Swarachakra Tamil Keyboard

Swarachakra Tamil Keyboard Free App

Rated 4.40/5 (8,426) —  Free Android application by Swarachakra Team, IDC, IIT Bombay

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About Swarachakra Tamil Keyboard

“அகர முதல எழுத்தெல்லாம் ஆதி பகவன் முதற்றே உலகு” If your device can display this sentence in Tamil perfectly, then your device supports Tamil 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 Tamil (ஸ்வரச்சக்ரா தமிழ்) is a touch-screen keyboard for inputting text in Tamil. (Swarachakra is also available in Telugu, Malayalam, Kannada, Hindi, Marathi, Gujarati, Odia, Punjabi, Bengali and Konkani.) Swarachakra uses a logically ordered design based on the structure of Tamil script. Swarachakra displays the consonants sequenced according to the logical structure of Tamil script, phonetically grouped and arranged in a grid similar to those found in most school textbooks.

Typing with Swarachakra
In Tamil, we frequently need to type a combination of a consonant () and a matra (ி) like + ி = கி. When you touch a consonant, a chakra with combination of consonants and 10 frequent matras pops up (கா, கி, கீ, கு, கூ, கெ, கே, கை...). The chakra gives a preview of the possible character combinations. To select a combination, you slide the stylus or finger towards it.
Complete vowels (அ, ஆ, இ, ஈ, உ, ஊ, எ, ஏ, ஐ...) appear in a separate chakra on the bottom right. The less used vowels and matras are next to it (ஔ, ௌ, ஃ). 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 Tamil 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 ஸ்வரச்சக்ரா தமிழ் (Swarachakra Tamil) in the “Keyboard and input methods” section.
Finally, click on the “Default” option in the “Keyboard and input methods” section, and select ஸ்வரச்சக்ரா தமிழ் (Swarachakra Tamil) as the default keyboard. (Sorry, but that’s how Android works)

How to Download / Install

Download and install Swarachakra Tamil Keyboard version 2.01 on your Android device!
Downloaded 100,000+ times, content rating: Everyone
Android package: iit.android.swarachakraTamil, download Swarachakra Tamil Keyboard.apk

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App History & Updates

What's Changed
Replaced anusvara with pulli.
More downloads  Swarachakra Tamil Keyboard reached 100 000 - 500 000 downloads
More downloads  Swarachakra Tamil Keyboard reached 10 000 - 50 000 downloads
More downloads  Swarachakra Tamil Keyboard reached 5 000 - 10 000 downloads

What are users saying about Swarachakra Tamil Keyboard

D70%
by D####:

Looking good. But please go through SWIFTKEY keyboard app. If you press க then க், கா, கி, கோ etc., will appear. Whichever key you want, you can easily select and type. Wheel type appearance is NOT comfortable. Swiftkey keyboard app very very good if you want to use multilanguage. Please try to type one para in TAMIL using this keyboard and Swiftkey keyboard. Then you will understand. Anyhow your effort in making this keyboard should be appreciated.

D70%
by D####:

very good app. few minor bugs are there. the keyboard is highly dependent on where we are using it. e.g. when i use this app to type on my phone sms, some alphabet dont come correctly, but i am typing somewhere else , say here, they are doing fine. I was wondering if standard keyboard could b used wherever possible ( tamil and hindi have a standardised keyboard)

Y70%
by Y####:

A good app to write in Tamil..... But needs more improvement..........U can take a look at Google indic keyboard, it's Tamil writing way is slow, but it gives a lot of user interface...... In this chakra, we can't see the words behind our finger...I have to rotate my finger or my phone to look at the words. If this is rectified, then it would be lot awesome, convenient and faster to type in this keyboard...........

D70%
by D####:

Tamil keyboard is awsm. But package English keyboard is pathetic. தமிழ் கிபோட் நல்லா இருக்கு இங்கிலிஷ் கிபோட் with word prediction and dictionary support for tamil will make you guys popular. Double space for full stop n commas are not available

O70%
by O####:

Excellent!! Great effort's and personaly I must thank to the whole team those who had involved, struggled day & night to created such a nice and very friendly user apps. "We can have everything we want in life if we just help enough people get what they want in life".

