Type Devanagari - 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 was impossible to look up Sanskrit words on the go, 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 implementing this keyboard very simple and quick! 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.

Give it a try

You can download the Type Devanagari app from the App Store. Follow Natasha for updates.

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