DUBAI, United Arab Emirates – San Francisco, USA – October 18, 2009 - Sakhr Software, one of the world pioneering companies in the Speech and Arabic IT & Mobiles technology, announced today that it will showcase its Mobile Speech to Speech Arabic Translator™ for BlackBerry® and Arabic Language Buddy™ for iPhone® smartphones at GITEX Technology Week 2009 in Dubai, October 18–22, 2009. On this occasion, Sakhr encourages you to see the live demos of these applications. Sakhr Software is delivering a new wave of technologies to enable real-time speech to speech translation for Arabic. A first of its kind, these latest solutions enable English and Arabic speakers to speak their native language, hear the audio translation, and read the text translation – all with an iPhone or Blackberry.
For nearly two decades, Sakhr Software has been pioneering and developing the world’s richest knowledge base for Arabic natural language processing (NLP). Sakhr Software has delivered many industry firsts for Arabic NLP, including Optical Character Recognition (OCR), Machine Translation (MT), and search and information mining. Over 100 customers including the [insert as needed: Etisalat, Sony Gulf, UAE Central Bank, European Commission, Government of Canada, Carnegie Mellon University and World Bank], use Sakhr Software’s technology to address Arabic language needs.
Mobile Speech-to-Speech (S2S) Translator for Enterprises
Available on the BlackBerry Bold and iPhone, Mobile S2S Translator enables open speech-to-speech bi-directional ArabicEnglish translation:
1. Users freely speak English or Arabic sentences into their BlackBerry smartphone
2. Users see the translation displayed in Arabic and English script
3. Users can hear the translation played out loud
Arabic Language Buddy for Consumers
This application available on the iPhone App Store enables live, interactive English to Arabic translation that enhances language learning, cultural exchange and foreign travel assistance. Users can speak or type any English sentence, view the Arabic translation, and hear it played out loud. Arabic Language Buddy charges an initial $9.99 download fee for first 30 days of use.
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What people are saying?
"I’d recommend Arabic Language Buddy for traveling and doing business in the Middle East. The Arabic translation is highly accurate. The mobile application would be useful in many situations, from asking for restaurant recommendations to communicating with local organizations."
David Hamod,
President and CEO,
National US-Arab Chamber of Commerce (NUSACC)
“This is really amazing technology. I really hope this application makes it to the field, in the war zones, where people need it desperately, it will be very helpful for understanding. Removing the language barrier and communication obstacles will make people more amicable and less trigger happy. This application will expedite the promotion of conflict resolution and global harmony!”
Trina McDaniels – Chief of Research,
The International Peace Research Institute
About Sakhr Software Company
Sakhr Software connects the English and Arabic speaking worlds with advanced speech and language technologies. For nearly two decades, Sakhr has pioneered, led, and delivered the most advanced and comprehensive suite of Arabic natural language processing solutions that work. Ranked #1 in accuracy and performance by the U.S. government, Sakhr is used by hundreds of organizations to process any type of Arabic content communicated in any situation - from deciphering volumes of Arabic manuscripts to enabling live communication between English and Arabic speakers with speech to speech mobile translation. For more information, visit: www.sakhr.com or info@sakhr.com.
Media Contact:
Jihad Salman
Sakhr UAE
Phone: +971 2 676 2888 – Ext.119
marketing@sakhr.ae
