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Voice Lab · now testing 8 dialects

Arabic voices that sound like home.

Most Arabic text-to-speech speaks one stiff, formal Arabic. We build AI voices in the dialect people actually speak, from Jeddah to Casablanca, and test every one in the open. Listen, and tell us if it sounds right.

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Saudi · Jeddah

السلام عليكم، أبغى أحجز طاولة لأربعة الليلة الساعة تسع... وعندكم مواقف؟

Every voice on this site is AI-generated, reading lines we wrote. No real person is speaking.

Listen to the lab

Eight dialects, one everyday request: booking a table. Same idea, said the way each place says it. Press play and read along.

  • Sample 01In listening tests

    سعوديSaudi · Jeddah

    0:05

    السلام عليكم، أبغى أحجز طاولة لأربعة الليلة الساعة تسع... وعندكم مواقف؟

    “Hi, I’d like to book a table for four tonight at nine… do you have parking?”

    Does it sound like your dialect?

  • Sample 02In listening tests

    شاميLevantine · Amman

    0:05

    مرحبا، بدي احجز طاولة بكرا الساعة تمانة... في عندكم قعدة برّا؟

    “Hi, I’d like to book a table tomorrow at eight… do you have outdoor seating?”

    Does it sound like your dialect?

  • Sample 03In listening tests

    مصريEgyptian · Cairo

    0:04

    أهلاً، عايز أحجز ترابيزة لاتنين النهارده الساعة عشرة... ينفع؟

    “Hi, I want to book a table for two tonight at ten… is that possible?”

    Does it sound like your dialect?

  • Sample 04In listening tests

    سودانيSudanese · Khartoum

    0:18

    سلام عليكم يا شباب، بالله داير أحجز لينا ترابيزة لخمسة أشخاص الليلة الساعة تمانية كده… بس لو سمحتوا شوفوا لينا ترابيزة تكون في مكان هادي شوية، وكمان داير أعرف لو في مواقف عربات قريبة من المطعم عشان الزحمة؟ وما قصرتوا مقدما

    “Hello, everyone. I’d like to book us a table for five tonight at eight. Please find us somewhere quiet, and is there parking near the restaurant? It gets busy. Much appreciated.”

    Does it sound like your dialect?

  • Sample 05In listening tests

    عراقيIraqi · Baghdad

    0:14

    السلام عليكم شباب، أريد أحجز طاولة لخمسة أشخاص الليلة الساعة ثمانية… وإذا ممكن تدبروا لنا مكان هادئ شوية، وبعد أريد أعرف اكو كراج قريب من المطعم لأن الزحمة هواي؟ ويعطيكم العافية مقدما

    “Hello, everyone. I’d like a table for five tonight at eight. If you can, find us a quiet spot, and is there a garage near the restaurant? It’s very busy. Thanks in advance.”

    Does it sound like your dialect?

  • Sample 06In listening tests

    يمنيYemeni · Sana’a

    0:15

    السلام عليكم يا شباب، أشتي أحجز طاولة لخمسة أشخاص الليلة الساعة ثمانية… ولو سمحتوا شوفوا لنا مكان هادي شوية، وكمان أشتي أعرف فيه موقف سيارات قريب من المطعم عشان الزحمة؟ الله يعطيكم العافية مقدما

    “Hello, everyone. I’d like a table for five tonight at eight. Please find us somewhere quiet, and is there parking near the restaurant? It gets busy. God give you strength.”

    Does it sound like your dialect?

  • Sample 07In listening tests

    مغربيMoroccan · Casablanca

    0:14

    السلام عليكم، بغيت نحجز طابلة لخمسة ديال الناس الليلة على الساعة تمانية… وعافاكم شوفو ليا شي بلاصة هادية شوية، وبغيت نعرف واش كاين شي باركينغ قريب من المطعم حيت كاين الزحام؟ بارك الله فيكم

    “Hello. I’d like a table for five tonight at eight. Please find me somewhere quiet, and is there parking near the restaurant? It’s crowded. God bless you.”

    Does it sound like your dialect?

  • Sample 08In listening tests

    جزائريAlgerian · Algiers

    0:14

    السلام عليكم، حاب نحجز طابلة لخمسة أشخاص الليلة على الساعة تمنية… ومن فضلكم شوفولنا بلاصة هادية شوية، وكذلك حاب نعرف واش كاين باركينغ قريب من المطعم خاطر الزحمة؟ بارك الله فيكم

    “Hello. I’d like a table for five tonight at eight. Please find us somewhere quiet, and is there parking near the restaurant? It’s crowded. God bless you.”

    Does it sound like your dialect?

More samples go up every round: new dialects, new voices, and longer lines than a table booking.

Every voice on this site is AI-generated, reading lines we wrote. No real person is speaking.

How we test a voice

“Speaks Arabic” is easy to claim. Sounding like someone from Baghdad, or Khartoum, or Fes is not. So every voice goes through the same four steps, and the results are posted here.

  1. 1

    Write it the way people talk

    Scripts are written in the dialect itself, not in formal Arabic and not translated from English: the local words, the local spelling, the little fillers.

  2. 2

    Make the voice

    We generate the line and tune it: where the stress falls, how the qaf and the jeem come out, the rhythm of a question, the pause before “do you have parking?”

  3. 3

    Native ears listen

    People who grew up with the dialect listen and mark every word that sounds foreign. You can be one of them: rate any voice above.

  4. 4

    Fix it and run it again

    What sounded off gets fixed, and the line goes back for another round. A voice stays “in listening tests” until people from that place say it sounds like them.

The dialect board

Where every dialect stands right now. Don’t see yours? Ask for it below, and it moves up the list.

Next on the bench

  • نجديNajdi
  • كويتيKuwaiti
  • إماراتيEmirati
  • عُمانيOmani
  • لبنانيLebanese
  • سوريSyrian
  • فلسطينيPalestinian
  • ليبيLibyan
  • تونسيTunisian

Hear your own dialect

Tell us your dialect and a line you’d like to hear, in your own words. We’ll make it in the next round, send it to you, and post the best ones here.

This opens an email to hello@khayyats.com with your request filled in. We reply from the same address.

Websites, too

Alongside the voices, I design bilingual websites in Arabic, English and Malay. Have a look at the examples, made for fictional businesses.

Questions

Is that a real person speaking?

No. Every voice here is AI-generated, reading a line we wrote in that dialect. We say so on every page, and we always will.

Can I use these voices?

Not yet. We’re still testing, so there’s nothing to buy. If you have a project in mind, email us: what you tell us decides which dialects we work on first.

What happens when I rate a voice?

We count it, anonymously: which voice, and whether you said spot on, close or not really. No name, no cookies. The counts tell us which voices need another round.

Why so many dialects?

Because nobody speaks “Arabic” at home. They speak Saudi, or Egyptian, or Moroccan. A voice that gets that right is the difference between sounding like a neighbour and sounding like the news.