BaybayinPlus Keyboard

Held and Bell

Contains adsIn-app purchases

About this app

This app comes with a BaybayinPlus keyboard, which can be added as 3rd party keyboard through the Settings->System->Languages & input-> On-screen keyboard (could vary some Android versions).
There is also a translator to and from Baybayin and several languages.
The translator can either be live (text overlay on camera view) or snap and translate mode.

The keyboard is a semi-traditional Baybayin characters and not the modern alphabet (as of this version). There is also a Look-up table in the app for easy reference.

I intentionally made it like this to let the early learners understand how our own words were shaped without the need of all modern day consonants and vowels.

On top of that, after the keyboard app is properly added in your settings, you can now use Baybayin keyboard in all apps that allow third party keyboard. That means you can have a chat in Baybayin, type a Facebook post in Baybayin, and more.

It would be best that before any word gets converted to Baybayin, it should be translated to a local dialect first. The live translation which is the default home-screen of the app is raw translation. Use this with proper context.

So enjoy and let us continue to spread awareness of our own writing scripts and be proud of our heritage! Mabuhay

For folks having problem looking for the keyboard, it does exist as long as your OS and phone supports the character sets which the app uses for Baybayin. In general try to follow these steps:

(1) Go to your Phone Settings (System or General Management).
(2) Find and tap Languages and input.
(3) Tap on Virtual Keyboard or Onscreen keyboard under Keyboard & inputs.
(4) Tap on Manage keyboards.
(5) Choose BaybayinPlus Keyboard.

In case you still don't see the BaybayinPlus Keyboard, look for a globe icon or keyboard icon on your active keyboard or tap the lower right corner of your device's screen and keep pressing it until prompt keyboard option switch to BaybayinPlus.

Ratings and reviews

Please include punctuations, peso sign, complete letters of current alpahbet (for English typing convenience) and better if the additional modern Baybayin alphabets will be included also. The typing system needs improvement because sometimes typing "ra" deletes the previous character. We'll be delighted if these happened. 😊😊😊

The keyboard's great! It just needs the option to quickly switch from the baybayin keyboard to your original keyboard, instead of having to manually go to settings to change it back. I still to want use my original keyboard along with the baybayin one, so a shortcut key to switch between keyboards will make it easier. Thanks for the keyboard tho! :)

The app is good but needs additional features for rules on reduplication of vowel, consonant-vowel, and syllable. Like when you write the word "baba" it should be " ᜊ: " instead of "ᜊᜊ". Please do include this. Thanks a lot and more power to you.

What’s new

Added in-app purchase option for ad free mode