# abcTajpu

> Type in accented letters, international characters, symbols or emojis into Firefox either by using a context menu (there being support for many languages) or by a customizable popup dialogue.

Canonical page: [https://chrome-stats.com/d/abctajpu](https://chrome-stats.com/d/abctajpu)

## Overview

- **ID:** `abctajpu`
- **Platform:** Firefox
- **Type:** Firefox add-on
- **Status:** Available
- **Publisher:** Aaron Irvine
- **Category:** language-support,other
- **Daily users:** 339
- **Weekly downloads:** 2
- **Rating:** 3.07 / 5 (15 ratings)
- **Version:** 2.6
- **Last updated:** 2022-06-05
- **First published:** 2005-02-25
- **Size:** 55 KB
- **Data as of:** 2026-09-08
- **Store listing:** [Firefox Add-ons Store](https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/abctajpu/)
- **Website:** [https://lingvo.org/abctajpu](https://lingvo.org/abctajpu)

## Description

**abcTajpu** is a powerful Chrome extension designed for typing accented letters, international characters, symbols, and emojis across various languages directly within web text fields. It offers multiple input methods including a customizable popup dialogue accessed with shortcut keys (`alt-k`) and a context menu for quick insertion of special characters.

Users can create personalized macros and keyboard layouts via the extension's options page, allowing for tailored typing experiences. Features like automatic macro expansion and the option to copy characters to the clipboard enhance efficiency. The handy `alt-x` shortcut enables streamlined typing without opening menus, making abcTajpu an ideal tool for multilingual typists, translators, and anyone needing easy access to international characters while browsing.

## Rankings

- #6,258 — Overall
- #265 — Language Support
- #103 — typing
- #140 — example
- #185 — insert
- #243 — emoji

## Permissions and access

### Permissions

- `tabs`
- `contextMenus`
- `storage`
- `clipboardRead`
- `clipboardWrite`
- `<all_urls>`

### Content script matches

- `*`

## Safety

- **Risk impact:** High risk impact
- **Risk likelihood:** Low risk likelihood

### Analysis details

- Grants access to browser tabs, which can be used to track user browsing habits and history, presenting a privacy concern.
- This extension has low user count. Unpopular extensions may not be stable or safe.

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## Review summary

### Pros

- Full access to every UNICODE letter
- Used to work well with previously loved features like INS shortcut
- Previously compatible with Thunderbird

### Cons

- It is complicated to use
- Lack of proper instructions and English version
- Many features stopped working (User Defined Macros, alt-x, alt-k etc.), making it frustrating to use
- Does not seem to work with Google docs
- Features and symbols were reduced in the newer versions

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Source: [Chrome-Stats](https://chrome-stats.com/d/abctajpu)