Builder · Sound, language & technology
I build things where sound, language and technology meet. Right now that means teaching machines to speak Arabic the way people actually do, one dialect at a time.
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Projects
Things I’m building, in the open. One is live today; more are on the way.
- 01 / 2026In testing · 8 dialects liveVoice LabArabic AI voicesAI text-to-speech in the dialect people really speak: Saudi, Levantine, Egyptian, Sudanese, Iraqi, Yemeni, Moroccan and Algerian, tested in the open. Listen, rate them, and ask for yours.Open project
- 02 / ——Next projectIn the works. It will show up here when it’s ready.
About
Arabic isn’t one voice. I want technology that hears the difference.
I’m Fadi Al Khayyat, based in Kuala Lumpur. Khayyat is my family name, and it means tailor, which is how I like to work: measure carefully, fit it to the people who will use it, and keep adjusting until it’s right.
I’ve spent more than ten years between music, technology and operations. I make and mix records, I build the systems that keep creative work on schedule, and I care about the details most people skip. The Voice Lab is where all of it meets.
- Based in
- Kuala Lumpur
- Languages
- Arabic · English · Malay
- Studied
- IT · Limkokwing University
- In the studio
- Production · mixing · mastering
- Now
- Voice Lab
The path so far
- 2012–2016Degree in ITBachelor of Business (Hons) in Information Technology at Limkokwing University, Cyberjaya, majoring in information systems.
- 2020A music labelCo-founded an independent label for Arab urban music. Producer, sound engineer, and the one who built its systems, from release planning to publishing.
- 2022Content operationsQuality audits and root-cause analysis for one of the world’s largest social platforms, where the hard cases are the daily work.
- 2026Voice LabArabic AI voices in eight dialects, tested in the open, plus websites in Arabic, English and Malay.
Let’s talk
Working on something in sound, language or Arabic tech? Want to use the voices? Write to me.
hello@khayyats.com