Dialect 1.2.0

Dialect 1.2.0

Localization

Dialect is now translated into seven more languages.

• French, German, Spanish, Italian, Portuguese, Russian, and Greek translations throughout the app.
• The T9 matching engine itself understands Cyrillic and Greek names, not just Latin ones — a Russian or Greek contact's name matches correctly regardless of your phone's language.
• On a Russian- or Greek-language phone, the dialpad's own key labels show the right alphabet (2 АБВГ, 2 ΑΒΓ, etc.) instead of English letters.

Quick Actions

Hold a number to call someone, message someone, or launch an app instantly.

• Long-press any unassigned digit to set it up: call a contact, message a contact, or open an app.
• Once assigned, holding that digit again performs the action right away — no typing required.
• Manage your shortcuts from Settings → Quick Actions, where you can reassign or remove any of them at any time.

Also in this release

• Dialect is now MIT licensed.
• The empty-buffer "recent apps" list now ranks by how recently you used an app, not how many times — something you opened yesterday now outranks something you use often but haven't touched in weeks.
• The default call/message service picker in Settings is hidden when you only have one service installed, since there's nothing to choose between.

Dialect 1.1.0

Contact dialing

Search contacts by name alongside apps, and call or message them without leaving the dialpad.

• Type a contact's name to call them, same as searching for an app.
• Type 60 then a name to message them instead.
• Pick which app handles it: Phone, WhatsApp, Telegram, or SMS, whichever you have installed.
• Set a default service for calls and one for messages, or "ask every time".
• Long-press a contact to set their own default, or to always ask for them specifically, overriding the global default.

Dialect 1.0.0

First release of Dialect, a minimal Android home-screen launcher whose entire UI is a T9 phone dialpad — type digits to progressively filter and rank installed apps by name, press Enter to launch the top match.

Highlights

• T9 matching engine (full-name-prefix and optional word-initial modes), ranked by match type, usage frequency, and recency
• Live app index via LauncherApps, including work-profile and multi-launcher-activity apps
• Full TalkBack support: phone-dialer-style key labels, a dynamic Enter label that names its target, debounced non-disruptive live-region announcements, and a discoverable Backspace long-press "clear all" action
• HOME-role integration (buffer resets on Home re-entry, no-op Back button) with a crash-safety fallback screen
• Settings for word-initial matching and the empty-buffer recent-apps list

See t9-dialpad-launcher-prd.md for the full product spec.