Help I need a place to write a report in russian but dont have a keyboard in cyrillic.?

4 Comments

1. Daisy says:

   August 7, 2009 at 5:11 pm

   To start typing in Russian on your computer you will need to get Russian Keyboard/Russian Cyrillic Stickers. They are inexpensive, easy-to-apply and you can continue using your present keyboard: http://primelanguageservices.com/learnrussian.html

   Then you will need to activate Cyrillic (Russian) capabilities on your computer.

   Instructions for Windows XP:
   • Click on the Start button at the bottom left corner of your screen. On the resulting right menu, click on Settings and choose Control Panel option.
   • In the Control Panel, choose Regional and Language Options.
   • Choose Languages Option tab and click on the Details button.
   • Click on "Add" in the resulting dialog.
   • In the Input Language dialog dropdown box, choose the language you wish to add (in this case Russian or Cyrillic), and click "OK" twice.
   • In your System Tray (bottom right corner of your screen), you should see an indication of your current language. You can now switch between languages by pressing Alt+Shift. The icon will change to reflect the language chosen.
2. mel_strum@yahoo.com says:

   August 7, 2009 at 5:11 pm

   I’m not sure if you can type full reports, but I found a virtual cyrillic keyboard.

   Here’s the link:

   http://winrus.com/screen_e.htm
3. ProStoY_PatSaN says:

   August 7, 2009 at 5:11 pm

   Go to http://www.translit.ru, and you will be able to type what the word sounds like with latin letters, which will be converted to russian words
4. paulgor1 says:

   August 7, 2009 at 5:11 pm

   You do not need to download any ‘typewriter’ and also you should not go to sites like translit.ru – you already know how to write in _Cyrillic_ – on paper,- so you do NOT need to learn _new_ way of getting Cyrillic offered on translit.ru:

   instead of immediately writing in Cyrillic they offer people to write __Latin Combinations__ (!) like ’sch’ or ‘zh’ and then they "convert" those combinations (successfully or often not) to Cyrillic – it’s a last century very outdated and _not normal_ way…
   Normal way for any language – it’s a way in which _system keyboard_ works – with "RU" mode or "EN" mode or "FR" mode, etc.

   It’s just technology was limited back in 1995-99 and people used that strange "combinations with guessing" way og getting Cyrillic (Russian) by inputing unusual and not normal things like
   "obschestvennyj"

   No need to use such abnormal way nowadays – thanks to the progress in computer technologies!

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   Here are your _normal_ choices as you already got used to write Cyrillic (on paper):

   Choice 1.
   Buy stickers as it was suggested and learn _layout_ of Russian letters used in Russia, here is its picture:
   http://winrus.com/std_ru.gif

   But it would take you some significant amount of time, because you will need to learn where to loook (even with stickers) for Russian letters:
   - Russian ‘A’ – where Latin ‘F’
   - Russian ‘T’ – where Latin ‘N’
   - etc.

   Choice 2. It’s what many people otside Russia do (and me) – and it’s suggested – as a choice equla to "Russia-internal" layout – by http://AATSEEL.org -

   write using so called Phonetic layout, when, with Russian mode of keyboard ("RU"):
   - Russian ‘A’ – where Latin ‘A’
   - Russian ‘T’ – where Latin ‘T’
   - O-O, E-E, …,Б-B, Д-D, Ф-F,…

   Windows (easy to see in Control Panel) itself offers users to add and use several different _layouts_ for a language…

   The quality of Russian text is NOT affected by the way person types and _layout_ used; it’s the same in the following 3 cases:
   – write Russian on a piece of paper
   – write on computer with "Russia-internal" layout
   – write on computer with Phonetic layout

   The instruction for Russian keyboard activation (system-based typing in "RU" mode) under non-Russian Windows (by Windows version – XP or Vista or 2003 or 2000, etc.) for BOTH "Russia-internal" layout and Phonetic layout cab be found in the section

   "Typing Russian on any keyboard" on http://WinRus.com

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   On the other hand, if it’s a one-time job, you do not need to setup your system and can type – in the same "system keyboard" mode – with either "Russia-interna" or Phonetic layout – on the Virtual Keyboard site already mentioned above -

   http://winrus.com/screen.htm = http://porusski.net -

   that Vistual Keyboard fully imulates regular (normal!) "system based input) – with keyboard (not mosue) and in the same regime as people type while system is in "RU" mode

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