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Title: Zhuyin PBT keycaps
Post by: swagpiratex on Fri, 09 November 2012, 15:11:30
Anyone know where to cop a Cherry MX keycap set that has Zhuyin on it? Or is my best bet having someone in TW sending over a set?
Title: Re: Zhuyin PBT keycaps
Post by: Hyde on Fri, 09 November 2012, 18:32:14
I think you might have to do a custom order or something, at least I know I haven't seen one on the market yet.

If you can get enough number you can probably do a custom group buy from that factory imsto get his keycaps from.  Just gotta gather all the Taiwanese people here  :P

Otherwise yeah it might be like you said better to get someone from Taiwan to send over.
Title: Re: Zhuyin PBT keycaps
Post by: jeroplane on Fri, 09 November 2012, 18:37:45
One option, if you can't find sets on the market, is to mock up every key and do it through WASDKeyboards.
Title: Re: Zhuyin PBT keycaps
Post by: laffindude on Fri, 09 November 2012, 22:36:00
Ducky has the bopomofo PBT caps. You can ask ShakeR to import some for you. They used to be on buy.yahoo.com.tw and PChome, but not any more for some reason. Autobuy has them, but I don't know if they ship overseas. http://www.autobuy.tw/component/pro_info.php?id=24579&sid=1693 It has Changjie and Dayi on it... I think the engraved ones only have alphabet and bopomofo
Title: Re: Zhuyin PBT keycaps
Post by: pitashen on Fri, 09 November 2012, 22:51:01
lol, zhuyin... how long have you been typing zhuyin? I pretty much touch type zhuyin ever since high school (like 10 years ago...). I did have to memorize a few key locations, like the accents. Once I got used to it, I never wanted any sort of chinese symbols showing up on my keyboard anymore lol. 

And ya I also used to see keycap set from Ducky on PChome. Perhaps you could wait a little bit see if they will restock it later on, coz its got really cheap shipping rate oversea.
Title: Re: Zhuyin PBT keycaps
Post by: swagpiratex on Fri, 09 November 2012, 23:36:10
Ooo thanks for the heads up!

I learned zhuyin in elementary school so I know how to use it, but but I'm an ABC that never needed to type it so I want to start now.
Title: Re: Zhuyin PBT keycaps
Post by: pitashen on Fri, 09 November 2012, 23:41:50
Ooo thanks for the heads up!

I learned zhuyin in elementary school so I know how to use it, but but I'm an ABC that never needed to type it so I want to start now.

hmmm how about the pinying input method?
Title: Re: Zhuyin PBT keycaps
Post by: Hyde on Sat, 10 November 2012, 00:01:20
Ooo thanks for the heads up!

I learned zhuyin in elementary school so I know how to use it, but but I'm an ABC that never needed to type it so I want to start now.

Similar situation for me.  I left Taiwan after grade 6 so I could read/write it, but was never required to type it after I came to Canada.  I mean it's still not required for me but figure might be useful in the long wrong being able to type chinese at respectable speed.

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hmmm how about the pinying input method?

That might work though I don't know about swagpiratex but I find still prefer to learn zhuyin.
Title: Re: Zhuyin PBT keycaps
Post by: laffindude on Sat, 10 November 2012, 00:58:51
Don't use zhuyin if you want to type in respectable speed. 嘸蝦米 is the way to go. I prefer pinyin since... boxiami kinda requires you to know how to write. li gong xia? ;o Ya... I am going to have to learn the romanization rule for Taiwanese... 趕羚羊,草枝擺 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1aynStEsTwU)...
Title: Re: Zhuyin PBT keycaps
Post by: Hyde on Sat, 10 November 2012, 14:54:49
Mmmmm maybe I'll give pinyin a shot and see how it goes then lol.

Though this made me wonder how big of a Taiwanese community is here at geekhack.  It looks like it's just us so far  :'(
Title: Re: Zhuyin PBT keycaps
Post by: voice on Sat, 10 November 2012, 21:57:46
zhuyin? means 注音 :eek:
Title: Re: Zhuyin PBT keycaps
Post by: Hyde on Sun, 11 November 2012, 01:23:15
zhuyin? means 注音 :eek:

Yeah and pinyin = 拼音
Title: Re: Zhuyin PBT keycaps
Post by: swagpiratex on Mon, 12 November 2012, 17:53:48
tp2tissue is Taiwanese too I think.
Title: Re: Zhuyin PBT keycaps
Post by: voice on Mon, 12 November 2012, 23:21:20
made by Ducky, link:http://www.duckychannel.com.tw/en/keycaps.html
Title: Re: Zhuyin PBT keycaps
Post by: kaiserreich on Sat, 17 November 2012, 04:10:28
Damn, why the sudden 趕羚羊?
Title: Re: Zhuyin PBT keycaps
Post by: laffindude on Sat, 17 November 2012, 09:29:37
You don't like the antelope song? ;o
Title: Re: Zhuyin PBT keycaps
Post by: kaiserreich on Sat, 17 November 2012, 09:37:01
I know what it means.
Its funny how the meaning of antelope crosses borders as well.
Title: Re: Zhuyin PBT keycaps
Post by: swagpiratex on Fri, 23 November 2012, 18:09:21
Can someone explain what an antelope means? The extent of my understanding of references are eating someone's tofu and ice cream. (It just hit me on how weird that sounds in English, haha)


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Title: Re: Zhuyin PBT keycaps
Post by: laffindude on Sat, 24 November 2012, 07:06:38
Copulating with someone's mother. 2nd part from the song name is odorous female parts.
Title: Re: Zhuyin PBT keycaps
Post by: swagpiratex on Mon, 26 November 2012, 01:32:31
Omg LOL. Thanks!

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