AramediA French European USB AZERTY Keyboard - Premium Quality Keyboard with French Language Layout - Ideal for French Language Typing and Communication

Comfort:Tactilely, it's a pleasant enough unit. It's a hefty build with rubber feet with a rough plastic surface and the keystrokes have a nice, muffled rebound. After using a flat-top Kensington for years, it takes awhile to get used to the concave layout from spacebar to function keys again, but isn't an issue. It doesn't slide around and my fingers won't slip. It feels satisfying both on the desk and my lap.Adaptation:I've almost exclusively used QWERTY ever since I learned to type in the 80's, and can cruise around at 80 WPM or in bursts of 120 WPM, give or take a few for ergonomics or tall enter buttons. Learning to AZERTY is just bizarre. Most of the keys are in the same place, but a few are reversed. W and Z, and Q and A have swapped positions. M is moved to the right of L. Punctuation is completely different (you have to hold shift for a full stop). The accented letters are scattered on the number bar, where keys also have three functions. Needless to say, it takes some getting used to.Compatibility:Works with Windows easily enough. I toggle between English and French with LAlt+LShift. Both keyboards are simultaneously plugged in and will work in whatever language setting is activated. Whether or not it will work in a game is dependent on localization files, I'm guessing. I can switch modes in Minecraft easily enough (regardless of display language), but not Space Marine. Keep that in mind if you're wanting to chat with buddies in French, but are like me and can't actually vocalize it without embarrassing yourself.First shipment (old):Tested with three PC's. The lights briefly flash when it's plugged in, then go out. Keystrokes are not processed. The keyboard is not even recognized when the system starts. This is my first non-English keyboard, so I followed the provided configuration steps, but this doesn't address whatever underlying hardware issue there is.Slight scuffs on the spacebar indicate that this was possibly a former return, something I did not agree to purchasing, or simply mishandled in assembly or QA.

I bought this French keyboard for my work, as we need to test our localized software on various international keyboards, and our French translators also need it to type their French accents and other diacriticals in a more natural way than using ALT codes or an international Dvorák layout. So, overall it does the job. It's a no-frill keyboard and the feel of the keys is ok, but not great. It was detected without issue by Windows and was easy to setup. I event got an email after purchase telling me how to switch input locales on various versions of Windows, which could be very useful for a non-expert.

I purchased this keyboard for my daughter, who is taking French and was finding it cumbersome to copy and paste all the French accent marks and special characters for homework assignments and while IMing with her French-speaking online friends. She loves it!! AramediA sent a link with setup/user instructions, but this was entirely unnecessary since the keyboard is plugNplay, and the keyboard function keys are self-explanatory. She could set her computer up to toggle between the US qwerty and the French azerty keyboards, but she is using the azerty keyboard exclusively now. Only a couple of the letter keys are not where you'd find them on a qwerty keyboard, so relearning the keyboard layout was no problem.

So hard finding a French Azerty keyboard in the US, so was grateful to find this one. Works great!

Plug it into any USB port, set the French language option (Region and Language in Control Panel, or on theTaskbar) and type away in French on this touch-comfortable & handy AZERTY keyboard. It has a few modern enhancements such as the Euro symbol € and keys to interact with the Windows O/S (Sleep, Wake Up, Power On/Off, and Start). I appreciated the fact that Aramedia (the company selling this keyboard through Amazon) sent me an email offering assistance or an exchange in case of any problems.This product is well deserving of five stars IMHO.

I just received my keyboard today and there area no instructions and no clear way to make the French letters with accents work. I've looked on the internet, checked the company website, no information of any help. I suppose I'll just ship it back if I can't figure it out. Company: Please reach out to me if you have a solution to this problem.

The media could not be loaded. This French keyboard is very good and helpful.Before If I want to tape a French word (like fête, maïs, cœur, où, etc) it was hard for me to write. Now I can write easily with this French keyboard.

I am quite pleased with this product. It has everything I need to start typing in française. The symbols one can type with it are really neat--though the placement of the keys (like "m" and "," are reversed, "q" and "a" are, and "w" and "z" are also reversed) so I found when switching back and forth I accidentally hit the wrong keys. But, really, is that not a consequence of using different keyboards?I am very pleased with this product and would definitely order this again if I needed to.