Observed arrival · 2026-10-17
Halehame’s six ways into Amharic and Tigrinya
An iPhone keyboard for Amharic and Tigrinya offers phonetic typing, a fidel grid, handwriting, English-to-Amharic conversion, and dictation.
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$Paid
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✦Pretty
●Pro
◎Niche
◉Human
⚑Risk
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- For
- Amharic and Tigrinya speakers typing on iPhone
- Worth noticing
- Phonetic mode accepts GFF, SERA, and Power Geez spellings; the separate Voice feature offers 120 minutes monthly after a seven-day trial.
Field notes
Phonetic entry converts Latin spellings to fidel (the page gives “selam” → “ሰላም”) and supports GFF, SERA, and Power Geez conventions; other modes include a full-letter grid, English-to-Amharic lookup, handwriting, and dictation. The keyboard’s offline promise excludes dictation: the site says its Voice feature sends audio to a transcription service only when the mic is tapped, and offers 120 minutes monthly through a subscription.
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