Swarachakra Malayalam Keyboard 2.01
Free Version
Publisher Description
“ഓമനത്തിങ്കള്ക്കിടാവോ നല്ല കോമളത്താമരപ്പൂവോ പൂവില് നിറഞ്ഞ മധുവോ പരി പൂര്ണ്ണേന്ദു തന്റെ നിലാവോ? –ഇരയിമ്മൻ തമ്പി” If your device can display this sentence in Malayalam perfectly, then your device supports Malayalam and Swarachakra should also work well. If you do not see any text, or if some of the words are incorrect, it may not work well.
Swarachakra Malayalam (സ്വരചക്ര മലയാളം) is a touch-screen keyboard for inputting text in Malayalam. (It is available in Telugu, Kannada, Tamil, Hindi, Marathi, Gujarati, Odia, Punjabi, Bengali and Konkani). It uses a logically ordered design based on the structure of Malayalam. It displays the consonants sequenced according to the logical structure of Malayalam, phonetically grouped and arranged in a grid similar to those found in most school textbooks.
How to type
In Malayalam, we frequently need to type a combination of a consonant (ക) and a vowel (േ) like ക + േ = കേ. When you touch a consonant, a chakra with combination of consonants and 10 frequent vowels pops up (കാ, കി, കീ, കു, കൂ, കെ, കേ, കൈ, കൗ, ക്). The chakra gives a preview of the possible character combinations. To select a combination, you slide the stylus or finger towards it.
Typing conjuncts like ക്രി, സ്ഥ, ച്യ is particularly hard for most people. Swarachakra makes it easy. First tap on the first part of the combination and select the chandrakala from the chakra (സ + ്). Swarachakra then shows a preview of all possible conjuncts that begin with that consonant (സ + ് + ഥ = സ്ഥ). If you need to add a vowel sign, select it from the new chakra like earlier (സ്ഥാ, സ്ഥി, സ്ഥീ, സ്ഥു, സ്ഥൂ, സ്ഥെ, സ്ഥേ,…).
To type ശ്ര, കൃ, select the corresponding key ്ര, ൃ from the right-most bottom keys, and then type as usual.
To type chillu (ൺ, ൻ, ർ, ൽ, ൾ), select the corresponding key S from the bottom of the keyboard. The less used vowels and modifiers are next to it(ഌ, ൄ, ൌ, ം, ഃ )
Complete vowels (അ, ആ, ഇ, ഈ, ഉ, ഊ, ഋ, എ, ഐ, ഒ, ഔ) appear in a separate chakra on the bottom right. Numerals, symbols and rarely used characters appear on a shift. You could also switch to the QWERTY keypad temporarily to input English characters.
How to install
First, install Swarachakra Malayalam by clicking the “Install” button above.
Next, you need to “enable” the keyboard. To enable, open “Settings”, select “Language and Input” and check the box in front of സ്വരചക്ര മലയാളം (Swarachakra Malayalam) in the “Keyboard and input methods” section.
Finally, click on the “Default” option in the “Keyboard and input methods” section, and select സ്വരചക്ര മലയാളം (Swarachakra Malayalam) as the default keyboard. (Sorry, but that’s how Android works)
NOTE: This app is designed for Android 4.0 (ICS) onwards. It does not work right now on older versions because they do not have Unicode support.
About Swarachakra Malayalam Keyboard
Swarachakra Malayalam Keyboard is a free app for Android published in the Telephony list of apps, part of Communications.
The company that develops Swarachakra Malayalam Keyboard is Swarachakra Team, IDC, IIT Bombay. The latest version released by its developer is 2.01. This app was rated by 1 users of our site and has an average rating of 3.5.
To install Swarachakra Malayalam Keyboard on your Android device, just click the green Continue To App button above to start the installation process. The app is listed on our website since 2014-09-04 and was downloaded 1,113 times. We have already checked if the download link is safe, however for your own protection we recommend that you scan the downloaded app with your antivirus. Your antivirus may detect the Swarachakra Malayalam Keyboard as malware as malware if the download link to iit.android.swarachakraMalayalam is broken.
How to install Swarachakra Malayalam Keyboard on your Android device:
- Click on the Continue To App button on our website. This will redirect you to Google Play.
- Once the Swarachakra Malayalam Keyboard is shown in the Google Play listing of your Android device, you can start its download and installation. Tap on the Install button located below the search bar and to the right of the app icon.
- A pop-up window with the permissions required by Swarachakra Malayalam Keyboard will be shown. Click on Accept to continue the process.
- Swarachakra Malayalam Keyboard will be downloaded onto your device, displaying a progress. Once the download completes, the installation will start and you'll get a notification after the installation is finished.
