How To Create Your Own Thai Keyboard
Meet my new Thai keyboard. Beautiful ain’t she?
With this baby, I can now type Thai faster
and with confidence!
Okay, there’s something I would like to confess…
I don’t have a Thai keyboard! Huh? So what?
What do you mean so what?!!
Well, if you can
type Thai without looking at your keyboard, it isn’t
so much of a big deal. But I can’t! Not until now…
The real problem to typing in Thai is…
For the beginners in Thai language, using a non-Thai
keyboard to type Thai can be quite frustrating
and frankly a waste of time..
Why? Because
you will be spending most your time trying to figure
out which key belongs to which Thai alphabet.
If you’re someone who refuse to memorize
things that are simply unimportant (in this
case, the exact key to hit for each Thai alphabet
on your keyboard), this little tutorial can help you
solve that problem.
You’ll learn how to create your own
Thai keyboard easily, step by step, without
spending any money at all (that’s assuming that you
already have all the tools at hand.)
If you can buy a Thai keyboard
easily, by all means, go for it. This guide
is actually for people who don’t have access
to a Thai keyboard.
Having said that, building your own Thai keyboard is a wonderful
learning experience. By merely investing some time
and with some patience, you will be able to cleary distinguish
the subtle difference of each Thai alphabet.
Without further ado, let’s begin, shall we?
To build your own Thai keyboard, you will need a:
Printer and a piece of paper to print the Thai alphabet keys.
Keyboard. (If you’re using a notebook,
buy or use a spare ps2 or usb keyboard.)
Double sided tape.
Transparent tape.
Pair of scissors.
Ruler.
Creating your own Thai Keyboard, step by step…
Thai alphabet keys. Print this out and stick it to the corresponding keys
on your keyboard. Starting from the top left is key 1, 2nd row key Q,
3rd row key A and the last row key Z.
First, print out the above thai alphabets. You will
need to resize it to half the key size of your keyboard.
Now stick the back of the first row with double sided
tape so that it will stick to the keys of your keyboard.
Note: Do not peel off the outer layer yet!
Next, flip the paper over and stick a layer of protection
over the Thai alphabets using a transparent tape.
To ensure that the transparent tape is clear of any dirts
and fingerprints, simply pull it out fast only stick the tranparent
part onto the paper.
Now, cut out each row of the Thai alpabet with
a knife or a pair of scissors. Be sure to cut according to
the line printed.
Finally, peel off the outer layer (double sided tape) of each
Thai alphabet and stick it to corresponding keys on your keyboard.
If you got confused which key belongs to which alphabet, simply
refer back to the Thai alphabet keys above.
Voila! You did it! Simple isn’t it? Now, it’s time
to enjoy your new Thai keyboard. Let’s start
typing Thai already…
You can find view the original article here at
(http://mythaisensei.com/thai_writing/create_thai_keyboard.html)