D70%
by D####:

I have used several other Tamil keyboards. None of them is as perfect as this. For a language with probably the highest letters in use, this app is the simplest and best. No guess work or searching the keys. Straight forward usage. Brilliant idea. Unbeatable.

D70%
by D####:

Good apps and the keyboard look quite professional. Have minor bugs to fix and the keyboard letters are quite small. Fast typing not able to do so especially the space bar is not sensitive.

L70%
by L####:

bit disappointed with keyboard design. its not user friendly to operate. could have been improved.

M70%
by M####:

really pretty good app to use in my mother tongue but letter nee (நெடில்) is not available in this app if i press nee னீ will appear on screen so pls apdate the correction thank u

R70%
by R####:

I was searching for a tamil keyboard and found this. Very user friendly. Though the google indic keyboard coverts the tamil words written in english into tamil again, this will help people who dont know english.

B70%
by B####:

Very easy to use Both english and tamil. No need to change setting. Drawback: Swipe keys & Prediction texts, dictionary to be developed.

D70%
by D####:

This app is very user friendly n quicker than any other app. But, procedure to install before is quite annoying. Better to keep a skip option.

D70%
by D####:

It's very nice keyboard really..... But i want little change....pls make change in layout .... Technically the keyboard is little hieght .. so make necessary keys in bottom ...move those (ஜ,ஸ,ஷ,ஹ,ஶ,ஶ்ரீ,ஔ,ஃ,ௐ,ௌ) to top and ....move those ( ! ? " , . ; ) left and ....move brackets in right..... Move those ( க,ங,ச,...ள,ற,ன)and (்) to bottom .... It'll very useful and make tamil typing speed ....pls consider this ....on next update.... Thanks in advance...Yours Kanna

D70%
by D####:

1. arrangement of கசடதபற, ஙஞணநமன, needs to be displayed as lyk யரலவழ which appeared on the screen.. 2. if i'll type one word lyk ni means it needs to show the suggested words lyk nice,niece,nip, etc (this suggestions has to appear on tamil screen too) 3. tamil emoji addition required 4. voice type, swipe letter option required ஶ்ரீௐ very usefull to type instantly.. hats off..! IIT best ever creators..!!!

D70%
by D####:

sir please change the important word ஶ்ரீ(sri) into single letter 'sri'. Every tamil font have this powerful letter. please change otherwise a letter will die.

D70%
by D####:

Typing in Gmail I have the following problem. In Tamil we need to put a dot on top of certain letters, in those times the typing is improper. I hope this problem is solved.

J70%
by J####:

amazing...one of the best keypad for english,tamil I am using now.i was downloaded many apps until I see this. Now this is my defaut.

D70%
by D####:

தமிழ் டைப் செய்ய இது மாதி ரி ஒரு App இனி வர முடியாது. நாம் என்ன வேண்டும் என நினைக்கிறோமோ அனைத்தும் உள்ளது. எளிமையானது. இதனை நிர்வகிக்கும் அனைத்து நல்ல உள்ளங்களுக்கு வாழ்த்துகள். ஜி. கல்யாண்

D70%
by D####:

சூப்பர் நல்லா வேலை செய்கின்றது ஆனால் சில அப்டேட் தேவை அதாவது சக்கரத்தின் அளவு பெரிதாக இருந்திருந்தால் நன்றாக இருக்கும் ஏன்னெனில் எழுத்துக்களை தேர்வு செய்வது கடினமாக இருக்கிறது

P70%
by P####:

i m really exiting. keyboard look like fantastics. and using performance is awesomes.. i m admin of OPEN BOOK~ MAHABARATH in FB. so i post every day in tamil. this is help ful for my beautiful post .........

C70%
by C####:

Swarachakra Tamil 2.0.1 worked well with Google chrome browser of earlier versions(factory version of Panasonic Eluga I2) but had a problem with chrome version 46.0.2490.76. With current keyboard setting being 'Swarachakra' every login to social medias like facebook, twitter failed with response 'incorrect password'. When setting changed to 'Google keyboard' login went through successfully. But there is no problem with firefox browser for android.

