Swarachakra Kannada Keyboard

"ಜಯ ಭಾರತ ಜನನಿಯ ತನುಜಾತೆ, ಜಯ ಹೇ ಕರ್ನಾಟಕ ಮಾತೆ!"-ಕುವೆಂಪು. If your device can display this sentence in Kannada perfectly, then your device supports Kannada 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 Kannada(ಸ್ವರಚಕ್ರ ಕನ್ನಡ) is a touch-screen keyboard for inputting text in Kannada. (Swarachakra is also available in Hindi, Marathi, Gujarati, Telugu, Malayalam, Odia, Punjabi, Bengali, Konkani and Tamil). Swarachakra uses a logically ordered design based on the structure of Kannada script. Swarachakra displays the consonants sequenced according to the logical structure of Kannada script, phonetically grouped and arranged in a grid similar to those found in most school textbooks.Typing with SwarachakraIn Kannada, we frequently need to type a combination of a consonant(ಧ) and a matra(ೊ) like ಧ+ೊ=ಧೊ. When you touch a consonant, a chakra with combination of consonants and 10 frequent matras pops up (ಧಾ, ಧಿ, ಧೀ, ಧು, ಧೂ, ಧೆ, ಧೇ, ಧೊ, ಧೋ, ಧ್). 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 ಕ್ರಿ, ಸ್ಥ, ಚ್ಯ is particularly hard for most people. Swarachakra makes it easy. First tap on the first part of the combination and select the halant from the chakra (ಸ+್). Swarachakra then shows a preview of all possible conjuncts that begin with that consonant (ಸ+್+ತ=ಸ್ತ; ಸ+್+ಥ=ಸ್ಥ etc.). If you need to add a matra, select it from the new chakra like earlier (ಸ್ಥಾ, ಸ್ಥಿ, ಸ್ಥೀ, ಸ್ಥು, ಸ್ಥೂ..).To type a rafar (ರ್ಥ), a rashtrachinha (ಟ್ರ), first select the corresponding key from the right-most bottom keys, and then type as usual.Complete vowels (ಅ, ಆ, ಇ, ಈ, ಉ, ಊ, ಎ, ಏ, ಒ, ಓ) appear in a separate chakra on the bottom right. The less used vowels and matras are next to it (ಐ, ಔ, ಋ, ೃ, ೠ, ೄ, ಌ, ೡ, ಽ, ಼). The dependent vowels ೈ and ೌ are on the rightmost column. Numerals, symbols and rarely used characters appear on a shift. You could also switch to the QWERTY keypad temporarily to input English characters.Installing SwarachakraFirst, install Swarachakra Kannada 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 ಸ್ವರಚಕ್ರ ಕನ್ನಡ(Swarachakra Kannada) in the “Keyboard and input methods” section.Finally, click on the “Default” option in the “Keyboard and input methods” section, and select ಸ್ವರಚಕ್ರ ಕನ್ನಡ(Swarachakra Kannada) 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.

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Reviews (30)

Mag. R. Jul 23, 2020

Excellent App. But, the old version is very much better than the updated version. Only one small complaint. The alphabet "ru" as in Rushi is missing.

Ana. B. Apr 17, 2020

From 2 years am using this app it is very easy to learn user friendly we can type words fastly a good experience to me thank you so much for the team but we cant type ಕೃಷ್ಣ from this app

Sud. J. Mar 27, 2020

This Kannada keyboard merits 5 Star grade because of the technological creativeness at it's helm. Hats off to those who readied this. Never I rate 5 start for any app, exception is for this app. Kudos team.

Sid. H. Apr 7, 2022

The alphabet of kannada will be very useful, sincekannada itself is ourr mother tongue. It will be vey usefl for our family members also, for a very long time in future. Thsnks a lot, for providing this facility.

ram. b. Apr 9, 2021

I had used this App for more than a year . After trying many other Apps for Kannada typing I am happy with this App. (May be the earlier version)

A. G. u. Jan 27, 2019

App stops bluetooth connected devices on Samsung note 9 after updating andriod 9. please fix this at earliest.

A. G. u. Nov 3, 2018

Its veryyy good app... very much uses full but need some instruction .... in starting nd dnt hv Ru letter.. plz update...

Ana. R. Feb 10, 2019

very easy to type and more suitable for all smart phones

Sun. I. Jun 20, 2019

but where is othaksharagalu illa pls send this information about our sms box i dont know how to use the othakshara pls remaining words are good performance gaves us , and swara chakra kannada typing different of other of kannada chakra but it is good ..........

Rag. D. Jun 2, 2019

Please add emojis in your keypad. Otherwise people will opt for google indic keyboard

Mur. L. G. Jul 17, 2019

i have used kannada " Swarachakra " and find it to be Very Usefull & good .

K. V. May 16, 2020

Very user friendly app. need emoji options

Sha. K. May 27, 2021

this app is a super app bcz easy kannda writing and so english easy writing app

Aro. C. Oct 27, 2021

Same appTamil typing available or not please confirmation from your end

Luc. L. Oct 22, 2020

Fantastic app to type a kannada letters really osm app to use for typing!! 😍😍😘😘

Yat. N. Sep 10, 2020

My appreciation & admiration to the Swarachakra team. Please include Malayalam in Google Play Store. I, a Malayali, can handle Malayalam, Kannada, Telugu & Tamil, and was on the lookout for such an app. Is there any App with provision to switch between the above languages? Prof N Yatheendran, Retd H/D of Maths, MG Govt Arts College, Mahe, U.T.of Puducherry.

ras. m. R. Jul 12, 2020

Excellent app to type kannada .but hru (hrudaya) letter a not der

Sun. M. May 31, 2021

'Ru' is removed. This limits the usage of kannada language for example : Rushi, Ruthu and Krishna. These can not be written without letter 'Ru'. Please add the letter.

ayy. v. Nov 23, 2021

Sir i am using tamil keyboard in my old mobile but in new mobile i want to install the app doesnot place in playstore so how to download tamil keyboard

Sin. K. Nov 1, 2019

Very nice to type Kannada letters using this

Aka. H. May 12, 2020

Very good app for easy use..

Sum. a. Jul 29, 2019

this app is amazing I always send the messege in ಕನ್ನಡ

Nag. K. R. May 23, 2020

very easy to type

Mur. k. Dec 23, 2021

Rushi is not displayed in proer form

tec. Y. Jan 21, 2021

It is good for typing

A. G. u. Feb 27, 2019

its very use full

Jai. A. A. Oct 22, 2020

This app is super and this easy typing

ROC. May 4, 2021

yes it was good app please download this app and enjoy it

bgm. Dec 25, 2020

time saving,increasing productivity,tonic for Kannada

SID. D. Jun 5, 2020

proud to be use mother tongue.