#Thai keyboard windows 10 software#

button to get this window:Д¬lick the radio button for Grave Accent (`) on the left hand side under Switch Input Language. So if you prefer that, click the Change Key Sequence. The default on the systems I've owned is Left Alt+Shift, but in my experience most computers in Thailand are set up to use the grave accent key (`) instead. Click over to the Advanced Key Settings tab to configure how you want to switch between input languages. Once you've checked the box for the keyboard layout(s) you want, click OK and you'll be back in the Text Services and Input Languages window. If you want to check out the difference between the layouts, try the Preview option. So unless you're obsessed with efficiency, I recommend Kedmanee. Kind of like with English, where the QWERTY keyboard was designed in the 1860s supposedly to make you type slower, but we nearly all still use it 150 years later. Pattachote was designed in the 1960s to be more efficient, but it never caught on ( there's a great article about its history and merits). If you've learned to type in Thai, you probably learned the Kedmanee keyboard. Every internet cafe you'll ever go to will have this layout. In the Text Services and Input Languages window, click Add, and you'll the Add Input Language window will appear:Д«y far the most common Thai keyboard layout is Kedmanee. When we're done, the list of installed languages is going to look like this instead: Right now, assuming English is the only language you currently type in, you'll see the keyboard for just the one language there. This will open the Text Services and Input Languages window: Now jump right in and click Change Keyboards.

Click the one for Keyboards and Languages, and then you'll be here. Notice the tabs at the top of the window. When you've double-clicked that, you should see this new window:ДЄctually, when you first open it, it will be on the Formats tab. If you're in Default View, though, you'll have to open the category Clock, Language, and Region first, and then you'll be able to get to Regional and Language Options. Now on the Control Panel you're looking for the icon labeled Regional and Language Options. It will either look like this (Classic View): There are two possible views for the Control Panel. After you've clicked the link, a window will pop up. Just head to the Control Panel, accessible from the right-hand side of the Start Menu. You just need to change a couple of settings to allow you to switch between languages on your keyboard. I can't tell you about Linux-anyone in the know care to chime in with a comment? Your computer comes with the functionality to type Thai, or nearly any language, buit-in. This applies to Mac, Windows XP, and Windows Vista.

#Thai keyboard windows 10 software#

One of the nice things about a modern computer system is that you don't need any special software to type in Thai. I figure those searching Google for help will likely specify the language they're looking to set up, so I believe a separate post for Thai is justified.

With apologies to Peter for inevitable similarities, here is my post for Thai. There's a very nice post by Peter on setting up your Windows Vista computer to type in Spanish. Once again I've been inspired by the good folks over at.