How do I type Thai characters?

Might be a silly question… I’m trying to learn the Thai alphabet but am finding it difficult to progress because I don’t know how I’m supposed to type a Thai word using a western keyboard. Right now I have the Thai alphabet open on another tab and I’m flipping to that to copy and paste, but in doing that the tab with the Thai alphabet is also revealing the answer.

Install a Thai keyboard onto to your mobile phone, Google how to do this as it depends on your phone. I can imagine that writing Thai characters would be a challenge considering the complexity of the language in its written form but good luck.

Are you using Windows?

I think this might help http://rikker.blogspot.nl/2008/06/setting-up-thai-keyboard-in-windows.html?m=1

Is there a way to modify the course to omit the written part?

You can enable the keyboard viewer and see it onscreen.