Typing Vietnamese Characters with VPSKeys In order to type Vietnamese characters, you must have a set of keyboard drivers that allow you to insert accents at the appropriate locations. One great FREE program is VPSKeys by the Vietnamese Professionals Society. The best part of this program is that it features Unicode. Online Vietnamese keyboard to type a text with the special characters of the Vietnamese alphabet. Whether you're looking for a wireless keyboard, bluetooth, ergonomic or media keyboard, Microsoft Hardware offers a variety of computer keyboards to fit your needs. Another way to use the Vietnamese keyboard is to change the keyboard on your operating system (iOs or Windows). The only disadvantage then is that you don't see what key stands for which.
UniKey is the most popular Vietnamese keyboard for Windows. The core UniKey Vietnamese Input Method is also the engine for many Vietnamese keyboards in Linux, macOS and iOS.UniKey is free of charge. Source code for the UniKey Vietnamese Input Method is distributed under the GNU General Public License.
Microsoft Word Vietnamese Keyboard
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News
- October 15, 2020:
- Released UniKey 4.3 RC5, with better support for the new Edge browser.
- July 14, 2018:
- Released UniKey 4.3 RC4, which allows typingVietnamese in some special kinds of apps (console, game, UWP). Bug fix for Opera browser.
- July 2, 2018:
- Released UniKey 4.3 RC3 withbug fixes for Excel and browsers (Chrome, Edge, Firefox, Internet Explorer).
- Note: This version also fixed a serious bug in 4.3 RC2 released on July 1, 2018.
- June 23, 2018:
- Released UniKey 4.3 RC1
- From version 4.3, all UniKey releases will be digitally signed. See UniKey’s signature.
Overview
UniKey supports:
- Many Vietnamese character sets/encodings:
- TCVN3 (ABC), VN Unicode, VIQR
- VNI, VPS, VISCII, BK HCM1, BK HCM2, etc.
- Unicode UTF-8, Unicode NCR Decimal/Hexadecimal for Web editors.
- All 3 popular input methods: TELEX, VNI and VIQR.
- All Win32 platforms: Windows 10, 8, 7, Vista, 2000, XP, 9x/ME.
Microsoft Vietnamese Keyboard Typing
UniKey is very small, does not need any additional library. No installation is required.