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You can now learn Arabic for free with this app

The ALC and DCT Abu Dhabi have come together to launch an extremely useful Scan and Learn Arabic app.

An innovative new application can now help you finally learn some Arabic!

The Scan and Learn Arabic application has now been launched by the Abu Dhabi Arabic Language Centre (ALC), part of the Department of Culture and Tourism – Abu Dhabi (DCT Abu Dhabi).

Launched in collaboration with Abu Dhabi’s Department of Community Development (DCD) and Department of Municipalities and Transport (DMT), it allows smartphone and tablet users to scan objects around the city, the names of which are then translated into Arabic.

The app aims to support all the government entities’ mandate to create a cohesive society, fostered through language learning. It also furthers the ALC’s objectives to support Arabic by harnessing innovation, while ensuring the preservation of the language and its continued use in everyday society.

Users can download the application for free on iOS and Android platforms, and then use its built-in optical reader to scan texts at key facilities along the Abu Dhabi Corniche – the first of many sites in the emirate to be added.

So be it, visitors or residents, everyone can now come together to learn the Arabic language and use it more in their daily lives.

Hamad Ali Al Dhaheri, Under-Secretary of the DCD, said, “…[The initiative] reflects the extent to which entities and institutions across Abu Dhabi value the Arabic language and consider it to be a language of creativity and cross-cultural communication, bringing Arab communities closer with societies around the world. We fully recognise and appreciate the importance of such initiatives in strengthening our national identity through the Arabic language, one of the most essential foundations in our Arab and Emirati culture. Learning Arabic will also strengthen social cohesion among all components of our community.”

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