The easiest way to type in Polish (and other languages*) on your Windows PC
* Czech, Danish, Esperanto, Finnish, French, German, Greek, Hungarian, IPA for English, IPA for all languages, Italian, Math/Science, Polish, Portuguese, Russian, Spanish, Swedish and Turkish
Run TypeIt
Choose your keyboard – for example, Polish
Click the icon in your taskbar to choose a language. TypeIt will remember your last setting the next time you run it.
Why you’ll love TypeIt
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Obvious keyboard shortcuts. Just press Alt + the key that’s most similar to the character you want to type. For example, to type ą, press Alt + A.
Alternatively, you can type a letter like a, and then tap Ctrl to turn it into ą.
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.
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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 /.
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 Polish?
- 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.
Voilà! Now you can type Polish characters anywhere – directly in your word processor, email, IM, Facebook, Web forums, etc.
Just hold down the right-hand Alt key and press the letter that looks like the character you want to type. For example:
ą | hold Alt and press A |
ć | hold Alt and press C |
ł | hold Alt and press L |
To type an uppercase letter, simply use Alt + Shift instead of Alt.
Alternative method:
Tap the right-hand Ctrl key to modify the preceding character. (how does that work?)
Upgrade your keyboard
TypeIt is the best foreign-language-typing experience in the known universe (by the way, here are some comments from happy users). You can upgrade your keyboard with TypeIt for just $24.99 (Extended Edition) or $14.99 (Standard Edition).
- One-time fee. For a one-time fee, you get a lifetime license with free updates (minor fixes and improvements), good for up to 3 PCs in your household or one PC in an organization. There is also a volume license for organizations – see below.
- Risk-free purchase. If you change your mind within 30 days of your purchase, you can get a problem-free refund.
TypeIt Standard | TypeIt Extended |
Includes: Czech, Danish, Esperanto, Finnish, French, German, Greek, Hungarian, IPA for English, Italian, Math/Science, Polish, Portuguese, Russian, Spanish, Swedish, Turkish
Does not include: IPA for all languages
Runs on: Windows 7, 8, 10, 11
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Includes: everything that’s in the Standard edition plus
the “IPA for all languages” phonetic keyboard
Runs on: Windows 7, 8, 10, 11
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Buy Volume License ($269) »
License for 25 PCs.
Get the convenience of TypeIt for your department or organization.
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Buy Volume License ($439) »
License for 25 PCs.
Get the convenience of TypeIt for your department or organization.
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You can also download a trial version of the app, which includes all the keyboards (including IPA for all languages), but some characters are missing,
and a trial reminder is shown every few keystrokes. Can be used for up to 14 days.
Runs on: Windows 7, 8, 10, 11
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