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Get Obadh
Every platform Obadh has reached, and what each one needs to run it.
Available now
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iPhone & iPad
iOS and iPadOS 18 or later
- Free, no account
- A system keyboard extension
- Nothing leaves the device
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Mac
macOS 15 or later, Apple silicon and Intel
- Signed and notarized
- A system input source
- Nothing leaves the device
Version 1.0
Mac keyboard guide
Turning it on
On iPhone and iPad, a new keyboard is turned on in Settings. On a Mac, the installer turns it on.
iPhone and iPad
- Install Obadh and open it once.
- Settings › Obadh › Keyboards, and turn Obadh on.
- Turn on Allow Full Access on the same screen. What it changes is short.
- Hold the globe key in any app and pick Obadh.
Mac
- Open Obadh.dmg, then double-click Install Obadh.
- Click Get Started, then Add Obadh, and enter your password.
- When macOS asks to enable বাংলা (অবাধ), click Allow.
- Switch to it with the globe key or Control-Space.
Type ami banglay likhchi and you should get আমি বাংলায় লিখছি. If a letter comes out wrong, the writing guide has every rule of the scheme.
Not yet
Nobody has started these. Each needs an input method written against its own framework, and any one of them could be yours.
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Linux Coming
IBus and Fcitx5, X11 and Wayland
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Android Coming
An input method service over the engine
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Windows Coming
A Text Services Framework provider
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ChromeOS Coming
A browser-extension input method
Build it yourself
Everything is MIT licensed, and each repository builds on its own.
- obadh_engine
The Rust engine, and the command-line tool.
- obadh-ios
The iPhone and iPad keyboard.
- obadh-macos
The Mac input method.