Hebrew keyboard used by keyboard picker

Is there a reason why the Hebrew keyboard maps used by the keyboard picker are not aligned with the old Logos Biblical Hebrew Keyboard?

This morning I tried it out for the first time (I'm used to using the Windows Language Bar), and couldn't figure out why aleph wasn't showing up where it was "supposed" to be. It also wasn't very easy to locate printable keyboard maps (although I eventually did). I really don't want to have to learn another Hebrew keyboard, and I definitely don't want to learn one keyboard for within Logos while using another outside Logos.

I've posted a suggestion along these lines, but then it occurred to me, there might be a good reason for the situation.

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Bradley Grainger (Logos)

Is there a reason why the Hebrew keyboard maps used by the keyboard picker are not aligned with the old Logos Biblical Hebrew Keyboard?

We based it on the SIL Hebrew Keyboard layout. It looks like we considered adding an option to switch to the Logos Hebrew keyboard layout (and maybe even support some other layouts from other software) but never came back and implemented the feature to switch layouts. (You may be the first person to ask for it that I know of?)

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Bradley Grainger (Logos)

It also wasn't very easy to locate printable keyboard maps (although I eventually did).

Sorry that this wasn't easy to find, but it's the first thing that comes up for me when I type "hebrew keyboard" into Help Center:

Just out of curiosity, how did you go looking for these keyboard maps?

Is there a reason why the Hebrew keyboard maps used by the keyboard picker are not aligned with the old Logos Biblical Hebrew Keyboard?

There probably is a reason, but I don't know what it is. I've asked internally to see if anyone knows.

Bradley Grainger (Logos)

Is there a reason why the Hebrew keyboard maps used by the keyboard picker are not aligned with the old Logos Biblical Hebrew Keyboard?

Mary-Ellen

Thanks, @Bradley Grainger (Logos). Yes, I also got to that Help screen right away. I wanted to print just the keyboard maps, to have handy as I type, not the whole article. I realize now I could have selected the images and printed "selected text," but I didn't think of that at the time.

I tried to copy the images into a Word doc, but the images didn't appear, just empty placeholders. I forget where I found it, but I eventually found a .zip file that has the images as four separate .png files (which I could then insert into a Word doc).

I can put in a plug for the Logos Hebrew Keyboard. It has all the 24 characters on keys in the unshifted state. I was really surprised that with the keyboard picker's map, I have to shift to get the aleph and the ayin. Even if I haven't used it in a while, I find the Logos keyboard highly intuitive.