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    Looking for Hebrew keyboard stickers that don't look shoddy

    Discussion in 'Notebook Cosmetic Modifications and Custom Builds' started by Ferrari353, Aug 25, 2014.

  1. Ferrari353

    Ferrari353 Notebook Evangelist

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    I'm basically looking for a way to add the Hebrew alphabet to my Thinkpad Yoga keyboard alongside the English letters. All the stickers I've seen are meant to cover the whole key. So it has the letter you want on a transparent background so the other letter can show through, or it has both characters on a non-transparent background to cover the old letter. Both of these options sound awful and I really don't want to end up with my keyboard looking something like this: 41HLiPbiXFL.jpg
    You can see where the sticker is on the keys. It looks ugly.

    Are there any stickers where it's only the letter and not the rest of the transparent background? Or are there any other methods of getting another language on the keyboard? I've been thinking about laser etching, but that might be pretty complicated trying to line up the keyboard perfectly and figuring out where each key needs to be etched. Any help is greatly appreciated.

    Thanks!
    Greg
     
  2. tijo

    tijo Sacred Blame

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    Does Lenovo offer such a keyboard in some countries, if they do, why not just buy one and do a keyboard swap?
     
  3. Ferrari353

    Ferrari353 Notebook Evangelist

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    I looked on the US website but I might have to look on a foreign one. Would it have English and Hebrew? Or just Hebrew?
     
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    Should you find one, please post it here. I have an office colleague I would like to prank.
     
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    ajkula66 Courage and Consequence

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    Just Hebrew.

    The only "combo" keyboards that Lenovo (and IBM before them) ever offered were Japanese/English, at least AFAIK.
     
  6. tijo

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    It looks like Lenovo also had Canadian multilingual keyboards that I see a lot of native English Canadians complain about.
     
  7. Ferrari353

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    Yeah from what support told me, it would be Hebrew OR English and they didn't even have access to the info for the Hebrew keyboard.
     
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    Yep. The keyboards are sold on "local" basis. You'd likely need someone in Israel to get one for you.