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Hi there,
I've just posted an article on my blog about Alternative Input Methods for Windows Mobile.
This is no spam, and might be useful for first comers. Actually, I would have loved to see this post somewhere before (with captures and links), instead of having "search for xxxx" or "it's on the forum" as an answer.
I hope it will help someone to choose a decent Input Method!
The list consists of:
- PocketCM Keyboard
- HTC PhonePad
- Happy Tapping Keyboard
- Fingertouch by Teksoft
- SPB Full Screen Keyboard
- TenGO and TenGO Thumb
Max

thanks
Thanks a lot... its a interesting read for a newbie like me... although i have a qwerty keyboard... there are times when u just dont want to slide out the keyboard and switch to landscape mode, like searching for contacts say...

I'm glad you enjoyed the read!
Thanks for posting back tomjan.

Great post, but you may want to update it to include the much improved PocketCM KB .7 that was released a few days ago.

Great Idea
Hi Max,
great idea to create a thread that compares some input methods!
My favourite is pocketcm keyboard for fast writing of mails, sms etc.
Thanks!

@Urthwhyte: Thanks for your message, I've just updated the Pocket CM Keyboard part!
@petervbeck: Thanks for your messages too, I'm glad you like the post! My favorite is still HTC PhonePad, but it's true that Pocket CM Keyboard is nice and fun to use.

Happy Tapping Keboard..

maxoueb said:
@Urthwhyte: Thanks for your message, I've just updated the Pocket CM Keyboard part!
@petervbeck: Thanks for your messages too, I'm glad you like the post! My favorite is still HTC PhonePad, but it's true that Pocket CM Keyboard is nice and fun to use.
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Could someone post the cab files for these input apps.? Too many to search for. I myself is particularly interested in the PCM keyboard update.
Thx!
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PCM keyboard update.
just get it direct from his site!....
http://www.pocketcm.com/keyboard.php
Always the latest version...besides... the developer of pocketcm has requested that people don't re-host these apps, as of course he is entitled to as it's his work

Could someone please explain the differences of the input methods? I don't know some of them
A screenshot of the interfaces would also be helpful

@Underwaterdub Check my blog post, you'll have your captures!

Fingertouch CAB installer
hotdog53 said:
Could someone post the cab files for these input apps.? Too many to search for. I myself is particularly interested in the PCM keyboard update.
Thx!
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Here's the Fingertouch CAB. Copy to device, and start it with a tap from File Explorer. Then check out keyboard's fifth layout.
If needed, the manual is available online on the developer's website.

Underwaterdub said:
Could someone please explain the differences of the input methods? I don't know some of them
A screenshot of the interfaces would also be helpful
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PCM Keyboard(touch mode-Albany fonts.
Teksoft Finger touch.

Fingertouch screenshots
Just a few screenshots with Fingertouch. It comes with 5 different layouts that provide different input characteristics:
{
"lightbox_close": "Close",
"lightbox_next": "Next",
"lightbox_previous": "Previous",
"lightbox_error": "The requested content cannot be loaded. Please try again later.",
"lightbox_start_slideshow": "Start slideshow",
"lightbox_stop_slideshow": "Stop slideshow",
"lightbox_full_screen": "Full screen",
"lightbox_thumbnails": "Thumbnails",
"lightbox_download": "Download",
"lightbox_share": "Share",
"lightbox_zoom": "Zoom",
"lightbox_new_window": "New window",
"lightbox_toggle_sidebar": "Toggle sidebar"
}

PDAMedia Keyboard
Hey guys,
there is another free (fullscreen) keyboard, it's not listed here until now:
See this thread or the developers-homepage here
Screenshot:

Hey please include a review for Cootek Touchpal, for me it is the best input method yet. I have used all others too.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=334437

Can anyone do one (with cab file) for XT9? Have been looking around for it!

Me too find the Cootek TouchPal the best so far. In the past I have used SPB Full screen keyboard, PCM, HTC PhonePad but nothing beats the TouchPal.
Regards

Hi Guys,
I've just got a newsletter with a link to an interesting keyboard.
There are two version there, looking very similar, one's free, and the other is the PRO version and seems to do more. The link was:
http://www.fingertouchpro.com/
The guy in the video seems to type really fast with it, I was thinking that it would run well on my Axim's large screen. I'll let you know my first impressions after I install it.
Cheers!

