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nobody
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2014-11-04
2006-03-08
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Is it possible to input unicode characters with
transcriber ? I tryied to write chinese characters
with IPA characters using Arial Unicode MS font, but
each time I saved the file, the unicode characters
appeared as question marks.

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  • Matthieu Decorde

    On Ubuntu, I tried to change my keyboard layout. Some layouts works fine such as Arabic Layouts.
    I guess it is only a font problem, since the XML file contains the good characters.
    I also changed the encoding to UTF-8 in the Options (General > Options)

    Matthieu

     
  • Theron Muller

    Theron Muller - 2014-11-04

    I had a similar issue using Japanese with 1.5.1.1-10 in Ubuntu. It is possible to save in Japanese, but the character encoding has to be changed to UTF-8 every time a file is opened, otherwise transcriber defaults back to a Western font and the Japanese characters are lost. This can result in a significant loss of data if a person isn't careful. Would it be possible for transcriber to probe the character encoding settings of a file it's opening to ensure it retains the correct settings?

     

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