If you’re multi-lingual, like I’m not, then you know that writing and editing documents with current services can be tricky. Other languages require special characters which aren’t available on US keyboard configurations.
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Here’s what the Google Drive team had to say about it:
Depending on the language you’re typing in, the tool will allow you to input text using the phonetic spelling of a word or using a virtual keyboard that mirrors your physical keyboard.
Learn more about the new text input tool here: http://support.google.com/docs/bin/answer.py?answer=2720937
Try it now: To get started, change your document’s language setting to the language you’d like to type in by going to File > Language… Then click the text input tool icon in your document toolbar or use a keyboard shortcut (Cmd + Shift + K on a Mac or Ctrl + Shift + K on a PC)
Google continually pushes out tools that are geared towards accessibility for all languages, locations and computer configurations.