The easiest way to type in German (and other languages*) on your Windows PC

Why you’ll love TypeIt

• Obvious keyboard shortcuts. Just press Alt + the key that’s most similar to the character you want to type. For example, to type ä, press Alt + A.

  Alternatively, you can type a letter like a, and then tap Ctrl to turn it into ä.

  I made TypeIt because I was tired of solutions where each foreign character has its own arbitrary shortcut. I could never remember which key typed which character (“How do I type é? Was it  [ ,  ;  or maybe Shift + ;?”). I don’t want to have to pause and think “how do I type that character?” – I want it to be obvious.

• You can keep your existing keyboard layout. TypeIt gives you the foreign characters you need, but doesn’t force a whole new layout on you. It doesn’t change the way you type numbers and punctuation, so you won’t have to get used to new ways of typing characters like ", ? or /.

  If you are a German-speaking software developer, TypeIt enables you to use the US English layout (the fastest layout for coding) while having easy access to the characters of your language.

  Some solutions for typing foreign characters “take over” punctuation keys. As a result, you can no longer type characters like the apostrophe or quote by simply pressing ' or " because these keys are instead used to type foreign characters. While these solutions provide alternative ways to type an apostrophe or quote, why should you struggle to learn a new way to type punctuation just because you want to type in German?

• Pleasantly fast typing. Why copy & paste characters from webpages when you can type them directly into your applications and websites?
• You can use it offline. Flaky Internet access? No worries. With the TypeIt app, your foreign characters are always available.
• Pop-up help is always a keystroke away (see example) – just press Alt + F1. You probably won’t need it, though :)
• Includes the proper quotation marks (such as „ “ « or ») for each of the included languages. Additionally, the curly apostrophe (’), English-style curly quotes (“ ”), long dashes (– —) and other useful symbols (→ ° ±×·≠≈≤≥²³ €) are always available, whatever language you’re typing in, so you can type things like 20°, 2 × 4 and 100 m² without batting an eye.
• Doesn’t get in the way. I like software that does the job without making a big fuss. That’s why TypeIt installs in three clicks, consumes very little memory and CPU, and doesn’t bother you with pop-ups and updates.