Matnsaz all set to revolutionise how we type Urdu on our phones.

ISLAMABAD -- Technologist Zeerak Ahmed has launched a first-of-its-kind app 'Matnsaz', which features a re-imagined digital keyboard layout that uses the layers of the Urdu/Arabic script itself to compress a large alphabet into an easy-to-use modern keyboard. The brainchild of founder, lead designer, and engineer Zeerak Ahmed, the Matnsaz keyboard was created in the Harvard University Design Engineering programme. Seeing that regional languages are treated as second-class citizens by the technological world, Zeerak created a new keyboard from the ground up to dispel beliefs that Urdu could not be the language of modern technology. 'For too long, typing Urdu has required the use of archaic layouts, shift keys, and bad correction. Modern technology has been built for Latin script first. Matnsaz changes this, it heralds a new era for Urdu computing,' said Zeerak. Talking about the future of the Matnsaz project, Zeerak added, 'The goal is not just to build software, but to help our audience believe that high-quality computing can be experienced in Urdu and built by Urdu speakers.' Along with an...