Etkalem, an Arabic speech synthesis iOS App

Etkalem is one of the first Arabic Speech synthesis (Text-to-speech) apps for iOS devices and you don’t need an Internet connection to use it.

Just type or paste the text you want to hear. The app can also share audio files using email.

Here’s an example Arabic audio output from the app.

I hope to see added support for other upload services such as Dropbox and support exporting to external apps such as iFiles and Good Reader.

Etkalem is a Universal App and is available on the App Store for $1.99.

From the App’s description on the App Store:

Etkalem is the first Arabic / English Text-To-Speech (TTS) for mobile devices, Now you can hear Arabic text spoken very smooth using Etkalem.
FEATURES:
• Easy to use interface: simply enter the text you want to say, and press the Play button
• Two high quality voices are included Arabic & English
• Ability to create audio files and email them
• Pause and resume speech playback
• Change the volume, as well as the speed of spoken text
• Internal web browser so you can easy copy and paste articles
• Fast links for the most important news websites on the internet
• Designed to be used while on a phone call

Congratulations for the winners: @benesal20034 @bagadood @AlMudyfir_AS @aldo7mi @SaudiCitizen

The developer has provided 5 copies of Etkalem for SaudiMac readers. All you need to do is to publish a twitter message with the following requirements:

• A link to any SaudiMac article or post
• The following hashtag:

#saudimac_etkalem

So choose any article that you like and tweet about it, as long as you use the hashtag #saudimac_etkalem so we can easily find it.

We’re sorry but due to Twitter limitations we cannot find messages posted by private/protected accounts.

We will be accepting Twitter messages until Wednesday October 20th at 6:00 p.m local Saudi Arabia time (GMT+3) and will send a Direct Message to the winner with the code to redeem Etkalem so make sure to follow @SaudiMac.

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