The easiest way to type foreign characters and IPA phonetic symbols on your Windows PC

Includes: Czech, Danish, Esperanto, Finnish, French, German, Greek, Hungarian, IPA for English, IPA for all languages, Italian, Math/Science, Polish, Portuguese, Russian, Spanish, Swedish and Turkish

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Run TypeIt

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Choose your keyboard – for example, French

Click the TypeIt icon in your taskbar to choose a language. TypeIt will remember your last setting the next time you run it.


Why you’ll love TypeIt

  • Obvious keyboard shortcuts. Just press Alt + the key that’s most similar to the character you want to type. For example, in the French keyboard, to type à, press Alt + A. If there are several characters based on the same letter (e.g. à, â and æ), just hold Alt and keep hitting the same key (here: A) until you get the character you want.

    Alternatively, you can type a letter like a, and then tap Ctrl one or more times to turn it into à, â or æ.

    I made TypeIt because I was tired of solutions where each foreign character has its own arbitrary shortcut. I could never remember which key typed which character (“How do I type é? Was it  [ ,  ;  or maybe Shift + ;?”). I don’t want to have to pause and think “how do I type that character?” – I want it to be obvious.

  • You can keep your existing keyboard layout. TypeIt gives you the foreign characters you need, but doesn’t force a whole new layout on you. It doesn’t change the way you type numbers and punctuation, so you won’t have to get used to new ways of typing characters like ", ? or /.

    If you are an international software developer, TypeIt enables you to use the US English layout (the fastest layout for coding) while having easy access to the characters of your language.

    Some solutions for typing foreign characters “take over” punctuation keys. As a result, you can no longer type characters like the apostrophe or quote by simply pressing ' or " because these keys are instead used to type foreign characters. While these solutions provide alternative ways to type an apostrophe or quote, why should you struggle to learn a new way to type punctuation just because you want to type in French?

  • Pleasantly fast typing. Why copy & paste characters from webpages when you can type them directly into your applications and websites?
  • You can use it offline. Flaky Internet access? No worries. With the TypeIt app, your foreign characters are always available.
  • Pop-up help is always a keystroke away (see example) – just press Alt + F1. You probably won’t need it, though :)
  • Includes the proper quotation marks (such as „ “ « or ») for each of the included languages. Additionally, the curly apostrophe (), English-style curly quotes (“ ”), long dashes (– —) and other useful symbols (→ ° ±×·≠≈≤≥²³ €) are always available, whatever language you’re typing in, so you can type things like 20°, 2 × 4 and 100 m² without batting an eye.
  • Doesn’t get in the way. I like software that does the job without making a big fuss. That’s why TypeIt installs in three clicks, consumes very little memory and CPU, and doesn’t bother you with pop-ups and updates.

Upgrade your keyboard

TypeIt is the best foreign-language-typing experience in the known universe (by the way, here are some comments from happy users). You can upgrade your keyboard with TypeIt for just $24.99 (Extended Edition) or $14.99 (Standard Edition).

  • One-time fee. For a one-time fee, you get a lifetime license with free updates (minor fixes and improvements), good for up to 3 PCs in your household or one PC in an organization. There is also a volume license for organizations – see below.
  • Risk-free purchase. If you change your mind within 30 days of your purchase, you can get a problem-free refund.
  • Lifetime license. For a one-time fee, you get a lifetime license with free updates (minor fixes and improvements), good for up to 3 computers in your household or one computer in an organization. There is also a volume license for organizations – see below.
  • Quick installation. TypeIt takes only a few clicks to install.
  • Risk-free purchase. If you change your mind within 30 days of your purchase, you can get a problem-free refund.
TypeIt Standard TypeIt Extended
Includes: Czech, Danish, Esperanto, Finnish, French, German, Greek, Hungarian, IPA for English, Italian, Math/Science, Polish, Portuguese, Russian, Spanish, Swedish, Turkish
Does not include: IPA for all languages
Runs on: Windows 7, 8, 10, 11
Includes: everything that’s in the Standard edition plus the “IPA for all languages” phonetic keyboard
Runs on: Windows 7, 8, 10, 11
One-time fee
Instant download
One-time fee
Instant download
Buy Volume License ($269) » License for 25 PCs. Get the convenience of TypeIt for your department or organization.
Buy Volume License ($439) » License for 25 PCs. Get the convenience of TypeIt for your department or organization.
Try TypeIt
You can also download a trial version of the app, which includes all the keyboards (including IPA for all languages), but some characters are missing, and a trial reminder is shown every few keystrokes. Can be used for up to 14 days.
Runs on: Windows 7, 8, 10, 11
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The TypeIt App is distributed by FastSpring LLC (USA).