afrocoder16/Amharic_keyboard

# Amharic Keyboard for iPhone A native iOS Custom Keyboard Extension for Amharic (Ethiopic/ግዕዝ) speakers, built with Swift. Works system-wide in any iPhone app — just like Gboard or SwiftKey. ## Features | Feature | Description | |---------|-------------| | **Amharic Keyboard** | QWERTY Latin layout with transliteration: type `selam` → `ሰላም` | | **Handwriting Input** | Draw Ethiopic characters by hand; tap candidates to insert | | **Word Predictions** | Suggestion bar with prefix completion and bigram next-word | | **Translation** | Amharic ↔ English translation via LibreTranslate API | ## Project Structure ``` AmharicKeyboard/ ├── Shared/ # Local Swift Package (AmharicCore) │ ├── Sources/AmharicCore/ │ │ ├── Transliteration/ # TransliterationEngine, EthiopicCharacterMap │ │ ├── Prediction/ # WordPredictionEngine, WordFrequencyStore │ │ ├── Handwriting/ # StrokeRecognizer ($N algorithm), StrokeNormalizer │ │ └── Translation/ # LibreTranslateClient, TranslationCache │ └── Resources/ │ ├── amharic_wordlist.txt # Word frequency list │ ├── amharic_bigrams.json # Bigram next-word table │ └── ethiopic_strokes.json # Handwriting recognition templates │ ├── ContainerApp/ # Required iOS host app (onboarding + settings guide) ├── KeyboardExtension/ # UIInputViewController keyboard extension │ ├── KeyboardViewController.swift │ └── Views/ │ ├── TypingMode/ # QWERTY keyboard with transliteration │ ├── HandwritingMode/ # Canvas + stroke recognition + candidates │ ├── TranslationMode/ # Amharic ↔ English translation panel │ ├── TabBar/ # Keyboard / Draw / Translate tabs │ └── Shared/ # SuggestionBarView, KeyboardTheme └── setup_xcode_project.sh # Helper script to generate Xcode project ``` ## Getting Started ### Requirements - Mac with Xcode 15+ - iPhone running iOS 16+ (or Simulator …