How to type Italian accents

You don't need an Italian keyboard. The one you have already types è, à, é and the rest; here's how on each device.

Typing a word yourself is part of learning it, and AnimeLang counts a missing accent as a spelling mistake: e means “and” and è means “is”.

On a Mac

Keep the keyboard you have, U.S. or ABC. Press and hold a letter, say e, and a menu of its accents appears: click one, or press the number under it.

Quicker, once you know them, are the Option keys. For an accent, press Option with the accent's key, then the letter:

à è ì ò ù: Option and the key left of 1, then the letter.
é, as in perché: Option-E, then e.
For a capital, hold Shift on the letter: Option and the key left of 1, then Shift-E, gives È.

To see them all, open Keyboard Viewer and hold Option: the accent keys are outlined in orange.

Add one keyboard, United States-International: the US keyboard with accents added.

Open Settings › Time & language › Language & region.
Next to English (United States), choose … › Language options › Add a keyboard and add United States-International.
Switch between it and your usual keyboard with Windows key + Space.

Then, for an accent, press the accent's key, then the letter:

à è ì ò ù: the key left of 1, then the letter.
é: ', then e.
For a capital, hold Shift on the letter: the key left of 1, then Shift-E, gives È.
On this keyboard ' waits for the next key. For an apostrophe on its own, as in l'acqua, press ' and then the space bar.

Touch and hold a letter, say e, then slide your finger to the accent you want and let go.

From Apple's, Microsoft's and Google's own help: Mac, Windows, United States-International, iPhone and Gboard.