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Azu
A writing system for learning, typing, and publishing. The mobile keyboard is free. Azu Canvas is licensed. Type is included.
Azu is a writing system capable of writing all languages with their corresponding phonemes in a compact and intuitive way to read.
Learn
Type
Publish
write all languages
Specially suited for Sub-Saharan languages.
Live Preview
Test the Azu view with any text
The typing test is not language sensitive: it does not detect, translate, or correct languages. It keeps your input as normal text and shows how the current Azu font renders it visually.
Output
Access Path
Start with the script
Start with the free mobile keyboard. License Azu Canvas when you need a dedicated writing surface. Type is included.
Type
The mobile keyboard is free on Google Play and the App Store.
Use
Tools and references support practical reading and writing.
Publish
Azu Canvas supports documents, books, reports, and design in Azu.
Launch Products
Mobile first, Canvas at launch
Azu focuses on practical digital use: learning, typing, documents, and publishing. The mobile keyboard is free. Personal Azu Canvas is a one-time license per workstation, with free updates and fewer tools than Linguist. Linguist, Writer, and Creator subscribe monthly or yearly. Business and Institution compare Own (pay once per desk) and Year (pay per person). Type is included.
Mobile
Mobile Keyboard
Free typing access for everyday use, learning, and testing. This is the only free Azu product.
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Launch
Azu Canvas
Dedicated writing surface. Personal use is a one-time license per workstation, with free updates and fewer tools than Linguist. Linguist, Writer, and Creator subscribe monthly or yearly. Business and Institution can own desks or subscribe per person. Type is included. Ubuntu first. macOS last.
Canvas licensingSupport
Start with the docs on this site. If you still need help, open a chat with the same azu.ac email. Support does not sell software.
Open a support chatPartner work
Partners skip desks and plans. After register they download the file assigned to them.
Partner pathFuture
Physical Keyboard
Dedicated hardware remains a future possibility for serious users.
Plans
Access by use case
Only the mobile keyboard is free. Personal Canvas is a one-time buy with fewer tools and no future Linguist features. Linguist, Writer, and Creator subscribe monthly or yearly. Business and Institution compare Own and Year. Institution Year includes the free student mobile keyboard and a Canvas lab pool.
One-time
Personal
One Canvas license to download. Type is included. Updates stay free on that workstation. Fewer tools than Linguist, and no future features.
BuyMonthly or yearly
Linguist, Writer, Creator
Subscribe for extended characters, templates, linguist support, and future features. Cancel anytime. After cancel, this machine keeps updates it already has. New features need an active subscription. A mobile keyboard subscription can discount Canvas as a bundle.
SubscribeOwn or Year
Business
Pay once per Canvas desk, or pay per person each year. Seats move when someone leaves. Updates stay on owned machines, or while subscribed.
ChooseOwn or Year
Institution
Pay once per Canvas desk, or pay per faculty member each year. Year includes the free student mobile keyboard and a Canvas lab pool that IT can reassign each term.
ChooseCustom
Government
Custom Own or Year agreement for public-sector deployment, standards, and training. Updates continue while the agreement is active.
ChooseSubscribers
Managed access for recurring users
Choose a plan above to open the matching account form. Personal is a one-time Canvas buy. Linguist, Writer, and Creator subscribe monthly or yearly. Business and Institution compare Own and Year. Institution Year includes the free student mobile keyboard and a Canvas lab pool. Type is included. The mobile keyboard is free on Google Play and the Apple App Store. Partners skip desks and plans, do not pay, and download the file assigned to them. Azu supports dynamic pricing per country.
Personal
Linguist
Business
Institution
Government
Partner
Subscriber Portal
Choose a plan first
The matching account form opens after you pick a plan.
Project Hub
Releases with context
Project Hub opens Azu Forge for releases, documentation, and gated repos. It is not a public GitHub pull-request board.
- Azu Canvas licenses for approved buyers
- Versioned documentation and changelogs
- License and release notes in Forge
- Keyboard source stays private in Forge
azu-canvas
first release
- release Azu Canvas licenses and updates
- docs install and typing references
- license freemium and buyer files
- notes publishing support
Partners
Manufacturers and vendors
Partners are a collaboration. They skip desks and plans and do not pay — the only profile with no payment. After register they download the file assigned to them.
Contact
Review
Prepare
Support
Grow
Controlled production
Azu keeps partner collaboration centered on quality, cultural care, and clear support.
About
A practical writing ecosystem
Azu brings the writing system, keyboard, Canvas, documentation, learning material, and project releases into one place.
Azu comes from Afro Zu. Afro refers to Afro Institute, the cultural organisation that the founder (SB AG) used to promote this script before termination, after all funding returned with an insufficient funds note. The founder cannot believe that the bank of cultural development is bankrupt, echoing a quote from MLK.
The developed and expanded Azu script is the first digitalisation and innovation on Zu, the existing script developed by Professor Mpele Mvutu from Congo.
The freemium license summary explains the public release approach and the special role of the original Zu work.
Software products, Azu Canvas licensing, and release access stay on azu.ac through product pages, subscriber access, and Azu Forge.