adding characters to iPhone keyboard

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adding characters to iPhone keyboard

hello, I just recently got an iPhone 4 and I'm wondering if there is anyway I can add the following characters to the keyboard:

ȝ ʿ ḥ ḫ ẖ ḳ ṯ ḏ

currently I have to copy and paste these characters from notes every time I want to use them, and it is quite a hassle. Is there anyway to make a shortcut for these? and is there an international keyboard that has these as characters/special characters?

thanks

iPhone 4, iOS 4

Posted on Aug 8, 2010 7:23 PM

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ringokeitai

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Aug 8, 2010 7:59 PM in response to VinylBassist

Try setting the International Keyboards by doing these steps:

1. Open "Settings"

2. Go to "General"

3. Go to "Keyboard" and then tap on the "International Keyboards" category

4. Then go to "Add New Keyboard" - this will take you to a menu where you can select the language of your choice.

I hope that helps... 🙂

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VinylBassist Author

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Aug 8, 2010 8:22 PM in response to ringokeitai

would you, or anyone be able to suggest an international keyboard where I might find one or more these symbols?

thanks

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Aug 8, 2010 11:42 PM in response to VinylBassist

Hmm...

It depends on what language you are trying to type in. I don't really recognize all of those characters but I think some of them could be found in Vietnamese(?)

Not really sure what else I could suggest. I'm only familiar with English and Japanese language keyboards... :\

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Tom Gewecke

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Aug 9, 2010 3:28 AM in response to VinylBassist

ȝ ʿ ḥ ḫ ẖ ḳ ṯ ḏ
Is there anyway to make a shortcut for these? and is there an international keyboard that has these as characters/special characters?

No. Is this for Egyptian transliteration or something similar?

I think the only way to make these using a keyboard would be with a hardware keyboard with the layout set to US Extended.

You can also use an app like Unicode Map, but it is still copy/paste I think.

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VinylBassist Author

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Aug 9, 2010 10:07 PM in response to Tom Gewecke

Yes these are for Egyptian transliteration. Could you point me in the direction of the Unicode app?

Thanks!

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tonefox

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Aug 10, 2010 2:12 AM in response to VinylBassist

The same place as every other app. Go to the App Store in iTunes and search for "Unicode"...

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