Arabic Reader

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About this app

Arabic Reader adds tashkeel — the short-vowel diacritics — to Arabic PDFs and web pages. Tap any word to see its vocalized form, hear it pronounced and look up its meaning, without leaving the page.

Written Arabic omits the short vowels, so every unfamiliar word becomes a puzzle. Stopping to sound it out or switching to a dictionary breaks your reading flow. Arabic Reader puts the vowels back: diacritics appear above the text, the dictionary and the audio sit next to the word, and your notes are attached to the sentence you just read.

READ - BROWSER, PDF AND READER MODE
- Built-in browser with Bing or Google search, plus a PDF reader, both with automatic tashkeel
- Every line of a PDF is annotated, with diacritics drawn as a separate overlay
- Open PDFs from Files, Mail or any other app through Share and "Open in"
- In-document search, outline navigation, go to page, and PDF display themes
- Reader mode strips the clutter, with adjustable fonts, spacing and themes
- Full iʿrāb case endings or pausal form, switchable with one tap
- Latin romanization as an alternative to harakat, shown above each word
- A CEFR-level filter hides annotation on words at or below your level
- Adjustable diacritic size, 50–200%

UNDERSTAND - WORD LOOKUP AND TRANSLATION
- Tap a word once for its vocalized form, dictionary definition, Arabic root and CEFR level (A1–C2)
- Definitions in English, Chinese, French, German, Spanish, Korean, Russian and Vietnamese
- Sentence Mode breaks a sentence word by word, with audio and translation
- Reading analysis: word count, estimated CEFR level and the words most likely to slow you down
- Translate a whole article on the web, or the current page of a PDF
- Long-press a sentence to play it, copy it, collect it or attach a note

LISTEN - TEXT TO SPEECH
- Sentence-by-sentence playback with the current word highlighted
- Speed from 0.4x to 2.0x, for every level
- Voices filtered to your preference, with previews before you choose
- Auto mode selects the highest quality Arabic voice installed on the device

PRACTICE - SHADOWING AND REVIEW
- Record yourself reading a sentence and get a pronunciation score
- Flashcards for saved vocabulary and saved sentences, in separate modes
- Spaced repetition (FSRS) with eight exercise types, including listening and spelling
- CEFR levels from the KELLY Arabic list; optionally skip words already at your level

ORGANIZE - COLLECTION, NOTES AND BOOKMARKS
- Save words and sentences, with the sentence they came from
- Attach colour-coded notes
- Bookmarks, browsing history and an archive organised by source

WHO IT IS FOR
Students working through Modern Standard Arabic courses, readers of Quran and classical texts, Arabic news and novels, and anyone preparing for ACTFL Arabic proficiency or CEFR-based assessments. Useful at any level: beginners lean on the annotation and the audio, advanced readers use it to settle vowelling and unfamiliar terms.

PRIVACY AND LANGUAGES
- Everything is stored on your device. No account and no registration.
- Network access is used for the pages you choose to open, for translation when you ask for it, and for subscription checks
- You can clear local browsing and archive data from Settings
- The interface is available in 51 languages

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What’s new

Initial release.