PIGEON!, new ICQ, XMPP, Jabber, GTalk messenger with touch finger friendly interface

PIGEON! messenger:
* Finger-friendly interface which is intuitively-clear therefore that’s easy to chat on the run.
* Ultimate compatibility with different Windows Mobile Professional and Smartphone devices and screen resolutions.
* Amazingly low system requirements: only 500KB RAM and ROM added to superior workspeed even on 200MHz devices.
* Compatible with the most of additional hardware keyboards for PDAs and smartphones.
* Built-in spam filter
* Full support of UNICODE.
* Support of various instant messaging services: ICQ, XMPP, Jabber and GTalk. MSN is on its way to join these!
Well, these are the most important ones though PIGEON! just wouldn’t be itself if not the following:
* Various color schemes and skins
* Downloadable smiley packs
* Three languages are available: Russian, English and German. (Czech is coming soon)
* Lots of additional settings – from pop-up window to keyboard controls.
{
"lightbox_close": "Close",
"lightbox_next": "Next",
"lightbox_previous": "Previous",
"lightbox_error": "The requested content cannot be loaded. Please try again later.",
"lightbox_start_slideshow": "Start slideshow",
"lightbox_stop_slideshow": "Stop slideshow",
"lightbox_full_screen": "Full screen",
"lightbox_thumbnails": "Thumbnails",
"lightbox_download": "Download",
"lightbox_share": "Share",
"lightbox_zoom": "Zoom",
"lightbox_new_window": "New window",
"lightbox_toggle_sidebar": "Toggle sidebar"
}
Developer: VirtualProjects
OS: Windows2003, WM5, WM6, WM6.1
Processor type: ARM
Screen: qQVGA, qVGA, VGA, WVGA
Official site (russian): PIGEON!
Official (english): PIGEON!
Official forum Forum
Download english version: Pre release version

Why are all 3 of your posts about this? Looks nice, but just a random download it seems. I will NOT download this !

Because this program is very best!
One of the BEST messangers on PocketPC platform!
Some time later will open site with promo this programm.
Now you can test this, and say your future request.
PS: Sorry for my poor English.

well Ill stick with me beejive

Try it and be fun!

I love Pigeon, it's the best IM for ICQ. I even translated it to English myself. But...
Is this an official release? Because this is on their site:
Attention!
Share modified version of the program KATEGORICHESKI PROHIBITED!
Edit resources and transfer only for themselves!
Otherwise adjourn ability to edit resources forever.
If not, I recommend you to delete the link, I dont want them to disable editing resources.

This official pre release.
Soon be release english promo site.
This link directly to download from new site.

what about yahoo messenger? it would be great to have a messenger for it like this

May be in future.
Now only ICQ

I use this program more than 3 mounts.
(i was only Russian version before)
It is the best ICQ program in the world.
It is not a joke.
PIGEON! just better than else.

I think anyone should try it.
It work in VGA, WVGA, QVGA perfectly.
I use PIGEON on Wizard, TyTN and now on Toshiba G900.

Thanks.
Anybody, help me.
I need screenshots of English version PIGEON!
With showning history messagings.
Better make cool screenshots all programm.
This is for official site.
Thanks!

Will this messenger become commercial and is the current version limited to run only for a certain time?

Well, I'm use it program more 6 month, and it is the bast ICQ chat.

foo said:
Will this messenger become commercial and is the current version limited to run only for a certain time?
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Yes. This programm wil be commercial.

Yes. This programm wil be commercial.
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It is the most bad news in this day

Not very bad.
They wil be cosn no more than 20$
This is 6 bottles of goot beer or 3 bottle of good vine.

TheChampJT
Why are all 3 of your posts about this? Looks nice, but just a random download it seems. I will NOT download this
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If you don't know author, you don't download software?
You a strange boy.
I know sn0wcat by one russian pda forum.
He have
Сообщений (Posts): 1084
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Now you will try this great program?

seems not to work with web&walk mobile flat... any solution?

usrname said:
seems not to work with web&walk mobile flat... any solution?
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Whai is it? I don't understand.

Where the f**k is TRANSCRIBER??

Hi guys!
When reading the User Manual on page 100 it says that you can use Transcriber and/or Letter Recognizer, Transcriber is a handwriting recognition soft that should be in the device, but not in mine!
(see below for romversion etc.)
Coming from Symbian smartphones this is the thing i miss the most, that u simply can do the handwriting in every app onboard.
Do YOU guys have this in your HTC TP?

Don't worry it is in it. If you open an message/note etc, on the bottom you will see a keybord icon, next to the icon, there is a little arrow pointing up. Tick the arrow with the stylus and select 'other input methods'. There you'll find the transcriber.

