drmatt.thomas Posted August 23, 2019 Share Posted August 23, 2019 Hi all, I am really enjoying getting familiar with Accordance after 20+ years using BW. I use Accordance in my teaching, and--overall--I have found the learning curve to be not too steep for most things, and I'm starting to learn some more advanced features. So, thank you all. I use the SBL Hebrew keyboard (SIL layout) (https://www.sbl-site.org/educational/BiblicalFonts_SBLHebrew.aspx) for typing Hebrew for publications, handouts, etc. I would love for that keyboard to be an option for use in Accordance. In the screenshot, you can see that the Israeli keyboard layout is an option for Hebrew input, but I have found that for scholars in English-speaking countries, the SBL keyboard seems to be more intuitive and useful. My experience with the default Accordance (Yehudit?) keyboard is that it is not at all intuitive for letters outside those with clear phonetic links to English. For example, using 'o' for ayin/ע makes no real sense. Given that the keyboard is openly available from the website I linked above, I hope that it could be included as an option for those of us who search frequently in Hebrew. שׁלום and thanks! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
miketisdell Posted August 23, 2019 Share Posted August 23, 2019 If have not yet learned to touch type in Hebrew, I would encourage you to use the Israeli keyboard because it is the same layout on almost every device and OS. Some devices do not support adding a custom layout. Note: it would be nice if Accordance allowed some of the standard Israeli keyboard features. (especially the nekkud). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Helen Brown Posted August 24, 2019 Share Posted August 24, 2019 If you switch the system keyboard to Hebrew entry on both Windows and Mac, it will use the chosen Unicode keyboard for entry in Accordance and should work for all characters. This is a newer option than the Use Israeli Keyboard in the Preferences, but it does require you to switch the keyboard each time. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
justinjevans Posted August 25, 2019 Share Posted August 25, 2019 I use the SIL keyboard all the time in Accordance.My computer is set to switch keyboard languages by pressing ALT+SHIFT. I think this is a default setting--I can't remember since I've been doing this for 15+ years. This allows me to type in Hebrew using the SIL layout in any program on my computer, including Accordance.If I'm doing a search in BHS, I just press ALT+SHIFT and begin typing away. No problems! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
drmatt.thomas Posted August 29, 2019 Author Share Posted August 29, 2019 I did discover changing the keyboard on my computer (I use Window + Space to toggle keyboards). I don't mind doing that, but it would be nice to have the option to have that keyboard mapping as the default in the program. It would eliminate forgetting to change the keyboard back and such. Not a huge inconvenience, but one nonetheless. Thanks all. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eagle Posted October 23, 2019 Share Posted October 23, 2019 This was nice to know -- but as Matt said, why not an option to have it simply default to SIL when typing Hebrew? Speed is the raison d'etre for Bible software. Chris 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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