Works wonderfully, base layout odd
I don't know what this other guy is complaining out. Grouping /θ/ under /t/ and /ð/ under /d/ is intuitive and mirrors how the SIL keyboard for Mac does it. It's not because /θ/ is spelled <th> in English or because /ð/ "looks like a d," it's intuitive because /t/ and /θ/ are both voiceless alveolar consonants differing in manner of articulation while /d/ and /ð/ are voiced alveolar consonants differing in manner of articulation. My complain is that it's hard to type non-IPA on this keyboard. It would be great if it were laid out like a regular keyboard, so I don't keep hitting "m" when I mean "n" etc.
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Great!
Add in your keyboard. Just have to know what to do--hold down the letter your you are looking for and you are given all of the options.
Needs Improvement!
Considering the fact that this app has no competitors on iPad it is understandable that it isn't quite right.
The app advertises the complete International Phonetic Alphabet but there are some missing sounds, notably the alveolar flap/tap.
In addition to the missing symbols, there are also issues with crashing and smoothness.
Overall I would recommend the app to a linguistics student in need of a relatively quick way to type the IPA.
An iPad Air 2 user.
The app advertises the complete International Phonetic Alphabet but there are some missing sounds, notably the alveolar flap/tap.
In addition to the missing symbols, there are also issues with crashing and smoothness.
Overall I would recommend the app to a linguistics student in need of a relatively quick way to type the IPA.
An iPad Air 2 user.
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Missing labiodental tap
This app is very good - it does just what it advertises. It could use a little polishing in terms of aesthetics, but functionally it works just about perfectly.
My only complaint is that instead of a labiodental tap, the app displays a question mark in a box, and when you try to type it, it just displays a box. It looks like it's not recognizing the symbol.
Fix this, and the app will be 5 stars.
My only complaint is that instead of a labiodental tap, the app displays a question mark in a box, and when you try to type it, it just displays a box. It looks like it's not recognizing the symbol.
Fix this, and the app will be 5 stars.
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Needs Work
This is the only keyboard that I have found that is ok for IPA characters. It works but it's not a standalone keyboard. When inputting text I have to switch between the iOS keyboard and this one. There's a lot of potential with this keyboard and hopefully we'll see some improvements soon.
Not intuitive
The app seriously suffers from lumping together phonemes that are not related, by following a English speaker's intuition of where things are supposed to be, such as having to hold down the letter <t> to find \θ\ just because in english it is spelled as <th>, yet \ð\ is filed in <d> because of how it looks...this is ridiculous. My advice to the dev(s) behind this app is to pair only the voiced and unvoiced consonants and organize them into the shape of the official IPA chart (bilabials first, followed by labio-dentals, etc) and to separate the vowels and organize them into the IPA vowel trapezoid. I would refer the dev(s) to the OSX app IPApalette as an example of how to lay things out. If the dev(s) reorganize things so that it is actually intuitive to a linguist, then the app will be worth quite a lot, but currently it is a pain to use, and it is still unfortunately easier to use X-sampa over it.
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Great
Perhaps a dark theme would be nice. Not the best keyboard to look at, honestly, but works great
Awesome!
I'm really liking this app. Initially, I had some trouble with one of the symbols, but the designer was extraordinary helpful and I have no reservation in recommending this app for anyone. It has saved me so much time with transcription. I'm s speech and hearing science student, so an accurate app for transcription is invaluable. Here it is.
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