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Pod#178 - Zeerak Ahmed - Launching his revolutionary Urdu keyboard, Matnsaz!

16 Jan 2023

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Zeerak is here too in the remaining half of a long chat we had with pod177 being about Pakistani music and this being about his project to revolutionize the Urdu typing experience on smart devices using his keyboard app Matnsaz! An app that quite recently also was launched finally after years of work! Things discussed in this episode: 00:00 Intro 02:08 Matnsaz - What was the keyboard idea - quick pitch! 05:17 Why this would not have been possible before the age of software 10:44 How was the layout decided? 15:29 East Asian vs Latin vs Arabic, written letters vs picture-based languages! 19:12 How was the app rollout? Beta testers, new bugs, users in unexpected regions! 24:45 What are the next steps for the keyboard and rollout? - Supercharging the autocorrect 31:40 Does the autocorrect library include slang? SWEAR WORDS??? Android release when? 35:50 People want their names added to the dictionary! LINKS: Zeerak's Twitter: https://twitter.com/zeerakahmed Matnsaz's Twitter: https://twitter.com/matnsaz Matnsaz's website: https://matnsaz.net/ Matnsaz on the App Store: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/matnsaz/id1380747860 Support the podcast by becoming a monthly patron on Patreon (https://www.patreon.com/tprpod) or send a one-off token on Ko-fi (https://ko-fi.com/tprpod)! Find all our previous episodes on SoundCloud, Spotify & Apple Podcasts and follow us all on Twitter! Links to everything below! SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/tprpodSpotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/6PvTahp... Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast... Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/tprpod/Twitter: https://twitter.com/TPRPod Ali: https://twitter.com/themaholupperRizwan: https://twitter.com/RizwanTakkharSarkhail: https://twitter.com/Sarkhail7Khan

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Pod#178 - Zeerak Ahmed - Launching his revolutionary Urdu keyboard, Matnsaz!

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13:00H | 21 DIC 2025 | Fin de Semana

10:00H | 21 DIC 2025 | Fin de Semana

12:00H | 20 DIC 2025 | Fin de Semana

2ª PARTE | 06 ENE 2026 | EL PARTIDAZO DE COPE

3ª PARTE | 22 ENE 2026 | EL PARTIDAZO DE COPE

3ª PARTE | 04 MAR 2026 | EL PARTIDAZO DE COPE

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