenskar" rel="nofollow">Macworld Sweden are confused</a>. They asked Apple Sweden, who declined to comment for the time Magnus Lewanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11928234553753330696noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6179600510376940959.post-53409640535850456542010-01-27T19:47:35.081-07:002010-01-27T19:47:35.081-07:00I sure hope they add a cell-phone-style kana input...I sure hope they add a cell-phone-style kana input method for Japanese like the iPhone and iPod Touch have. That's all I ever use.Paul D.https://www.blogger.com/profile/13483419817200339955noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6179600510376940959.post-23900946710308580892010-01-27T17:21:59.740-07:002010-01-27T17:21:59.740-07:00I'm surprised to only see Simplified Chinese, ...I'm surprised to only see Simplified Chinese, and no Traditional Chinese.Joehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05937029617372221087noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6179600510376940959.post-71158511883666415142010-01-27T14:25:18.503-07:002010-01-27T14:25:18.503-07:00I'm puzzled myself why they could not equal th...I'm puzzled myself why they could not equal the iPhone's capabilities, since the OS seems so similar otherwise.Tom Geweckehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03947144407429196465noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6179600510376940959.post-8541628401190717632010-01-27T14:12:58.097-07:002010-01-27T14:12:58.097-07:00Is this the first time they change the language pr...Is this the first time they change the language priorities? No Scandinavian languages, but Russian, which is fairly new in the Mac world. Well, I guess it makes sense from a business perspective, and the Scandinavian languages will probably come with some update fairly soon.Magnus Lewanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11928234553753330696noreply@blogger.com