Happy new year 2016, but how do you type 'Tet'? 'Teets' or 'Te16t'?

"On the occasion of the beginning of the new year, I first want to send to readers and family wishes for health and luck!". It takes me 2 minutes to finish with VNI typing, because I'm an acquaintance using Telex typing. There are always 2 popular Vietnamese typing methods, each has a specific typing habit.

First of all, for those who are still vague about the "VNI" and Telex concepts, we need to clarify the definition and origin of these two typing methods.

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1. Information about 2 popular Vietnamese typing methods:

First, Telex, is the type of typing that I guess most of you are using. That is to say, there are no more statistics about users of computers using Telex or VNI, but Telex typing method has been recognized as the National Language Telegraph and it has been taught in computer programs at many schools across the country.
For those who do not know, Telex is the type of aa = â, as = á, Teets = Tet. Some other typing conventions of Telex:

â € aw aw dd dd ee ê Ã ow â owâ ow ow u w u uw uw

With markers:

f the sign of s sign, the sign of j, the heavy sign r, the question mark x the tilde sign

The origin of Telex comes from its name, "telegram". Its typing convention is similar to typing text on telegrams, and is called the Telegraph National. This typing convention was born nearly 100 years, in the period of 1920-1930 when the demand for postal telegraphic transfer of Vietnamese people formed. At that time, typewriters could only type the basic latin letters, so people needed a Vietnamese typing solution, and was conventionally Telex.

It is said that Nguyen Van Vinh is the one who came up with this typing method. (Refer to an article about Nguyen Van Vinh of Tuoi Tre newspaper).

About 60 years later, when computer technology evolved, specifically that of Microsoft's popular DOS operating system in Vietnam, we have the first Vietnamese Telex typing software on computers that are Vietstar, later. It also has BKED, Vietkey, Vietres with some upgrade features such as typing [successful,] dirty, .

Regarding the second typing method, VNI, the typing method is quite different from Telex, and makes those who first contact feel somewhat surprised. Below is the convention to type this type of typing.

a8 a6 a d8 d e6 o6 o7 in the box 7 a 1 sharp sign 2 the apostrophe 3 question mark 4 a sign of 5 heavy marks

So, instead of using letters to unmark and type Vietnamese characters like Telex, VNI typing uses the number sequence to do the same thing.

The origin of this typing method is of course different from the type of telegraph typing, VNI was born much later than Telex. Until 1987, the new VNI typing method officially appeared, on computers using Microsoft DOS. The creator of this method is Ho Thanh Viet Engineer .

VNI typing method was then officially introduced by Microsoft into Windows 95 and later operating systems, until Windows 10 and Windows 10 Mobile, VNI typing method is still the default Vietnamese typing method on operating systems. Microsoft.

2. Why is there a VNI user, others use Telex

As stated in the first section, VNI and Telex are two different input methods and have different origins. Telex uses the accent style created by Nguyen Van Vinh, a writer and journalist at the end of the 19th and early 20th centuries in Ha Dong, now Hanoi.

On the other side, VNI was created by Ho Thanh Viet, he was a Vietnamese-American, also known as John Ho. John Ho established a company with the same name as his typing method, VNI (Vietnam - International). From here we also have Vietnamese fonts using his VNI typing method.

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Nguyen Van Vinh - The creator of Telex typing method.

The cause of the typing style in the Vietnamese language community may come from the origin of these two typing methods. Telex typing method was formed early and was introduced into many schools. VNI appeared later and was only accepted by some people, but when Microsoft introduced it as the main typing method on their Windows operating system, there were more people using this type of typing.

3. Which type of typing is more convenient?

For me, a person who typed Telex since childhood, there is no reason for me to choose VNI as a more convenient typing method. And vice versa, it is difficult for anyone who knows VNI to get familiar with Telex.

However, considering another angle, the stroke of the finger (placing the finger at the position of 10 fingers), Telex seems a bit more convenient, when the Telex mark does not require you to move the finger. Hands as much as VNI.

However, this can hardly make a difference in the typing speed between the two typing methods. Thus, the habit of still deciding on the typing speed is more than the typing method you choose.

Here's how you type the word "Tết" with 2 different typing methods.

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4. Vietnamese typing applications support both VNI and Telex

After nearly 30 years in parallel, Telex and VNI are the two most popular typing methods for Vietnamese users, so most Vietnamese typing applications support these two typing methods.

For computers, the Windows operating system now supports VNI typing, you just need to access the "Language settings" section to select more Vietnamese languages.

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VNI typing method is supported on Windows.

For users familiar with Telex typing, you will have to find the help of 3rd party applications that are most popular Unikey and GoTiengViet (refer to this article).

Macintosh OS X users are more convenient when the operating system's keyboard supports many different Vietnamese input methods including Telex and VNI for users to choose. (see more here)

On mobile, iOS currently only supports the default Telex typing method, with VNI typing method you will need a 3rd party percussion. Most Android percussion, too, always prioritizes Telex by this input method. saves a part of the screen when not required for the number keys.

In addition, you can also use Vietnamese typing right in the browser with AVIM utility on Chrome, download link here