Comments on: Setting up a phonetic Cyrillic keyboard in Windows XP http://languagegeek.net/2007/08/12/setting-up-a-phonetic-cyrillic-keyboard-in-windows-xp/ Just blogging about my language geekery. Fri, 05 Dec 2008 10:08:31 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.5 By: admin_papa http://languagegeek.net/2007/08/12/setting-up-a-phonetic-cyrillic-keyboard-in-windows-xp/#comment-16795 admin_papa Sun, 31 Aug 2008 01:12:18 +0000 http://languagegeek.net/2007/08/12/setting-up-a-phonetic-cyrillic-keyboard-in-windows-xp/#comment-16795 Good Day Just wanted to share my new experience. If your system fails to start due to an error corresponding to missing HAL.DLL, invalid Boot.ini or any other important system boot files you can repair this by using the XP installation CD. Simply boot from your XP Setup CD and enter the Recovery Console. Then launch "attrib -H -R -S" on the C:\Boot.ini file and remove it. Launch "Bootcfg /Rebuild" and then Fixboot Regards, Carl Good Day

Just wanted to share my new experience.

If your system fails to start due to an error corresponding to missing HAL.DLL, invalid Boot.ini or any other important system boot files you can repair this by using the XP installation CD. Simply boot from your XP Setup CD and enter the Recovery Console. Then launch “attrib -H -R -S” on the C:\Boot.ini file and remove it. Launch “Bootcfg /Rebuild” and then Fixboot

Regards,
Carl

]]> By: anka http://languagegeek.net/2007/08/12/setting-up-a-phonetic-cyrillic-keyboard-in-windows-xp/#comment-16055 anka Tue, 29 Jul 2008 08:59:47 +0000 http://languagegeek.net/2007/08/12/setting-up-a-phonetic-cyrillic-keyboard-in-windows-xp/#comment-16055 thanks once again, Josh. come october I'll be a full-fledged russian philology student, so this may and will come in handy. by the way, I can't wait. it's my second major and philologies are known to be difficult, specially when the knowledge of your target language is close-to-nil. than again that's what makes it more fun thanks once again, Josh. come october I’ll be a full-fledged russian philology student, so this may and will come in handy.

by the way, I can’t wait. it’s my second major and philologies are known to be difficult, specially when the knowledge of your target language is close-to-nil. than again that’s what makes it more fun

]]> By: Stepan http://languagegeek.net/2007/08/12/setting-up-a-phonetic-cyrillic-keyboard-in-windows-xp/#comment-15999 Stepan Tue, 22 Jul 2008 16:11:16 +0000 http://languagegeek.net/2007/08/12/setting-up-a-phonetic-cyrillic-keyboard-in-windows-xp/#comment-15999 Hello everybody! Just download and install this but have to remove first rus keyboard from the control panel. Now works fine for me. I am russian too and I have a same problem as Victor. I type very slow without russian letters on a keyboard. I am now in Germany in a training and I have a HP notebook. Install it it is works fine. Thank you! Спасибо болЬшое! Hello everybody! Just download and install this but have to remove first rus keyboard from the control panel. Now works fine for me. I am russian too and I have a same problem as Victor. I type very slow without russian letters on a keyboard. I am now in Germany in a training and I have a HP notebook. Install it it is works fine.

Thank you!

Спасибо болЬшое!

]]> By: Josh http://languagegeek.net/2007/08/12/setting-up-a-phonetic-cyrillic-keyboard-in-windows-xp/#comment-11897 Josh Mon, 21 Jan 2008 03:57:36 +0000 http://languagegeek.net/2007/08/12/setting-up-a-phonetic-cyrillic-keyboard-in-windows-xp/#comment-11897 Viktor: Yeah, I'm still doing fine using the phonetic layout. I also didn't want to slap stickers on my keyboard, especially considering I don't type in Russian nearly as much as I type using the Latin alphabet (English, German, French). When did you move to the USA from Russia? Your English is quite good. :) Viktor: Yeah, I’m still doing fine using the phonetic layout. I also didn’t want to slap stickers on my keyboard, especially considering I don’t type in Russian nearly as much as I type using the Latin alphabet (English, German, French).

