About this app

You can write, save, share and send Odia ( Oriya ) text using Odia Notepad ( Oriya Notepad ). It is an Oriya Text Editor ( Odia Text Editor ) providing facility to write, save and share in Oriya (Odia).

It is very helpful for Oriya (Odia) people staying inside and outside Odisha ( Orissa ). You can write in Odia (Oriya), send Odia ( Oriya ) SMS, and share Odia (Oriya) texts in both text and image form.

This application contain Oriya keyboard (Odia keyboard) containing Odia ( Oriya ) Varnamala, Matras (Phalas), Yuktaksharas, Numbers and essential symbols.

The Oriya keypad (Odia keypad) has two Oriya keyboards- one containing Oriya Varnamalas and Matras and other containing Oriya Yuktaksharas, numbers and symbols. It also contains one English keyboard. Thus it covers almost all of the characters used by a Odia (Oriya) characters.

Select a portion of the text by dragging the finger over the desired portion.

You can apply different text properties such as text color, text size, bold, italic and text background colors to the selected text by clicking the buttons provided at the top.

By pressing the common button at the top left corner (3 vertical dots), multiple options such as 'pre-written texts', 'copy selected text', 'copy all text', 'paste text' and 'delete file'. Do copy and paste by selecting corresponding options.

You can save the current document by clicking the 'save file' option of the common menu.

Open a saved document by clicking the 'open file' option of the common menu.

Delete a saved document by clicking the 'delete file' option of the common menu.

There are pre-written texts available, which can be used by selecting them. Press the common button at the top left corner (button with 3 vertical dots) and click 'pre-written texts' menu. Select the category from the list appears. Then select the required message from the next screen. After selection of the message, the message will appear on the notepad area.

Since there is a possibility of Odia (Oriya) fonts not supported in certain applications and certain devices, options for sending and sharing the Odia (Oriya) Text Content as image is provided here.

You can send/share the content through available applications for sending/sharing such as SMS/MMS, Email, Facebook, Twitter, Google plus, Whats App etc by clicking 'share' button at the top. After clicking this button you will be asked whether to send as text or image through a pop-up menu. If you chose 'as text' option, then only the text content will be shared. In case of 'as image' option, the content will be converted to JPEG image and will be shared. Please not that when only the text content is sent, the rendering correctness of the content will depends upon the receiving device and application.

You can send/share the content in the form of a PDF file as well, for Android Kitkat and above.

You can add background image, move and resize it using finger gestures. The button with 'T' at the top is provided for switching between text and image editing modes. You can move and resize the background image when you are in the image mode (the 'T' button gets toggled to an image icon).

While in the text mode, by clicking the writing area (below the buttons at the top) keyboard will appear. By clicking outside the writing area, the keyboard will be hidden. You can explicitly hide the keyboard by clicking the 'Hide' key in the keyboard.

Auto prediction feature is also provided. As you go on typing, the probable words will be suggested by the app through an window just above the keyboard. If you want to select an word from the suggested word, just tap on that word there. The app will also learn new words you type. As and when you go on using the application, it will suggest the most frequently used words first in the list of suggested words.

May Lord Jagannath help to bring out more such Odia (Oriya) applications !

New features

1. Fixed few issues.
2. Added GDPR compliance.
3. Added feature to prompt the user when a new update is available.

App Permissions

Allows an application to write to external storage.
Allows applications to open network sockets.
Allows applications to access information about networks.
Allows applications to access information about Wi-Fi networks.
Allows applications to change Wi-Fi connectivity state.
Allows using PowerManager WakeLocks to keep processor from sleeping or screen from dimming.
Allows an application to read from external storage.