Why we built a free Arabic transliteration tool for the world
If you've ever typed "salam", "marhaba", or "ana b7ebak" on your phone or keyboard, you already know Arabizi — the informal system of writing Arabic using Latin characters and numbers that Arabic speakers worldwide use in digital communication.
It works for texting. But when you want to write properly — for a social media caption, an email, a document, or a message to someone who reads real Arabic — getting from Arabizi back to Arabic script used to mean switching apps, copy-pasting, or fighting with a virtual keyboard that doesn't understand your intent.
We built Omlyar to fix that. Type the way you naturally would. Get perfect Arabic script instantly.
Most transliteration tools work by simple letter-to-letter substitution. They don't understand context, morphology, or the meaning of what you're writing. They turn every "h" into the same character, every "s" into the same letter — regardless of whether it makes sense.
Omlyar is powered by Claude AI, which means it understands full words and sentences, not just individual letters. When you type "allah", it knows that's الله. When you type "ana b7ebak", it knows that's أنا بحبك. Context matters — and AI gets it right.
Arabic is spoken by over 400 million people worldwide and is one of the UN's six official languages. Yet Arabic speakers online have historically been underserved by digital language tools — most of which are built for English speakers learning Arabic, not for native speakers and the diaspora who live between two scripts every day.
Omlyar is built for the Arabic-speaking community first. Free. No account required. No paywalls. Available to anyone, anywhere in the world, from the browser they already have.
Omlyar uses a two-pane interface: you type Latin/Arabizi on the left, and Arabic script appears on the right in real time. The tool uses streaming AI to show results as they're generated, not after a long wait.
We've also built a full Arabic keyboard so you can type Arabic characters directly without needing to transliterate at all — perfect for people who are comfortable with the script but don't have an Arabic keyboard layout.
Omlyar runs on real AI infrastructure that costs money per request. We keep it free through a combination of small supporter donations (via Ko-fi), affiliate partnerships with Arabic learning platforms, and eventually unobtrusive advertising.
We will never put the core tool behind a paywall. If you've found value in Omlyar, the best way to support us is to buy us a coffee or share it with someone who needs it.
Omlyar is an independent project, built and maintained by a small team of developers and Arabic language enthusiasts. We're not a venture-backed startup — we're people who care about making Arabic more accessible online.
Questions, suggestions, or just want to say hello? Get in touch.