Thai Pattachote keyboard on Macbook not on iPad?

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Thai Pattachote keyboard on Macbook not on iPad?

I can use Thai Pattachote on my Macbook, but not on my iPad. This forces me to change my typing when I switch devices rather than my devices adapting to me. VERY NON-INTUITIVE interface!!

I use my Macbook and iPad to communicate with friends in Thailand. The Thai Pattachote keyboard is similar to the English Dvorak keyboard-that is, the keys are not arranged the way they are on a normal or common keyboard-they are arranged so that the most used keys are at the home positions for the fingers on the home row. (The typical Thai keyboard is called a Kedmanee keyboard layout, and requires a typist to use the pinky finger of the right hand to type many common characters.)

The iPad has an option for a hardware Pattachote keyboard, but I looked all over in Thailand and the internet and cannot find anyone selling a physical Pattachote keyboard. How can I encourage Apple to support a software Pattachote keyboard on the iPad and iPhone so I don't have to scramble to find characters that I can touch-type on my computer?

MacOS 10.9

OS 8.2

Posted on Apr 9, 2015 10:40 AM

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Answer 1

Tom Gewecke

Level 10

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Apr 9, 2015 10:57 AM in response to Jim Redd

To have Apple see your request, you need to repost it at

http://www.apple.com/feedback

As for a physical keyboard, if you do not need to look at the keys, then of course any one will do, the layout will conform to pattachote even if the printing is different. If you do need to look at the keys, then maybe stickers would help.

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