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Google Launches AI Virtual Assistant in Capable of Communicating Saudi-Dialect Arabic

The app will be capable of understanding the Saudi dialect and will use machine learning to improve over time SOURCE: ARABIAN BUSINESS BY: BERND DEBUSMANN JR. The app has been designed to engage in hands-free, two-way conversations and understand various Saudi dialects. It will respond in standard Arabic, according to Google. An artificial intelligence-powered ‘virtual … Continued

Swedish-Founded Arabic Audiobook Startup Kitab Sawti Raises $6 Million

SOURCE: TECH EU BY: ANDRII DEGELER Stockholm-headquartered startup Kitab Sawti that has created what it claims to be the world’s largest Arabic audiobook library has landed $6 million in funding from Bonnier Ventures, Paltel Group, and Kaaf Investments, with participation from Northzone and Abdulla Elyas. Founded in 2016 with the aim of supporting the integration of Syrian … Continued

Amazon Launches Its First Arabic Website in UAE

SOURCE: ENGADGET BY: AMRITA KHALID Amazon has launched its first officially branded Arabic website in the United Arab Emirates, and is set to expand in the Middle East. Visitors to Souq.com are now redirected to an entirely new website, Amazon.ae. Souq, which was bought by Amazon in 2017, is the largest e-commerce platform in the Middle East. … Continued

Arabic Support Comes to Google Assistant on Phones

SOURCE: ANDROID POLICE BY: RITA EL KHOURY Google Assistant’s language support was expanding quickly toward the end of 2018, but since the beginning of this year, the rate of additions slowed down considerably. As Google I/O nears, we’re sure to see those pick up pace a little. Case in point, Assistant now supports Arabic (Egypt) … Continued

Arabic Added To Amazon Polly Text-To-Speech Cloud Service

The move allows developers to create applications that speak in Arabic and build speech-enabled products and services, including cars, internet of things devices, appliances, automated contact centers, language learning platforms, translation apps and newsreaders. SOURCE: CRN BY: DONNA GOODISON Cloud provider Amazon Web Services yesterday said Arabic has been added to the list of languages … Continued

A Mystical Teaser For Jinn, The First TV Series In Arabic On Netflix

SOURCE: KONBINI BY: ADRIEN DELAGE A group of teenagers fights against an evil Jinn. After the Colombian lands in Narcos, the dark German forest of Dark and the streets of Paris with Plan Coeur, Netflix keeps on touring the world with Jinn, a new tv series full of mysticism and teen drama. The first Arabic production of the American giant, entirely … Continued

Keys for Kids Storytellers now Available in Arabic

SOURCE: MNNONLINE International (MNN) — Arabic is the fifth-most spoken language in the world with approximately 230 million speakers. Now, children who speak Arabic will finally have access to Keys for Kids Storytellersand their biblically-based stories. This effort to get Keys for Kids Storytellers translated into Arabic is a culmination of two years of work and partnership. Keys for … Continued

Bel Lebnééné Calls for Lebanese Arabic to be Standardized

It’s all Lubnani to me SOURCE: EXECUTIVE BY: JEREMY ARBID Lebanon has a long history as a shipping and trading hub, leveraging its geographical location on the Mediterranean Sea and connecting mainland Europe to the Arab hinterland. It was several thousand years ago that religious texts referenced the peoples of Mesopotamia (in what is now modern … Continued

SDSU to Offer New Major in Islamic and Arabic Studies

SOURCE: SDSU BY: LESLIE L.J. REILLY San Diego State University will offer a new Bachelor of Arts degree in Islamic and Arabic studies beginning in fall 2019. The interdisciplinary program is designed for students planning to pursue careers in which knowledge of Muslim-majority countries is essential; and for students intending to pursue advanced degrees in … Continued

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