Type accented characters, diacritics, or characters from any language in the world into any type of document, application or web form. Quick and easy to use. Simply click a character and it is inserted into your document!

Click the Accentype7 toolbar menu and select one of the many supported languages. The toolbar then shows the characters relevant for that language. This example is French.

Wide range of languages supported:

If you are writing multi-language documents switching between languages is quick and easy. The software has the complete character sets of more than 70 world languages! For European languages the Accentype7 toolbar displays the accented characters that are not available on British and American keyboards. For other languages such as Russian and Arabic the entire alphabet is shown on the toolbar. In addition there is also a custom toolbar where you can choose what characters and symbols you want to appear on the toolbar! Examples of how the toolbar looks for various languages are show below.

Comprehensive help documentation is supplied with the software but you will probably never need to look at it! The software it is very intuitive and you can start using it immediately.

Shareware:

Avisoft Accentype7 is shareware. It does not contain any trojans, add-ware, spy-ware, viruses or any other malware. No other software is bundled with it. All the features are fully functional and it does not have a built in expiry date.

Accentype7 can be used free of charge for personal use and does not need to be registered. However, if you find the software useful or want to use it within a business or other organisation you should consider registering it and paying a small shareware fee. I need to eat and pay bills like everyone else! Full time students can register the software for free - see details within the software for details. Registration costs only €5.99 Euros (approximately £5 Pounds Sterling, $7 US dollars depending on the current exchange rate). Registration is by PayPal and is quick, easy and secure. Register now

If you want to use Avisoft Accentype7 in an educational establishment, please contact Avisoft to arrange a discounted bulk licence. A bespoke version of this software can also be created specifically for the needs of your business, organization, school, college or university.

Customisation:

Keypad Toolbar layout. The toolbar can also be displayed in a keypad layout which can be dragged to any desired shape. This larger toolbar is better suited when displaying the entire alphabet of some languages. Example Keypad layout for the complete Russian (Cyrillic) character set:

Toolbar Size

The font size of the toolbar can be set to a size that is comfortable for you to read.

From font size 8 for a compact toolbar:

right up to font size 20 or larger which is suitable for people with impaired vision:

Toolbar Layout and examples of a few languages:

Some accented characters / diacritics are used a lot more than others. Words from one language are also absorbed into other languages, sometimes retaining their original spellings and none-native accented characters. Thus some toolbars are provided in two versions, common and all. The typical user will only need the common version, but the full toolbar is provided for completeness.

The toolbar automatically changes its layout to display the characters relevant to each language you select:

French (Common). Type accented French characters

French (All). Type accented French characters

German. Type accented German characters

Polish. Type accented Polish characters

You can also customise the Toolbar colour scheme:

Greek (Common). Type Greek characters

Romanian. Type accented Romanian characters

Portuguese. Type accented Portuguese characters

Spanish. Type accented Spanish characters

Bengali. Type Bengali characters

Mathematical Symbols. Type Mathematical Symbols

Symbols: Insert a variety of other symbols with just two mouse clicks

Favourite text:

The toolbar can store frequently entered words, sentences or even paragraphs of text. The text can be automatically inserted into your document with just two mouse clicks.

History

My name is David Townsend and I am the developer of Avisoft Accentype7. Originally I wrote a simple toolbar for my own use to type French characters. That toolbar evolved and became freeware and very popular with both students of the French language and expats living in France. Accentype2 was the successor to that toolbar and supported several European languages. Accentye7 is the latest toolbar. It has many more features and supports more languages. It has been designed specifically for use on Microsoft Windows 7 and Vista but it also works on Microsoft XP provided the Microsoft Network Framework 3.5 has been installed. (Windows 7 and Vista comes with the Microsoft Network Framework 3.5 pre-installed. XP users can download it free of charge from the Microsoft website.)

Please tell others about this software. The more widely it is used the higher the likelihood that I will continue to support it and add new features. If you have any suggestions for improvements please contact me.

Internet Links:

Please feel free to add a link to the Avisoft Accentype7 web page from your own website, blog or social networking page; preferably with some good comments about the software.

Help documentation

Avisoft Accentype7 comes complete with comprehensive help documentation, but you will likely never need to refer to it! The software is very simple to use.

Windows XP:

Avisoft Accentype7 is designed for Windows 7 and Windows Vista. However it will also run on Windows XP provided it has Microsoft Network Framework 3.5 installed. This is free to download from the Microsoft web site: Click here to download Microsoft Network Framework 3.5

However, if you only have a dial-up internet connection the download may take a long while to download. (It is approximately 231 MB). You may prefer to purchase the Avisoft Accentype7 CD which includes the Microsoft Network Framework 3.5 installation on it.

Release Notes and Upgrade Information:

If you are upgrading from an earlier version of Accentype7, you need to uninstall the old version prior to installing a more recent version. Use the add / remove programs facility within the Windows control panel to remove the old version. Note that any existing licence or settings will not be lost during the uninstall / upgrade process. Licences for Accentype2 are not transferable to Accentype7.