Akshara

Akshara for Mac

Type සිංහල on your Mac the way it sounds.

Pick Akshara Singlish in the input menu and type in English letters. The Sinhala goes straight into whatever you are writing, with nothing to confirm.

  1. aඅ
  2. amඅම්
  3. ammaaඅම්මා
  4. mama gedhara yanavaaමම ගෙදර යනවා
Download for MacVersion 0.1.0 · 1.5 MB · macOS 15 or later · Apple silicon and Intel

Installed in a minute.

  1. Clear the download flag onceAkshara isn't notarized by Apple yet, so macOS holds back apps from a downloaded disk image the first time. This removes only that flag from the file you downloaded.
    xattr -d com.apple.quarantine ~/Downloads/Akshara-0.1.0.dmg
    Prefer clicking? Open Akshara, then choose Open Anyway in System Settings → Privacy & Security.
  2. Double-click AksharaOpen the disk image and double-click Akshara. It installs itself and turns on Akshara Singlish.
  3. Pick it and typeChoose Akshara Singlish from the input menu in the menu bar. Back to English with the 🌐 key or Ctrl-Space.

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