Padam: Telugu Typing Keyboard

Padam is a Telugu keyboard for every app on your phone, made for people who think in Telugu but type on English keys. With its English to Telugu typing, you spell Telugu words the way you'd write them in English letters, and Padam writes them in Telugu script.

Type nenu and get నేను. Type baagunnaaraa and get బాగున్నారా. No Telugu layout to learn.

HOW IT TYPES
- Spell words in English letters. Padam shows the Telugu word as you type and suggests the most likely spellings above the keys.
- Press space to take the best guess, or tap another suggestion.
- Long vowels, aspirated letters and double letters are forgiven: naku, naaku and naakU all find నాకు.
- Capitals give the other letters when you want to be exact: t త, T ట, d ద, D డ, n న, N ణ, l ల, L ళ, sh శ, Sh ష.
- Every key shows its Telugu letter in the corner, so you learn the scheme as you go.
- Tap తె to switch to English, and hold space to change keyboard.

AI WRITING (OPTIONAL)
- Fix spelling and grammar, make a message polite, make it shorter, or translate between Telugu and English, right from the keyboard.
- See the new text first, then use it or keep yours.
- Works with your own AI account: Claude, or any OpenAI-compatible service. Add your API key in the app; it is stored encrypted on your phone.
- Each rewrite costs a few coins from the daily check-in.

STICKERS
- Telugu greeting stickers: నమస్కారం, శుభోదయం, ధన్యవాదాలు and more.
- Make your own from any photo: rounded, circle or heart shape, coloured borders, filters, and a caption in Telugu or English.
- Send them straight into chats that accept stickers.

CLIPBOARD
- Everything you copy is ready to paste from the keyboard.
- Hold a clip to keep it; kept clips stay until you remove them.
- Copies that password managers mark as private are never kept.

STATUS SAVER
- Watched a status you want to keep? Save it to your gallery, or send it on to a chat, from the keyboard.
- Works with the statuses your chat apps keep on your phone. You give Padam access to that one folder, once.

PRIVATE BY DESIGN
- Typing, suggestions, clipboard, stickers and statuses all stay on your phone. The keyboard works with no internet.
- The only thing that leaves your phone is text you choose to rewrite with AI, and it goes straight to the AI service you set up.
- Words you pick are remembered on your phone to put them first next time. Clear them any time in the app.
- Nothing is learned from password, email or web-address fields, and AI is off there.

LIGHT ON YOUR BATTERY
Padam draws its keys plainly with no animated backgrounds, and there are no ads inside the keyboard. Ever.

EMOJI, SYMBOLS AND COLOURS
- The everyday emoji, numbers, the rupee sign and common punctuation.
- Keyboard colours: Palm leaf, Lamp black, or Auto to follow your phone's light and dark mode. Collect coins with the daily check-in to get Banana leaf, Turmeric, Kumkum, Monsoon and Jasmine.

SET UP IN TWO STEPS
Open Padam, turn it on in your phone's keyboard settings, then choose it. That's it.

QUESTIONS PEOPLE ASK
How do I type Telugu using English letters?
Spell the word the way it sounds, for example nenu, and Padam shows నేను. Press space to take the best guess or tap another suggestion.

Does this Telugu keyboard work offline?
Yes. Typing, suggestions, clipboard, stickers and statuses all stay on your phone, and the keyboard works with no internet.

Does Padam send what I type anywhere?
No. The only thing that leaves your phone is text you choose to rewrite with AI, and it goes straight to the AI service you set up.

Can it translate between Telugu and English?
Yes, with the optional AI writing. It works with your own AI account and API key, and each rewrite costs a few coins from the daily check-in.

How do I turn on the Padam Telugu keyboard?
Open Padam, turn it on in your phone's keyboard settings, then choose it.

Padam is free. Ads appear only inside the Padam app, never in the keyboard while you type.

Recent changes:
New in Padam 1.1
• AI writing: fix spelling, make it polite or shorter, or translate Telugu ↔ English, using your own AI account.
• Stickers: Telugu greeting stickers, and make your own from a photo with shapes, borders and a caption.
• Clipboard: everything you copy, ready to paste. Keep the ones you need.
• Status saver: save statuses you've watched to your gallery, or send them to a chat.
• A fresh new look, and panels that scroll smoothly.