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

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.

Very useful and easy app for those learning and using the Shaw phonemic alphabet (Shavian) for English instead of the Latin alphabet (Roman letters). This app is still in development with minor errors and usability problems still too be ironed out. It's one of a kind and that is why I am sticking with it as it matures.

What’s new

- bunch of small UI improvements in main screen and keyboard
- Fix reverse transcription
- Improved transcription accuracy