Non-alphabetic Scripts

[srhsrh]

Trying to use a non-alphabetic script for a Stroop task, but the experiment keeps crashing. The one time it did work, it only recorded one response.I have followed the online tutorial for making a simple Stroop task step-by-step, only changing the input details from English to Hindi script. Can someone help me figure out what the problem is?

[JensBoelte]

Hello @srhsrh

What is the error message?

Best wishes Jens

[srhsrh]

Hi! Thank you for reaching out. This is the error:

TypeError: ord() expected a character, but string of length 2 found

[JensBoelte]

Hello @srhsrh

Does this help?

Handling Arabic Diacritics in PsychoPy 2024.1.4 TextStim

Hi! I’m building a script for RSVP study in Arabic, but the script crashes whenever it encounters a word with diacritics (if there are no diacritics, the script works fine). I’ve tried resolving this issue by using several fonts (e.g., Arial, Sahel,…) , the problem persists. Here is the line of the script for the stimulus: stim = visual.TextStim(win, text=words[wordIndex], languageStyle=‘Arabic’) And the error message I get is: TypeError: ord() expected a character, but string of length 2 fou…

Best wishes Jens