Shavian & Quikscript

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About this app

The Shavian alphabet (or Shaw alphabet) was posthumously created as an alphabet for the English language, intended to replace Latin. Each character in the Shavian Alphabet requires only a single stroke to be written on paper. The Shaw alphabet was later evolved by its designer Kingsley Read into Quickscript (also known as the Read alphabet and Second Shaw).
Transcription & Keyboard for writing in the stenography alphabets of G. B. Shaw
Updated on
09 Dec 2025

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Ratings and reviews

166 reviews
Colm McDermott
23 January 2021
An excellent resource as a starting point for people interested in learning the Shavian alphabet, however users need to check for errors in translation. Since Shavian is phonemic, not phonetic, using phonetics as the basis of translation will inevitably cause inaccuracies. The app itself also still needs development, can be a bit buggy. Overall recommend, hoping that it continues to be developed.
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Hedley Finger
25 June 2022
Very useful and easy app for those learning and using the Shaw phonemic alphabet (Shavian) for English instead of the Latin alphabet (Roman letters). This app is still in development with minor errors and usability problems still too be ironed out. It's one of a kind and that is why I am sticking with it as it matures.
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Black Envelope
05 February 2024
Hedley, thank you for your kind review. You should now find transcription is greatly improved! Let me know if you still encounter issues. Thanks, Maarten.
Darian Senner
27 October 2024
I describe my experience as excellent! The app is extremely well built, one suggestion tho. This app should include an optional one time payment for a lesson set. This lesson set should teach the entire alphabet, basic vocabulary, word structure and how to build on those on your own once the lesson(s) are over. Just an idea tho, your app is still amazing as is.
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Black Envelope Development
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Maria Stuartplein 494 2595 BW 's-Gravenhage Netherlands
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