Windows-10 “Hebrew” Keyboard for Yiddish

This keyboard layout comes with Windows 10. Read below on how it works. If you want to use this, select the Windows-10 “Hebrew” Keyboard — NOT the one Windows calls “Standard Hebrew” and click here for instructions on how to get it up and running.

How to get the special characters / combinations that we need for Yiddish from the above layout:
NOTE: The Alt key on the right side of the physical keyboard is not, for this purpose, the same as the Alt key on the left side. On some keyboards, like the one pictured above, the Right Alt Key is called “AltGr.”

• To put a line above (e.g, veys בֿ, fey פֿ) a basic letter you just typed: Hold Right Alt Key (not left) & Tap the hyphen key
• To put a dot in the middle (e.g., kof כּ, pey פּ, tof תּ, melupm vov וּ) of a basic letter you just typed: Hit CapsLock; then Hold Shift & Tap the equal sign. Don’t forget to hit CapsLock again to turn it off!
• To put a dot in the upper left (e.g., sin שׂ) of a basic letter you just typed: Hit CapsLock; then Hold Shift & Tap 9. Don’t forget to hit CapsLock again to turn it off!
• To add a pasekh (e.g., pasekh alef אַ) below a basic letter you just typed: Hit CapsLock; then Hold Shift & Tap 7. Don’t forget to hit CapsLock again to turn it off!
• To put a komets (e.g., komets alef אָ) below a basic letter you just typed: Hit CapsLock; then Hold Shift & Tap 8. Don’t forget to hit CapsLock again to turn it off!
• To put a dot underneath (e.g., khirek yud יִ) a basic letter you just typed: Hit CapsLock; then Hold Shift & Tap 4. Don’t forget to hit CapsLock again to turn it off!
• To type tsvey yudn ײ as a single character: Hold Right Alt Key (not left) and Tap the H key
• To type tsvey vovn װ as a single character: Hold Right Alt Key (not left) and Tap the U key
• To type vov yud ױ as a single character: Hold Right Alt Key (not left) and Tap the J key

Many thanks to Ari Davidow and Mark David for all the above information. Here is a write-up by Ari Davidow about this.