A new language, at your fingertips

Learn the words.
Find their keys.

Writing in another language is easier to practise when you can see where its letters live. Switch your Mac’s keyboard layout, and let Tactomo be your guide while you write.

See Tactomo on a Mac ↓Try the language demo →

Tactomo on a MacBook. The keyboard floats over your apps.

Made for Mac · macOS 13+

Your Mac. Your apps.
A guide beside your words.

Tactomo is a Mac app that puts a live keyboard and animated hands on your screen. It shows which finger to use while you write in Notes, Mail, messages and documents.

Switch your keyboard layout in macOS, and the on-screen letters follow. Keep writing in the apps you already use.

Then try switching languages ↓

Now make the keyboard yours

A different language.
The same familiar Mac.

Choose a layout below. Watch the letters change and the new keys light up.

Same Mac. A new set of letters.

My everyday wordsU.S. · QWERTY

A familiar place to start.

Start with the keyboard you know.

Choose a language to see the keys change

Illustrated demo. In Tactomo, the overlay follows the input source you select in macOS.

Make it part of your day

Your next sentence is a place to start.

Choose the language you’re practising.

Add its input source in macOS Keyboard settings, then select it from the Input menu. Tactomo follows the selected layout.

See the letters you’re looking for.

The on-screen labels change with your layout. Find unfamiliar letters without relying on what is printed on your physical keys.

Write something that’s yours.

A message, a journal entry, a sentence from class. Keep the visual keyboard beside your writing as you practise using the words you’re learning.

Apple’s guide to adding and switching input sources ↗

Less searching. More writing.

You know the word.
Now find the way to type it.

Perhaps your course taught you “bonjour”, but your fingers still expect QWERTY. Or you’re writing to a Norwegian friend and need an Å. Tactomo makes the selected layout visible where you’re already working.

Use it alongside your lessons, conversations and reading. Tactomo helps you practise the keyboard side of writing; vocabulary, grammar and pronunciation come from the language learning you bring to it.

Explore supported layouts & languages →

A few things to know

Do I need a new physical keyboard?

No. You can select another input source on your existing Mac keyboard. Tactomo shows the corresponding labels on screen, even when the letters printed on your keys are different.

Does changing the app’s language change my keyboard?

These are separate settings. Select your typing layout in macOS. Tactomo’s interface translations control the language of its menus and settings.

What about Japanese, Korean or Chinese?

Tactomo includes native Hangul, Kana and Zhuyin key labels for supported input methods. With methods such as Japanese Romaji or Chinese Pinyin, you type Latin letters and macOS converts them into text. What appears on the keys depends on the input method you choose.

Will it translate or correct my sentences?

Tactomo guides your typing. It does not translate text or provide language lessons or grammar corrections. Use your preferred learning materials alongside it.

Learn the words.Find their keys.

Your Mac. Your apps.A guide beside your words.

A different language.The same familiar Mac.