When did you move to the USA from Russia? Your English is quite good. :)

]]> By: Viktor http://languagegeek.net/2007/08/12/setting-up-a-phonetic-cyrillic-keyboard-in-windows-xp/#comment-11896 Viktor Mon, 21 Jan 2008 03:46:33 +0000 http://languagegeek.net/2007/08/12/setting-up-a-phonetic-cyrillic-keyboard-in-windows-xp/#comment-11896 I'm Russian living in USA and I've been using this phonetic layout for years. It's very useful if you don't type fast with the native Russian layout and it's much better than going to the transliteration website. I know the Russian native layout by heart but I type very slow without the Cyrillic letters on the keyboard. I tried the BabyType years ago, it's very nice but I don't type much and didn't want to spend time learning typing. I can place the stickers with the Cyrillic letters on the Latin keyboard but having two sets of letter on the keyboard is confusing for me. So the phonetic layout is the best way for me to go and I reccomend it to everybody who needs to type in Russian occasionally. I’m Russian living in USA and I’ve been using this phonetic layout for years. It’s very useful if you don’t type fast with the native Russian layout and it’s much better than going to the transliteration website.
I know the Russian native layout by heart but I type very slow without the Cyrillic letters on the keyboard. I tried the BabyType years ago, it’s very nice but I don’t type much and didn’t want to spend time learning typing.
I can place the stickers with the Cyrillic letters on the Latin keyboard but having two sets of letter on the keyboard is confusing for me. So the phonetic layout is the best way for me to go and I reccomend it to everybody who needs to type in Russian occasionally.

]]> By: José F. http://languagegeek.net/2007/08/12/setting-up-a-phonetic-cyrillic-keyboard-in-windows-xp/#comment-3306 José F. Thu, 04 Oct 2007 23:45:10 +0000 http://languagegeek.net/2007/08/12/setting-up-a-phonetic-cyrillic-keyboard-in-windows-xp/#comment-3306 I agree with Ashalynd. There are a lot of latin-to-cyrillic transliteration websites, you can use them if you don't get used to the Russian layout... It isn't a hard task anyways, I use the Russian alphabet with my standard Spanish keyboard. P.S. It is really funny when you talk to Russians using Russian, and they reply using the Latin alphabet! I agree with Ashalynd. There are a lot of latin-to-cyrillic transliteration websites, you can use them if you don’t get used to the Russian layout… It isn’t a hard task anyways, I use the Russian alphabet with my standard Spanish keyboard.

P.S. It is really funny when you talk to Russians using Russian, and they reply using the Latin alphabet!

]]> By: Josh http://languagegeek.net/2007/08/12/setting-up-a-phonetic-cyrillic-keyboard-in-windows-xp/#comment-409 Josh Sun, 19 Aug 2007 18:16:02 +0000 http://languagegeek.net/2007/08/12/setting-up-a-phonetic-cyrillic-keyboard-in-windows-xp/#comment-409 Hi Ashalynd, Thanks for commenting. You're right - the native keyboard is fairly logical, and it was my mistake to say otherwise. What I should have said is, for someone using a keyboard set up for a Latin-alphabet language, learning to type with the native Russian keyboard can be difficult, especially if you're going at it "blind". Thanks for the link to Babytype - I'll definitely check it out! Hi Ashalynd,

Thanks for commenting. You’re right - the native keyboard is fairly logical, and it was my mistake to say otherwise. What I should have said is, for someone using a keyboard set up for a Latin-alphabet language, learning to type with the native Russian keyboard can be difficult, especially if you’re going at it “blind”.

Thanks for the link to Babytype - I’ll definitely check it out!

]]> By: Ashalynd http://languagegeek.net/2007/08/12/setting-up-a-phonetic-cyrillic-keyboard-in-windows-xp/#comment-403 Ashalynd Sun, 19 Aug 2007 10:33:10 +0000 http://languagegeek.net/2007/08/12/setting-up-a-phonetic-cyrillic-keyboard-in-windows-xp/#comment-403 I'd like to mention that Russian native keyboard layout IS pretty logical - e.g. the most used letters are in the easiest row (second one, ФЫВАПРОЛДЖЭ). There is a simple old program called Babytype (www.the-underdogs.info/game.php?id=4858) that helps to learn different keyboard layouts, including Russian, English and French. If you are serious with learning Russian, I would recommend to learn the correct layout, it makes typing in Russian easier, especially if you want to do it fast. I’d like to mention that Russian native keyboard layout IS pretty logical - e.g. the most used letters are in the easiest row (second one, ФЫВАПРОЛДЖЭ).

There is a simple old program called Babytype (www.the-underdogs.info/game.php?id=4858) that helps to learn different keyboard layouts, including Russian, English and French. If you are serious with learning Russian, I would recommend to learn the correct layout, it makes typing in Russian easier, especially if you want to do it fast.

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