Google Input Tools on Linux

[Guest]

So I want to type in my native language, and the easiest tool i know of is this:

https://www.google.com/inputtools/try/

It's not available offline for Linux though.
I have tried running some windows executable from archive.org under wine, this didn't work. I also tried some random alternative, but it was way too complex of a setup for me.

[jbloggs777@discuss.tchncs.de]

What is the typing experience that you want, and for which language(s). It's not clear to me, sorry.

It is possible to map keyboard input in various ways. For more complex use-cases, many programs support character substitution as you type (eg. gx could become ĝ automatically).

[Guest]

I don't just want character substitution.

It's for an Indic language. I want it to be so when I type in "namaste", it types it out correctly as: नमस्ते
I want it to be offline.

[admetus@sopuli.xyz]

Are you asking for Sanskrit? Why not fcitx5.

[Guest]

Not as good as Google's thing, it's a pain to use. "namaste" (नमस्ते) comes out as "naa-maa-saw-tae"(नामासते), and that's the least inaccurate point

नमस्ते

[cypherpunks@lemmy.ml]

Have you tried https://mike-fabian.github.io/ibus-typing-booster/ ?

I have not, but I think it does what you're looking for.

The demo video emphasizes its use as an emoji picker but it was originally created for typing Indic languages.

[Guest]

I did a little digging and it seems like Google had an API for transliteration that they have deprecated.

I was able to find this repo where someone attempted to create a client:

https://github.com/KSubedi/transliteration-input-tools

I have not tested this yet but will probably do some more exploring when I get time.

[jbloggs777@discuss.tchncs.de]

Did you find a solution?