View source for Tibetan Input Method for Apple iOS 4.2 devices (iPhone, iPad, iPod touch)

==Configuration - check your OS-X version==

'''Note:''' The following works for '''iPhone''', '''iPad''' and '''iPod touch''' with '''minimum operating system version''' '''iOS 4.2'''. 
* You can '''check your OS-X''' version by starting ''Settings'' and then select ''General / About''. The field '''Version''' should show a number > 4.2. 
* If your '''OS-X version is below 4.2''', you need to '''update''' your iPhone, iPad or iPod touch by connecting it to iTunes and selecting ''Update'' within iTunes after the device has connected to iTunes.

==Once your device runs OS-X 4.2 or higher, configure the keyboard==
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|valign="top"|[[Image:IphoneKbd1.PNG|thumb|200px|'''Img. 1''' Settings / General / Keyboard]]
|valign="top"|[[Image:IphoneKbd2.PNG|thumb|200px|'''Img. 2''' International Keyboards >]]
|valign="top"|[[Image:IphoneKbd3.PNG|thumb|200px|'''Img. 3''' Add New Keyboard... >]]
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# Start the ''Settings'' app
# Select ''General'' and ''Keyboard'' ('''Img. 1''')
# Click on ''International Keyboards'' ('''Img. 2''')
# Choose ''Add New Keyboard'' ('''Img. 3''') and select the Tibetan keyboard. '''Note:''' for the on-screen keyboard there is no difference between the three different layouts. You need to connect a bluetooth keyboard to have access to the different layouts.

==Using the Tibetan keyboard==

For Tibetan Unicode dictionary applications, check:
* [[Tibetan Dictionary for iPhone and iPod touch]]
* [[Tibetan Dictionary for iPad]]

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|valign="top"|[[Image:IphoneKbd4.PNG|thumb|200px|'''Img. 4''' Notes App: press red marked button on soft-keyboard for Tibetan]]
|valign="top"|[[Image:IphoneKbd5.PNG|thumb|200px|'''Img. 5''' The Tibetan keyboard]]
|valign="top"|[[Image:IphoneTibetan_2.PNG|thumb|200px|Tibetan on iPhone iOS 4.2]]
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# Start an application (e.g. the ''Notes'' app).
# As soon as the on-screen keyboard is visible ('''Img. 4''') select the button that is marked in red (the ''globe'').
# This will start the Tibetan on-screen keyboard ('''Img. 5''')
# Press the ''globe''-button again to switch to Western keyboard.

===The Tibetan keyboard layout===

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|valign="top"|[[Image:IphoneKbd5-stack.png|thumb|200px|'''Img. 6''' Main layout, marked in red: the stacking key]]
|valign="top"|[[Image:IphoneLayout1.PNG|thumb|200px|'''Img. 7''' The ''shift'' layout]]
|valign="top"|[[Image:IphoneLayout2.PNG|thumb|200px|'''Img. 8''' The ''numerical'' layout]]
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{{Tibetan}}
There are three keyboards:
* the main keyboard that gets active as soon as the Tibetan keyboard is selected ('''Img. 6'''),
* the ''shift''-keyboard gets active when pressing the ''shift''-key ('''Img. 7'''),
* and the ''numerical''-keyboard, activated by the <big>༡༢༣</big>-key ('''Img. 8''').

===Stacking of Tibetan syllables===
In order to compose Tibetan stacks, the iOS on-screen keyboard uses a stacking-key (marked in red in '''Img. 6'''). The stacking key subjoins the next letter typed after the stacking key and it can be used multiple times: ''rgyu'' is typed as ''r'' ''<stack>'' ''g'' '<stack>'' ''y'' ''u''.

'''Example:''' To type <big>རྒྱུ</big>, you select <big>ར</big>, <''stacking-key''>, <big>ག</big>, <''stacking-key''>, <big>ཡ</big>, <big>ཨུ</big> ''(only the vowel sign here)''.

===Special characters===

Some keys can compose additional characters when '''pressed for two seconds'''.

The following table shows additional special characters that appear when the base-key is pressed for two seconds:

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|valign="top"|[[Image:AddKey1.PNG|thumb|180px|'''Img. 9''' Additional special characters]]
|valign="top"|[[Image:AddKey2.PNG|thumb|180px|'''Img. 10''' Additional special characters]]
|valign="top"|[[Image:AddKey3.PNG|thumb|180px|'''Img. 11''' Additional special characters]]
|valign="top"|[[Image:AddKey4.PNG|thumb|180px|'''Img. 12''' Additional special characters]]
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|valign="top"|[[Image:AddKey5.PNG|thumb|180px|'''Img. 13''' Additional special characters]]
|valign="top"|[[Image:AddKey6.PNG|thumb|180px|'''Img. 14''' Additional special characters]]
|valign="top"|[[Image:AddKey7.PNG|thumb|180px|'''Img. 15''' Additional special characters]]
|valign="top"|[[Image:AddKey8.PNG|thumb|180px|'''Img. 16''' Additional special characters]]
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|valign="top"|[[Image:AddKey9.PNG|thumb|180px|'''Img. 17''' Additional special characters]]
|valign="top"|[[Image:AddKey10.PNG|thumb|180px|'''Img. 18''' Additional special characters]]
|valign="top"|[[Image:AddKey11.PNG|thumb|180px|'''Img. 19''' Additional special characters]]
|valign="top"|[[Image:AddKey12.PNG|thumb|180px|'''Img. 20''' Additional special characters]]
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|valign="top"|[[Image:AddKey13.PNG|thumb|180px|'''Img. 21''' Additional special characters]]
|valign="top"|[[Image:AddKey14.PNG|thumb|180px|'''Img. 22''' Additional special characters]]
|valign="top"|[[Image:AddKey15.PNG|thumb|180px|'''Img. 23''' Additional special characters]]
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==Internal Links==
* [[Tibetan Dictionaries]]
* [[Tibetan Dictionaries for Mobile Devices]]
* [[Tibetan Dictionary for iPhone and iPod touch]]
* [[Tibetan Dictionary for iPad]]
* [[Tibetan support in Android]]

==External Links==
* [http://rywiki.tsadra.org/ http://rywiki.tsadra.org/], this wiki contains the latest Tibetan dictionary content.
* [http://www.ryi.org Rangjung Yeshe Institute]

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