Padam is a Telugu keyboard for Android. Spell words in English letters and it writes them in Telugu, in every app, with nothing sent anywhere.
For centuries Telugu was scratched into dried palm leaves with an iron stylus. A long straight stroke could split a leaf along its grain, which is the usual explanation for why the script curls. Padam means word, పదం, and it keeps that curl on every key.
One key switches between Telugu and English. Press it here. On your phone, hold the space bar to change keyboard.
Password, email and web-address boxes switch to English letters by themselves.
Coins come from the daily check-in in the Padam app. Typing is always free, and there are never ads inside the keyboard.
First, spell it in English letters.
Then Padam writes it in Telugu.
Space takes the best guess.
Words you pick come first next time.
Yes. Padam is free. Ads appear only inside the Padam app, where you set it up and pick colours, and never inside the keyboard while you type.
No. The keyboard and its word list live on your phone, so it types the same on a plane. The Padam app uses the internet only to show ads.
Android shows that message for every keyboard you add, because any keyboard could see what you type. Padam keeps what you type on your phone and never sends it anywhere.
Tap తె to switch to English and EN to switch back. Password, email and web-address boxes use English letters automatically.
Use a capital: T ట, D డ, N ణ, L ళ, Sh ష, E ఏ, O ఓ. Or type in lowercase and tap the right word in the suggestions.
Open Padam, tap Turn on Padam and switch it on in the list, then tap Choose Padam. Hold the space bar any time to change keyboard.
