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Matches. Over time, Yamli will recognize popular patterns of spelling and word selection, increasing its accuracy.Co-founder Habib Haddad says: "Today, the Arabic language represents less than 0.5% of the content on the Internet. Our mission at Yamli is to empower the Arabic language on the web. We are going to continue to increase that percentage to a much higher number."You can view Yamli at Yamli.comYamli is an Internet start-up focused on addressing the problems specific to the Arabic web. Yamli currently offers twomain products: the Smart Arabic Keyboard, a real-time transliteration engine for Arabic; and Yamli Arabic Search, a searchengine focused on providing a better experience and more relevant results for Arabic search queries.For more information, visit our website, at www.yamli.com/about/.November 15, 2007Yamli.com Allows Arabic Speakers to Write Arabic Using English AlphabetTool Seeks to Ease Use of the Arabic Language OnlineCAMBRIDGE, Mass.November 15, 2007 --Language Analytics LLC, an internet startup, unveiled Yamli.com, a web-based tool that empowers users to easily use and access the Arabic web.The Arab world has one of the highest internet usage growth rates. Yet, access to and development of Arabic content has been difficult, mainly because of the complexity of typing Arabic. Although Arabic keyboards are available, the vast majority of Arabic-speaking Internet users are accustomed to an English keyboard. Users often resort to spelling Arabic words out phonetically using English characters, a process known as transliteration. