Greg said to me via email: On Wed, Feb 2, 2011 at 12:23 AM, Greg D <[email protected]> wrote: > That is pretty obscure...I use Rosetta Stone and their virtual keyboard is > much more user friendly... > Google should copy their design... > Put the accented characters in the "regular" locations when you click the > alt-ctrl on the google virtual keyboard...
You're right that these can be a bit hidden away, and we'll look into this. My understanding of the current design of the keyboards is more designed to help people who are familiar with typing on an actual Spanish keyboard, so these keyboard mimic that experience. We definitely understand that this is likely lacking for someone who is learning a new language and has never typed on a keyboard for that language. I'll also mention, that our system does a pretty good job translating even when you omit the accents all together. There are some examples where the accent does help us translate it better, but most of the time they aren't necessary. Best, Josh On Feb 1, 10:26 pm, Josh (Google Employee) wrote: > Thanks Greg. However, I believe everything on that page is available > on our virtual keyboard. Let me know which characters you're having > trouble typing. > > In case it's not clear, the way you type the accented characters is by > hitting the key for the accent first, then the character. > > For example, I can type à, by hitting the keys for '[' then 'a', on my > standard US keyboard. > > Hope that helps. > > Best, > Josh > > On Feb 1, 4:52 pm, Greg D wrote: > > > > > > > > > This website shows all the characters that are > > needed:http://www.spanishnewyork.com/spanish-characters.html > > > On Jan 31, 5:38 pm, Josh (Google Employee) wrote: > > > > What characters are you unable to type Greg? Could you give me some > > > example words with those characters? > > > > Best, > > > Josh > > > > On Jan 31, 10:40 am, Greg D wrote: > > > > > Why doesn't it actually have the commonly used accented "o" and "a" > > > > characters? > > > > The "up arrows" do NOTHING after alt+ctrl... -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "General" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/google-translate-general?hl=en.