Z70%
by Z####:

I had been longing to post in Tamil on FB for long, but I can only read & just about manage writing in Tamil & the popular keyboards I downloaded were not of much help. I was thus put off and ended up typing Tamil in English ! And yesterday I stumbled upon Swarachakra - liked the circular look of it ! But was sceptical since it had only 10k downloads...but the reviews were encouraging, so went ahead...And was I delighted... Butter smooth & perfect for a novice like me !! Just touch n slide !! 10 stars !!

C70%
by C####:

It would be better if it shows word suggestion both for English and Tamil. New circle keyboard nice. Ever seen. I uninstalled again installed, pls improve word suggestion.

Z70%
by Z####:

நான் நினைத்தேன் இது மிகவும் கடினம் என்று..! ஆனால் மிகவும் சுலபமாக இருக்கிறது i thing it is very hard to type so..! and i see it is very easy to type.....!நான் அசந்து விட்டேன் i wondered it

B70%
by B####:

I definitely like the app, except for the ring from which you choose the other letters from the base letter would not stay there if you take the finger off. Would be great if the ring stays there even when you take the finger off and closes only on picking a letter . How would it close when you don't select any letter from the ring?. It anyway puts the letter on which you are doing the long press, so closing the ring when again pressing on the base letter would be fine.

P70%
by P####:

நான் தேடினேன், மிகவும் தேடினேன், நீண்ட நாட்கள் தேடினேன், வெற்றி மேல் வெற்றி , இதனை படைத்து, உருவாக்கிய ப்ரம்மாவிற்கு என் நன்றி , நன்றி , நன்றி , நன்றிகள் பல , மேலும் நல் வாழ்த்துக்கள். மேன் மேலும் தொடருட்டும் உங்கள் சீறிய பனி நட்புடனும் அன்புடனும் வாழ்த்துகின்றேன். எனது நண்பர்களுக்குப் பரிந்துரை செய்கின்றேன் இதனை .

C70%
by C####:

After trying 2 other famous தமிழ் apps, found this one to be the best for my Samsung S6. Needs improvement in English keyboard though ( like displaying numbers & alphabets in same layer, auto fill options and Caps letter of the first word after a sentence etc)

T70%
by T####:

tamil key keyboard is working fine...but when i change the english keyboard the dictionary is not supported.pls correct the issue...

C70%
by C####:

my mobile does not have tamil in its setting-laguage.... this helped me...also it takes only less space நன்றி!!!வாழ்த்துக்கள்

C70%
by C####:

It's very nice keyboard really..... But i want little change....pls make change in layout .... Technically the keyboard is little hieght .. so make necessary keys in bottom ...move those (ஜ,ஸ,ஷ,ஹ,ஶ,ஶ்ரீ,ஔ,ஃ,ௐ,ௌ) to top and ....move those ( ! ? " , . ; ) left and ....move brackets in right..... Move those ( க,ங,ச,...ள,ற,ன)and (்) to bottom .... It'll very useful and make tamil typing speed ....pls consider this ....on next update.... Thanks in advance...Yours Kanna

C70%
by C####:

சக்கரம் நன்றாக சுற்றுகிறது.The wheel is not running well.unable to type, getting struck, while typing kindly fix it.

O70%
by O####:

இதை கற்று கொண்டால் எழிதாக பயன்படுதலாம், mb யும் கம்மி , settings மாதாமல் English லயும் type panalam கிழே En னு option iruku...nice...

C70%
by C####:

it is highly recommended tamil key board நல்ல ஒ௫ தமிழ் கீ போடூ நான் ௭திா்பாா்த்தை விட மிகவும் சிறப்பானது

D70%
by D####:

ur apps superb. i love very much. nice work. i used other tamil app but not this much portability. i shared my friends.

C70%
by C####:

often system hangs while using this keyboard ....

C70%
by C####:

மிக்க நன்றி;

C70%
by C####:

Can type speed..some times letters hidden by finger when press a letter..time wast..

C70%
by C####:

i used it every thing is ok but the tamil letter E is missing i cant write E in tamil so i wrote in english

C70%
by C####:

i cannot able to write "ovvoru nalum" in your keypad pls help me to find how to write this

N70%
by N####:

The download is to use a swadeshi keyboard and my support to make in India...