"It was designed to make typing French characters easier, but also minimize the movements of the hand when typing by distributing the keys using an algorithm based on lexical statistics."
The layout of AZERTY keyboards is derived from the American QWERTY layout, with the main differences being the transitioning of numbers to capitalized letters, adding accented letters (such as é, è, and ç), the inversion of A / Q and Z / W, and the displacement of M. The other Francophone countries (Canada, Belgium, Switzerland) use different versions more or less close to the AZERTY or QWERTY. The main feature of the QWERTY - and its derivatives - is to avoid duplication of bars on mechanical typewriters, and NOT to facilitate typing. This mechanical stress no longer exists on Bépo keyboards, keys were rearranged logically and efficiently.
The design of this keyboard is very similar to Apple's default keyboard. This app has numerous different features to help you type faster on your iOS Device!
Accents can be accessed by long pressing a key.
Numerous customization settings available by tapping the gear icon.
Numbers and special characters can be accessed at the touch of a button.
Available on all iPhone and iPad Devices with iOS 8 and above.
Here are a couple of hidden features included in the keyboard:
If you long press on F or H, you will get a popup to access punctuation symbols faster.
You will have access to a lot of cool features such as Auto-capitalization, period shortcut, and keyboard clicks.
If you go in Spotlight Search, you will see that the keyboard automatically translates to Dark Mode.
Change Keyboard by pressing the globe key in the lower left corner of the Bépo Keyboard.
Security and privacy are fundamental to the design of this Bépo Keyboard.
This keyboard does not collect your input or connect to the network even when "Allow Full Access" is enabled. By default the "Allow Full Access" mode is disabled, meaning that the keyboard works in complete isolation from all of your other apps. However if you want to be able to hear the clicking sound when tapping on keys you will need to select the gear key on the lower left of the keyboard and enable "Keyboard Clicks" . If you don't need the "Keyboard Clicks" option, the keyboard is still fully functional without allowing full access. To be able to use the speakers on an iOS device, the user needs to "Allow Full Access". Again all of the data from this keyboard is stored locally on your device.
I am originally from France, however I am currently a 4th year student in Computer Science at UC Berkeley. I recently learned Swift and noticed that Apple is providing a very limited number of customization for its default keyboard. Numerous users have been asking for a Bépo Keyboard for iPhone and iPad, therefore I decided to create one!
Don't hesitate to leave a review on the App Store and contact me at support@bepoios.me, for any suggestions or additional features.
© 2016 Gauthier Dieppedalle. All rights reserved. The text from this website has been taken from Bepo.fr (the Bépo community). Special thanks to Alexei Baboulevitch (Archagon), a fellow Berkeley Student, for building an amazing open-source library for keyboards. Thanks to all the users that have been posting reviews and sending emails for recommended features (I am continuously looking for feedback for improvements).
