Show HN: IPAbet – A fast, memorable keyboard for International Phonetic Alphabet

Category: other

Tags: ipa, keyboard, input-method, linguistics, cross-platform

Score: 6.0/10 (Innovation: 6, Technical: 6, Documentation: 5, Utility: 6)

IPAbet is an open-source, offline IPA keyboard for macOS, Windows, and Linux that uses an extended US keyboard layout with intuitive shortcuts (e.g., Shift+Option) to type IPA symbols in any application. It's interesting for its smart design that keeps plain letters accessible while enabling fast IPA input, filling a niche gap for linguists and language enthusiasts.

Target audience: linguists, language researchers, speech therapists, and language enthusiasts

Repository: https://ipabet.org

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