WDawn said:
Don't worry it is in it. If you open an message/note etc, on the bottom you will see a keybord icon, next to the icon, there is a little arrow pointing up. Tick the arrow with the stylus and select 'other input methods'. There you'll find the transcriber.
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Yes m8, I understand the user manual, but it simply is not there!
I can't choose what simply does not exist!!
So, do you mean that you can choose between both Transcriber and Letter Recognizer??

You can choose between keyboard, transcriber and other.
Looks something like that(in english if you have an english ROM of course):
{
"lightbox_close": "Close",
"lightbox_next": "Next",
"lightbox_previous": "Previous",
"lightbox_error": "The requested content cannot be loaded. Please try again later.",
"lightbox_start_slideshow": "Start slideshow",
"lightbox_stop_slideshow": "Stop slideshow",
"lightbox_full_screen": "Full screen",
"lightbox_thumbnails": "Thumbnails",
"lightbox_download": "Download",
"lightbox_share": "Share",
"lightbox_zoom": "Zoom",
"lightbox_new_window": "New window",
"lightbox_toggle_sidebar": "Toggle sidebar"
}

nabboR said:
Yes m8, I understand the user manual, but it simply is not there!
I can't choose what simply does not exist!!
So, do you mean that you can choose between both Transcriber and Letter Recognizer??
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They are there. Click the upwards arrow. You may need to select "Other Input Methods". Transcriber may not be there on all ROMs.

The WWE ROM should include transcriber. Diamond users are reporting that other regional ROMs don't include all SIPs. But you should be able to follow the instructions from the Diamond forum/threads to install it if it's missing.

Transcriber is built-in feature in all WM devices as well as Letter Recognizer. If you don't see it,there are maybe some registry entries,those disables it. Try to look for unhiding Transcriber in registry or try to use piece of software called Pocket Tweak.

OK Guys, thx for your input here trying to help me out!
I've got a Swedish ROM and it simply doesn't exist, what's the easiest/best reg editor to use if I want to search in depth to find this option?
Anyone else in here with a Swedish ROM that have the same lack of software?

nabboR said:
OK Guys, thx for your input here trying to help me out!
I've got a Swedish ROM and it simply doesn't exist, what's the easiest/best reg editor to use if I want to search in depth to find this option?
Anyone else in here with a Swedish ROM that have the same lack of software?
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I think the lack of Transcriber is common on non-WWE HTC Roms. My former device, an Qtek S200, was from a portuguese operator and it didn't had transcriber.
My WWE Touch Pro has transcriber...
I think this is the logic, WWE Roms have transcriber, non-WWE Roms don't have (only if the operator or local HTC customize it).
By the way, you can always download it and install it. Google it...

ptweak
Try to use this...
Install it,after that there will a 'Pocket Tweak' icon appear in Start>Settings>System. Tap it and go to 'Input Panel' card and look,if there is transcriber or not.

There is no transcriber in swedish roms, has not been in Qtek9100, Tytn or Tytn II. But you can downlaod a cab and install it.
http://www.smartmobile.se/files/Qtek 9100/enableRecognizersSVE.CAB

HEY! Take it easy on the Starred out Curse words.
This thread would have been just as effective named "Where is Transcriber?" or better yet "Transcriber Location?"

you only ever get transcriber in the following languages:
English
Spanish
Italian
French
German
Brazilian Portuguese (But not proper Portuguese)
Seems microsoft don't bother activating it in any other language. Why it's not added by the OEM's is a nother matter.....
And as for the manual, it's only cos it's a standard manual that is translated from english and HTC don't bother to remove the bits that are not relevant..it's full of stuff like that!

JimmyMcGee said:
HEY! Take it easy on the Starred out Curse words.
This thread would have been just as effective named "Where is Transcriber?" or better yet "Transcriber Location?"
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@JimmyMcGee:
Yeah, of course you're right, I'm sorry, was just frustraded
And to all of you, a big thx clarifying/helping me with this issue!

nvm i found the romeos one its in the extra cabs if you are looking for it.

Spanish Transcriber?
rhedgehog said:
you only ever get transcriber in the following languages:
English
Spanish
Italian
French
German
Brazilian Portuguese (But not proper Portuguese)
Seems microsoft don't bother activating it in any other language. Why it's not added by the OEM's is a nother matter.....
And as for the manual, it's only cos it's a standard manual that is translated from english and HTC don't bother to remove the bits that are not relevant..it's full of stuff like that!
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Where can I find the Spanish Dictionay or the Spanish Transcriber?

