![]() Snippets of pinyin text can also be saved for future use. You can also email your pinyin text directly from the app. Once you've typed some pinyin text in Pinyin Typist, you can copy it and paste it elsewhere, like another app. Pinyin Typist has a dedicated Ü button, and it can convert both lowercase and uppercase vowels. Pinyin Typist will then automatically properly add the 4th tone mark above the “a” instead of the “i”. E.g., to type a 4th tone “ai” pinyin final (“ài”), you can type “ai”, then tap the 4 button above the regular keyboard. ![]() ![]() Pinyin Typist also recognizes complete, valid pinyin finals, and will automatically add the requested tone mark above the correct vowel of the pinyin final. Pinyin Typist will then change the "a" to an "ǎ". In Pinyin Typist, to type a 3rd tone "a", for example, just type an "a" like usual, then tap the 3 button on the toolbar above the regular keyboard. As for the acute accent and caron buttons next to the M, they don't work right with all the vowels.) Now, the fastest and easiest way to type pinyin, with proper diacritical tone marks, on the iPhone, the iPod touch, and the iPad is to use the app Pinyin Typist. (BTW, in my testing, the Czech keyboard only has a 3rd tone option for "e", not for any of the other vowels. There's now no need to switch keyboards, connect a hardware keyboard, or wait for held down keys or loading web pages.
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