Sakhr Software to showcase spoken Arabic translator for BlackBerry and iPhone Smartphones

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 Arabic and English 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 price download fee for first 30 days of use.

"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.