Shavian & Quikscript

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About this app

The Shavian alphabet (or Shaw alphabet) was posthumously created as an alphabet for the English language, intended to replace Latin. Each character in the Shavian Alphabet requires only a single stroke to be written on paper. The Shaw alphabet was later evolved by its designer Kingsley Read into Quickscript (also known as the Read alphabet and Second Shaw).

Ratings and reviews

I think it could be useful to the people starting out to have a phonetic symbol chart in the app. 𐑤𐑳𐑝 𐑑𐑰𐑱𐑗𐑟 𐑨𐑐 𐑞𐑴𐑫

An excellent resource as a starting point for people interested in learning the Shavian alphabet, however users need to check for errors in translation. Since Shavian is phonemic, not phonetic, using phonetics as the basis of translation will inevitably cause inaccuracies. The app itself also still needs development, can be a bit buggy. Overall recommend, hoping that it continues to be developed.

Upon using it for a longer time, I've discovered it doesn't always always accurately translate. Asking an AI such as Perplexiy or Grok will correctly translate words such as Nomination 𐑯𐑪𐑥𐑦𐑯𐑱𐑖𐑩𐑯 . But the app will write it as 𐑯𐑭𐑥𐑫𐑯𐑱𐑖𐑩𐑯 . The word Fairy is another example. There's two translations depending on the accent, but the usual pronunciation is 𐑓𐑧𐑮𐑦 . The keyboard and dictionary are excellent additions, but it's better for looking up what sound each letter makes.