Scotland based KeyPoint Technologies has updated its Adaptxt keyboard for Android and iOS to support 115 global languages with support for 26 Indic languages including Bhojpuri, Dogri, Kashmiri, Konkani, Maithili, Manipuri, Rajasthani, Sanskrit and Sindhi, and 11 transliterated languages (English + Indic). The keyboard will also offer location based suggestions like street names and landmarks. Previously only for Android, the company released an iOS version in September last year. Note that Apple only started allowing the installation of third party keyboard apps on its iOS platform in September last year, with the launch of iOS 8, warning users that third party keyboards gave developers access to all user typed data including sensitive info like credit card numbers and street addresses. Currently, in iOS 9, Hindi and English (India) are the only options available to an iOS user by default. While Keypoint’s Indic keyboard move is great from a user perspective, we’re not sure how many iOS users are dependent on regional languages since Hindi was only officially supported only since September 2014. Apple outlines the installation of other keyboards here. The Adaptxt keyboard was launched in 2006 and supported only Windows Mobile smartphones then. In 2008, it launched a version for Symbian S60 smartphones with support for third party applications, while the Android version was launched in November 2011 for touchscreens as well as hard keyboard devices. In 2012, we’d reported on Adaptxt coming out of public beta. Then, the company offered the keyboard for 68 languages, including 13 Indic…