I think after you go through all the trouble of finding and installing transcriber you will use it a few times and realize it sort of sucks and is slow. I gaurantee you can type faster with the keyboard or onscreen keyboards then you can with transcriber, but its sort of cool when it works, which is a challenge to make it work properly all the time. Dont even bother with Letter Recognizer, I wont even get into that.

[CLOSED][APP] Quick Locale

Hi Everyone, I'm a new developer and Quick Locale is my first app
As the name suggests, this app is a quick way to switch the locale, or your phone's language.
Features:
Launch the app from the App Drawer to instantly go to a list of languages. Click to change.
Widget Support! Create a widget on the Homescreen and preselect languages
One click to change language on widgets.
Able to launch full list of languages from Widget, if Full List was preselected.
{
"lightbox_close": "Close",
"lightbox_next": "Next",
"lightbox_previous": "Previous",
"lightbox_error": "The requested content cannot be loaded. Please try again later.",
"lightbox_start_slideshow": "Start slideshow",
"lightbox_stop_slideshow": "Stop slideshow",
"lightbox_full_screen": "Full screen",
"lightbox_thumbnails": "Thumbnails",
"lightbox_download": "Download",
"lightbox_share": "Share",
"lightbox_zoom": "Zoom",
"lightbox_new_window": "New window",
"lightbox_toggle_sidebar": "Toggle sidebar"
}
This app should be compatible with most devices. If there's any problems, leave me a response or an email.
Please leave any suggestions or feature requests too.
Market Link: https://market.android.com/details?id=com.devjackey.quicklocale
Please test it out and give me any feedback.
A Pro version with more widget sizes will be released soon.

Great app and nice work. I'm moving this to Apps / Games.

Great App and very useful, tried it out on my Desire HD, couple of points the radio buttons are very small on the widget, I found myself pressing three or four times not knowing if i was successful. Because of this it seemed to have some lag before I got the message box saying please wait updating system.
Apart from that, sweet...

Quick question
Hi,
I use this, but not sure if using correctly.
I have set a custom setting, with language to English, but location to China, as that is where I am. My hope is that numbers/ address formats will be according to China standards, but display of programs will be in English. But, it really just seems to use American address fields (state, postal code, etc). Is this how it should work?

This looks very nice, i'll give it a whirl shortly.

StellaDel said:
Great App and very useful, tried it out on my Desire HD, couple of points the radio buttons are very small on the widget, I found myself pressing three or four times not knowing if i was successful. Because of this it seemed to have some lag before I got the message box saying please wait updating system.
Apart from that, sweet...
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Ahh sorry, I should have mentioned that those things that looks like buttons are not buttons. They're light indicators that turn green if the language is currently being used. The part that can be touched is the big square block with the language name.
The light indicators actually don't respond to touch at all. So pressing them an infinite amount of times shouldn't bring any response.
But thank you for the suggestion. I'll make those indicators respond to touch in a future update.

ogami_ito said:
Hi,
I use this, but not sure if using correctly.
I have set a custom setting, with language to English, but location to China, as that is where I am. My hope is that numbers/ address formats will be according to China standards, but display of programs will be in English. But, it really just seems to use American address fields (state, postal code, etc). Is this how it should work?
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The app works as a duplicate of the Language settings in your Settings. If you change the language to English, everything will be English as if you had changed it in the settings.
From my understanding, the number and address formats are also tied into the Locale so to get the result that you want, you need to make sure your phone has English for a Chinese Country. I think Hong Kong uses English and the Chinese format. I believe you might need the Locale en-hk or read as English (Hong Kong).
My app is only used to switch between languages in a more convenient way, so its unable to provide you with the Locale you need if your device doesn't support it. I suggest taking a look at the app MoreLocale2 from C-LIS Crazy Lab.

Please update for Android 9-up, fiture change language and Time zone with one click. Thanks

Prass93 said:
Please update for Android 9-up, fiture change language and Time zone with one click. Thanks
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Please be aware that this developer hasn't been seen on XDA for more than 10 years. I've now closed this thread as the last post prior to yours was about 12 years ago and the download link is not functionable.
Regards
Oswald Boelcke
Senior Moderator

[Q] Japanese fonts on Android 5.0 (Lollipop)?

