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by selmetwa 3y ago
oof, ty lol
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by selmetwa 3y ago
The issue is that nobody speaks "classic" arabic in day to day life, so its not very useful. The egyptian dialect on the other hand is the most widely spoken dialect and understandable by most arabic speakers.
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by selmetwa 3y ago
Ah the keyboard was designed specifically for native english speakers, mapping the english letters to their closest approximate arabic equivalent. For example s = س
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by selmetwa 3y ago
My Arabic is terrible also haha, part of my impetus for making the tool
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by selmetwa 3y ago
That is correct, I should have been more specific
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by selmetwa 3y ago
Ah yeah I should specify this is in the egyptian dialect
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by selmetwa 3y ago
Thank you!
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by selmetwa 3y ago
Thanks for the feedback, definitely need to polish the mobile experience. And yeah as of now just the one story as a POC, I plan on adding more in the future.
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by selmetwa 3y ago
Source code is here for anyone curious: https://github.com/selmetwa/parallel-arabic
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by selmetwa 3y ago
Ah, "Listen" is actually a button you can click to hear the audio. Only keywords (those highlighted) actually have the translation included.
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by selmetwa 3y ago
That is correct, this tool assumes a basic understanding of the Arabic alphabet, and I think in the long run being able to read the arabic script will accelerate your learning progress much faster than just using franco.
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by selmetwa 3y ago
There is an option to view the transliteration next to the arabic and english text as well, you just have to toggle "Sentence view"
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Show HN: Parallel Arabic – Arabic reading and writing practice(parallel-arabic.com)
98 points by selmetwa 3y ago|54 comments
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by selmetwa 3y ago
Really cool! I like that bookmarking seems to be making a comeback. I really like the low-tech approach. It would be cool if there was a social component to it as well. I actually worked on a similar project centered around social bookmarki
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by selmetwa 3y ago
Arabic Virtual Keyboard is a tool that helps english speakers write in Arabic without having a dedicated arabic keyboard The keyboard is fully featured and contains support for all letters, numbers, special characters, diacritical marks, an
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Show HN: Arabic Virtual Keyboard(selmetwa.github.io)
2 points by selmetwa 3y ago|1 comments
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by selmetwa 3y ago
weird this is on the second page but has no comments
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by selmetwa 3y ago
Just to throw my hat in the ring I also worked on a social bookmarking site called HunterGather, with an emphasis on visual bookmarking and collections. https://huntergather.website/ In.ht looks great though!
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Show HN: Arabic Virtual Keyboard, write arabic in English(selmetwa.github.io)
4 points by selmetwa 3y ago|0 comments
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Show HN: A social bookmarking tool, see what other people are saving on the web(huntergather.website)
1 points by selmetwa 3y ago|0 comments
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by selmetwa 3y ago
Really cool project, reminds me a bit of are.na. I worked on a similar project https://huntergather.website/ . Glad to see other people working on social bookmarking.
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by selmetwa 3y ago
Cool project, I also think a lot about social bookmarking, and worked on a similar project called HunterGather. How did you go about getting so many users? https://huntergather.website/
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by selmetwa 3y ago
Really cool, can anyone contribute articles? I made a site recently focused on social bookmarking. https://huntergather.website/
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Show HN: Country Balls(sveltekit-vis.vercel.app)
3 points by selmetwa 3y ago|0 comments
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by selmetwa 3y ago
Do you hoard bookmarks? Do you love browsing the web? Do you ever wonder what cool stuff other people have in their bookmarks? Enter HunterGather. HunterGather is a social bookmarking site. See what other people are saving on the web. Hunte
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Show HN: Hunter Gather, Social Bookmarking(huntergather.website)
2 points by selmetwa 3y ago|1 comments