iPad Unicode Tamil typing difficulty

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iPad Unicode Tamil typing difficulty

It is not possible to type vivātattil. It automatically changes as vivātttil.When we type one 'uyir-mei-ezhuththu' and follow it with the same 'uyir-mei-ezhuththu' it automatically changes the first 'uyir-mei- ezhuththu' into 'mei-ezhuththu'.

This is causing difficulty because after typing a 'uyir-mei-ezhuththu' if we want to type the 'mei-ezhuththu' we have to leave a space after the 'uyir-mei-ezhuththu'. It causes the word to break into two parts.

What is the solution to rectify this?

iPad Mini Wi-Fi, iOS 9.3

Posted on Sep 10, 2018 7:57 PM

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Tom Gewecke

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Sep 15, 2018 10:58 PM in response to uksharma3

uksharma3 wrote:

As this forum is not allowing me to type in Tamil font, I am unable to describe my problem to someone who does not know Tamil language.

You just need to learn how to take pictures of your screen and put them here in the forum, as I do below:

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Tom Gewecke

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Sep 15, 2018 2:55 AM in response to uksharma3

uksharma3 wrote:

But when I push the key again (to make another character with the dot) it automatically places a dot above the fourth character.

Instead of pushing the same key again, first push the key for "a" . That should give you tat instead of tt.

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uksharma3 Author

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Sep 14, 2018 7:45 PM in response to Tom Gewecke

Thank you for your interest in helping me.

When I choose the language as Tamil, the keyboard turns with the Tamil script for each key. Therefore it is not necessary to type English alphabets and get transliterated text in Tamil. I can directly key-in the Tamil alphabets. As this forum is not allowing me to type in Tamil font, I am unable to describe my problem to someone who does not know Tamil language.

In your example, when I type in Tamil, it puts a dot above the 4th character as found in the fifth character, which is the problem. To place a dot above, it is necessary to push the character key first and then push another key to place the dot above. When I push the key for the 4th character, it shows correctly. But when I push the key again (to make another character with the dot) it automatically places a dot above the fourth character.

I think this has to be rectified at the coding of Tamil Unicode.

How can I use a transliteration keyboard for my iPad?

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