Hello guys,
I'm using a Traditional Chinese interface, when there are Japanese characters, it uses "MTLmr3m.ttf" as the font for Japanese Kana, as in this screenshot:
{
"lightbox_close": "Close",
"lightbox_next": "Next",
"lightbox_previous": "Previous",
"lightbox_error": "The requested content cannot be loaded. Please try again later.",
"lightbox_start_slideshow": "Start slideshow",
"lightbox_stop_slideshow": "Stop slideshow",
"lightbox_full_screen": "Full screen",
"lightbox_thumbnails": "Thumbnails",
"lightbox_download": "Download",
"lightbox_share": "Share",
"lightbox_zoom": "Zoom",
"lightbox_new_window": "New window",
"lightbox_toggle_sidebar": "Toggle sidebar"
}
So I reviewed the fallback_fonts.xml and fonts.xml, they both list like this:
In the xml files, they both list "NotoSansJP-Regular.otf" in front of "MTLmr3m.ttf"...
I'm confused because I know the shape of MTLmr3m.ttf is different from the Noto font family which makes Japanese Kana look very weird...

Hi twomoe. I'm in kind of the opposite situation; I use English UI but read Japanese text often. In this case, simplified Chinese fonts are used which makes some Japanese versions of kanji look slightly strange.
In KitKat, the best way to fix this was to use this file: /system/vendor/etc/fallback_fonts.xml.
But now in Lollipop I'm stumped. fallback_fonts.xml is now considered "legacy" and seems to be ignored by the system. Instead, Lollipop seems to use /system/etc/fonts.xml as the source of truth.
I tried copying /system/etc/fonts.xml to /system/vendor/etc/fonts.xml and removing values, but nothing seems to work - none of my changes seem to have any effect.
If you learn any workarounds, please let me know - thanks in advance.
twomoe said:
Hello guys,
I'm using a Traditional Chinese interface, when there are Japanese characters, it uses "MTLmr3m.ttf" as the font for Japanese Kana, as in this screenshot:
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So I reviewed the fallback_fonts.xml and fonts.xml, they both list like this:
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In the xml files, they both list "NotoSansJP-Regular.otf" in front of "MTLmr3m.ttf"...
I'm confused because I know the shape of MTLmr3m.ttf is different from the Noto font family which makes Japanese Kana look very weird...
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I'm using Simplified Chinese as system language and I also found this problem. So I extracted the NotoSansJP-Regular.otf and opened it with FontCreator. I found that in fact there was no kana in the font file. I think this is the reason. Then I downloaded the full Noto Sans JP font from Google Website and replaced it. The problem is now solved.

mxalbert1996 said:
I'm using Simplified Chinese as system language and I also found this problem. So I extracted the NotoSansJP-Regular.otf and opened it with FontCreator. I found that in fact there was no kana in the font file. I think this is the reason. Then I downloaded the full Noto Sans JP font from Google Website and replaced it. The problem is now solved.
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Thank you so much! So it means I can delete MTLmr3m.ttf and only leave the downloaded version of NotoSansJP and everything is OK?

DPUkyle said:
Hi twomoe. I'm in kind of the opposite situation; I use English UI but read Japanese text often. In this case, simplified Chinese fonts are used which makes some Japanese versions of kanji look slightly strange.
In KitKat, the best way to fix this was to use this file: /system/vendor/etc/fallback_fonts.xml.
But now in Lollipop I'm stumped. fallback_fonts.xml is now considered "legacy" and seems to be ignored by the system. Instead, Lollipop seems to use /system/etc/fonts.xml as the source of truth.
I tried copying /system/etc/fonts.xml to /system/vendor/etc/fonts.xml and removing values, but nothing seems to work - none of my changes seem to have any effect.
If you learn any workarounds, please let me know - thanks in advance.
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Yes there are many differences in Simplified Chinese, Taiwan Chinese, Hong Kong Chinese and Japanese Kanji.
I'm not sure about the solution, but maybe you can change the order: <ja>, <zh-Hant>, <zh-Hans>.
The fallback_fonts.xml and fonts.xml are actually the fallback order of the fonts, the language above have the priority than the language below. For stock, the order is <zh-Hans>, <zh-Hant>, <ja>. So I think it may help to put fileset <ja> above the <zh-Hant> and <zh-Hans>.

twomoe said:
Thank you so much! So it means I can delete MTLmr3m.ttf and only leave the downloaded version of NotoSansJP and everything is OK?
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That's right!

I made some flashable zips for using Japanese character fallback while using a different system locale for those who need/want them.
You can find them over here.