Thread: english keyboards to type russian

hiya, i'm new to learning russian but i'm struggling to get my keyboard (set up for english) to type in russian - i have cyrillic text loaded on the computer but as soon as i type it changes back to western..does anyone have any ideas? i'm using windows xp if that helps
hoxie
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Hoxie - I PMed you about it - check your messages

Go to cyrillic.com and buy their $29 keyboard pgm. Besides the standard Russian layout there is one that maps similar letters to our own layout. I.e., when I switch (via shift-shift) to Unicode Russian and press asdfg I get асдфг. A couple odds and ends like qw is яш, but it beats having to learn a whole nother layout. And I can type just about as fast in Russian. I've been using it for years. Works with XP too.

Or you could save $29, get off your lazy bum and learn the damn layout. It's not that freakin' hard.

ASDF = ФЫВА
Do what Dogboy and I did, tape pieces of paper to the keys...

Or make a little drawing of the keyboard with the Cyrillic letters on it and tape it to your screen. That way you will learn to type blindly pretty fast and then you can type Cyrillic on any keyboard.

But that's not an answer to the original question. I can't help you with that - sorry.