Type Devanagari - a Sanskrit Keyboard
Say hello to Type Devanagari - a Sanskrit keyboard, developed by indie dev @NatashaTheRobot.
Type Devanagari is a Sanskrit keyboard, build by @NatashaTheRobot with KeyboardKit.
After starting to learn Sanskrit many years ago, Natasha was surprised to find that the only Sanskrit language keyboard available on iPhone / iPad was the built-in one.
The built-in keyboard was very difficult to use and required a whole new system to learn for typing.
No matter how much I used it, it never became easy, fast, or natural. It became impossible to look up Sanskrit words on the go on mobile, as typing each word took such a long time.
This is when Natasha got the idea to build a Sanskrit keyboard, using a standard English keyboard layout, with a few extra characters inspired by the IAST roman script for Devanagari.
KeyboardKit made it very simple and quick to actually make it! Thank you.
Stories like these are so inspiring! Creating a custom keyboard shouldn’t have to be hard or take a long time. It’s wonderful to hear that Natasha enjoyed using KeyboardKit to build her app.
You can download the Type Devanagari app from the App Store. Also make sure to follow Natasha on Twitter for more information on her other cool projects and conferences.
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