When using the IPA on my MacBook Air, how can I get the special characters on Pages?

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When using the IPA on my MacBook Air, how can I get the special characters on Pages?

I have been using windows earlier and has recently shifted to MacBook. Being a student of linguistics, I always need to use the International phonetic alphabets (IPA). But even after downloading and switching to the required font, I am unable to add the required symbols. The symbols and emoji option also doesn't show the phonetic alphabets.

If anybody knows how to get the special characters on the PAGES , kindly help.

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MacBook Air 13″, macOS 14.3

Posted on Mar 28, 2024 3:14 AM

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Answer 1

Tom Gewecke

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Mar 28, 2024 5:46 AM in response to Anki508

Anki508 wrote:

The symbols and emoji option also doesn't show the phonetic alphabets.

Yes, it does, you just need to adjust the settings. Make sure the Character Viewer is fuily expanded by clicking the square in the top right corner. Then click the circle with 3 dots in the top left corner and choose Customize List and then check the box for phonetic alphabet.

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Tom Gewecke

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Mar 31, 2024 10:27 AM in response to Anki508

Anki508 wrote:

thank you , I found it, can you let me know if I can create shortcuts for these characters as it is hard to open and drag this every time I need one

You could make text replacements for the ones you need:

Replace text and punctuation in documents on Mac - Apple Support

Or you could create a custom version of your normal keyboard that has these added on keys you don't normally use

https://software.sil.org/ukelele/

Or download and install the ipa keyboard using the link provided earllier

https://scripts.sil.org/cms/scripts/page.php?id=ipa-sil_keyboard&site_id=nrsi

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Tom Gewecke

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Mar 28, 2024 5:56 AM in response to Anki508

PS For an IPA keyboard layout, you can check

https://scripts.sil.org/cms/scripts/page.php?id=ipa-sil_keyboard&site_id=nrsi

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Anki508 Author

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Mar 30, 2024 12:27 AM in response to Tom Gewecke

thank you .. can you please guide me further?

this is the expanded character viewer that I am seeing, but I still can't see an option for phonetic alphabet

although there are some similar characters in latin too but it is not IPA, and is missing symbols for aspiration, retroflex and many more

and this is the font I have been using

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Tom Gewecke

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Mar 30, 2024 5:42 AM in response to Anki508

As mentioned earlier: Click the circle with 3 dots in the top left corner and choose Customize List and then check the box for phonetic alphabet. There should be a Select Categories item where you can check this box.

You should see something like this in the end:

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Anki508 Author

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Mar 31, 2024 10:12 AM in response to Tom Gewecke

thank you , I found it, can you let me know if I can create shortcuts for these characters as it is hard to open and drag this every time I need one

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When using the IPA on my MacBook Air, how can I get the special characters on Pages?

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