Redesigning conjunct input for Swarachakra Kannada + Empirical study of prediction in Hindi keyboards


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Creator/Artist: Prafulla Chandra

Category: Interaction Design

Document: P2 Project

Batch: 2021-2023

Source: India,   IDC IIT Bombay

Period:  2019-onwards

Medium: Report pdf

Supervisor: Prof. Anirudha Joshi


Detailed Description

Swarachakra is an Android keyboard developed by the IDC School of Design, IITB for Indic Languages. Swarachakra has scope for redesign and further optimisation, especially in inputting conjuncts, as they are very common in Kannada. Swarachakra for Kannada currently exists, with the last update being 6 years ago. The keyboard layout is directly adapted from the Hindi version. In this project, I’m aiming to modify/redesign the conjunct input technique to observe increased efficiency and a reduced learning curve. If proven to be faster and easier to learn compared to existing design, this project can be taken forward and prototyped for Swarachakra keyboards in other Dravidian languages as they share the same set of conditions.