Swarachakra Punjabi Keyboard 2.0
Free Version
Publisher Description
Swarachakra Punjabi Keyboard - Swarachakra is a logically ordered keyboard, found to be easy to use for newbies
" ਨਾਨਕ ਨਾਮ ਚੜ੍ਹਦੀ ਕਲਾ, ਤੇਰੇ ਭ੍ਹਾਣੇ ਸਰਬਤ ਦਾ ਭਲਾ। ” If your device can display this sentence in Punjabi perfectly, then your device supports Punjabi and Swarachakra should also work well. If you do not see any text, or if some of the words are incorrect, Swarachakra may not work well.
Swarachakra Punjabi ( ਸ੍ਵਰਚਕ੍ਰ ਪੰਜਾਬੀ ) is a touch-screen keyboard for inputting text in Punjabi. (Swarachakra is available in Hindi, Marathi, Gujarati, Telugu, Kannada, Malayalam, Odia, Bengali, Konkani and Tamil.) Swarachakra uses a logically ordered design based on the structure of Gurmukhi. Swarachakra displays the consonants sequenced according to the logical structure of Gurmukhi, phonetically grouped and arranged in a grid similar to those found in most school textbooks.
Typing with Swarachakra
In Gurmukhi, we frequently need to type a combination of a consonant ( ਮ ) and a matra ( ੈ ) like ਮ+ੈ = ਮੈ. When you touch a consonant, a chakra with combination of consonants and 9 frequent matras pops up ( ਮਾ, ਮਿ, ਮੀ, ਮੁ, ਮੂ, ਮੇ, ਮੈ, ਮੋ... ). The chakra gives a preview of the possible character combinations. To select a combination, you slide the stylus or finger towards it.
To type a nukta( paer bindi ) character ( ਸ਼, ਖ਼,ਗ਼,ਜ਼,ਫ਼,ਲ਼ ), first select the nukta key( ਼ ) present in the right-most column, and then type as usual. Numerals, symbols and rarely used characters appear on a shift. You could also switch to the QWERTY keypad temporarily to input English characters.
Installing Swarachakra
First, install Swarachakra Punjabi 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 ਸ੍ਵਰਚਕ੍ਰ ਪੰਜਾਬੀ (Swarachakra Punjabi) in the “Keyboard and input methods” section.
Finally, click on the “Default” option in the “Keyboard and input methods” section, and select ਸ੍ਵਰਚਕ੍ਰ ਪੰਜਾਬੀ (Swarachakra Punjabi) as the default keyboard. (Sorry, but that’s how Android works)
NOTE: Swarachakra 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 Punjabi Keyboard
Swarachakra Punjabi Keyboard is a free app for Android published in the Telephony list of apps, part of Communications.
The company that develops Swarachakra Punjabi Keyboard is Swarachakra Team, IDC, IIT Bombay. The latest version released by its developer is 2.0.
To install Swarachakra Punjabi 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 2015-04-29 and was downloaded 4 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 Punjabi Keyboard as malware as malware if the download link to iit.android.swarachakraPunjabi is broken.
How to install Swarachakra Punjabi 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 Punjabi 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 Punjabi Keyboard will be shown. Click on Accept to continue the process.
- Swarachakra Punjabi 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.
