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No doubt because they stupidly don't have a separate setting for keyboard? At least I can't find one. A really daft omission. The Kindle does seem to have an extra setting.
People do not always use the default layout for even their native language even on a desktop, though a physical US keyboard is often crippled by missing a key (often beside Z). Though the Kindle screen keyboard stupidly only has 3 rows instead of Kobo 4 rows. I like how the Sony one has the extra pop-up characters even on punctuation.
There is also a bug on the Kobo English keyboard where an initial capital that can have an accent pops up an empty box. The Capitals or ascents or alternate letters ΑΙΣΠ etc do work if not the first letter. They also work on a lower case first letter. That bug is on the last FW too, but I don't think on earlier versions.
I also find the sort of "phone" emulation where the Kobo "guesses" if you want a CAPITAL or lower case very time wasting. A dot or a new line doesn't mean I want a Capital. Also tends to switch from punctuation back to alpha automatically. I find that hitting -> at the end of text or start of notes cancels capitals. Also selection by touch earlier in the note has always been poor, I have to use <- key.
On Kindle there is an option to separately add or set keyboards as on regular Windows, Linux, Mac OS etc, where the "regional settings" or "language" might set a default keyboard but it can be changed. I have had difficulty with some versions of Android and physical keyboards. It used to assume English = USA. Very annoying for £ " € αινϊσ ~ # | \.
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