Syriac Serto Keyboard

Syriac Serto is a Syriac keyboard for Android that types real Unicode Syriac — text that works everywhere: Messages, Gmail, Chrome, search, and copy/paste — and renders it in a graceful Serto (Western) script. PHONETIC, QWERTY-MAPPED Every Syriac letter sits at the position of the Latin key with the nearest sound, so if you know QWERTY you can start typing Syriac right away. The three vowel keys (u, i, o) carry the West-Syriac Serto vowels. Cursive shaping is automatic — the correct initial, medial, and final letterforms are chosen for you, so there are no separate positional keys to hunt for. REAL UNICODE — NOT A "FONT TRICK" Older Syriac "fonts" map Latin letters to Syriac shapes, so the text only looks right where that exact font is installed and breaks the moment you copy it elsewhere. Syriac Serto is different: it inserts genuine Unicode Syriac characters. Your writing stays correct in any app, on any device, forever. PRIVATE BY DESIGN The keyboard has no internet permission. It cannot send anything you type anywhere — it simply inserts characters on your device. Nothing you type is collected, stored, or transmitted. BEAUTIFUL SERTO RENDERING The keycaps and the in-app preview are shown in Noto Sans Syriac Western, an open-source Unicode Serto typeface. (Note: other apps draw Syriac in the system's own Syriac font, which may look different — Android does not let any app change the system font.) INCLUDED COMPANION APP The app walks you through enabling the keyboard and includes a live preview where you can try the layout and see your Unicode Syriac rendered in the Serto face. It can also share the legacy "Serto Urhoy" font (by Fr. Joseph Tarzi) into apps that offer a custom-font picker. LONG-PRESS ALTERNATES Press and hold a key for related letters and variants (dotless dalath/rish, final semkath, reversed pe, and more). HOW TO ENABLE 1. Open Settings > System > Languages & input > On-screen keyboard > Manage keyboards. 2. Turn on "Syriac Serto". 3. In any text field, tap the keyboard-switch button (or the globe key) and pick Syriac Serto. Made with love for the Syriac, Assyrian, Chaldean, and Aramaic-speaking community, and for anyone reading or writing Classical Syriac.