For those who have Windows XP, it is possible to setup your English keyboard to type European diacriticals. See: http://www.starr.net/is/type/intlchart.html This URL instructs you how to set up your keyboard for US International English. If you are a touch typist it does not take very long to get used to this setup. You just have to remember to touch the space bar after typing these keys ` ~ ^ ' " when you want those symbols and not a diacritical mark. The URL explains how the special keys work. It does not take long to set it up and it saves a lot of time overall if you use the marks in any language very often. I translate German and have found that by setting up my keyboard this way I can capture German text with all the correct diacriticals in OCR, paste them to a text file which keeps the umlauts intact and then run the text through translation software to get me started. For those who do not want to alter their keyboard layout there is an option of using a combination of Alt and numbers from the numeric pad. Each combination results in a specific letter with a diacritical mark. Sometimes letters generated with the alt + numbers option will Email as junkj characters. Letters with diacritcals generated by he US International English keyboard usually transmit in Email with the diacriticals intact. Karen

Thanks for the reply....I have some German records that Iwould like trancribing...........what would you charge me to transcribe one page of records??? Let me know -Thanks KK ----- Original Message ----- From: <KarenHob@aol.com> To: <GERMAN-BOHEMIAN-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, February 12, 2006 11:34 AM Subject: [GERMAN-BOHEMIAN] Typing unlauts and other diacriticals > For those who have Windows XP, it is possible to setup your English keyboard > to type European diacriticals. > > See: http://www.starr.net/is/type/intlchart.html > > This URL instructs you how to set up your keyboard for > US International English. > > If you are a touch typist it does not take very long to get used to this > setup. > You just have to remember to touch the space bar after typing these keys > ` ~ ^ ' " when you want those symbols and not a diacritical mark. > > The URL explains how the special keys work. It does not take long > to set it up and it saves a lot of time overall if you use the marks in > any language very often. > > I translate German and have found that by setting up my keyboard this > way I can capture German text with all the correct diacriticals in OCR, > paste them to a text file which keeps the umlauts intact and then run the > text through translation software to get me started. > > For those who do not want to alter their keyboard layout there is an option > of using a combination of Alt and numbers from the numeric pad. Each > combination results in a specific letter with a diacritical mark. > > Sometimes letters generated with the alt + numbers option will Email as junkj > characters. Letters with diacritcals generated by he US International > English keyboard usually transmit in Email with the diacriticals intact. > > Karen > > > ==== GERMAN-BOHEMIAN Mailing List ==== > Forgotten how to UNSUBSCRIBE? > Visit http://www.rootsweb.com/~gbhs/mailinglist/mailinglist.html > >