Thank you for having interest on Hebrew Keyboard for Web application.
With this application you will be able to write and search for Hebrew text in most web-based applications of iPhone.
Namely, you can use Hebrew language with the following applications:
- Send emails with subject/body
- Search Google
- Search Google maps
- Search YouTube
- Search Yahoo
- Wikipedia articles
- Search Facebook (you need to be already logged in)
Some of the features of this application:
- Text is preserved between successive runs of the application. If the application is closed for any reason, the text will re-appear the next time the application is launched.
- Input is handled by the native iPhone keyboard. Since there is no Hebrew keyboard for iPhone, the usual English keyboard will be displayed. The English letters will be translated on the fly to Hebrew letters, using the QWERTY keyboard layout.
- Simultaneous use of English/Hebrew keyboard, and any other standard keyboard iPhone has.
- Display country flag to hint the user of the currently active language.
There are some implementation issues which keeps us back from implementing a full working solution:
- SMS application is not able to receive Hebrew text. Unfortunately this is a limitation of the SDK and currently could not be resolved.
- Display of English glyphs on the keyboard, instead of Hebrew. Although Hebrew characters are produced, it is not possible with current SDK to display Hebrew characters in the keyboard.
- Mainly only web-based or web-alike applications could be supported.
- Auto correction for the Hebrew language is not present.
Some notes for optimum usage:
- The first line of text while sending email is the "subject" line.
- In order to search in Facebook, you should have already signed in in Safari.
Please send any comments and suggestions in English through my web space.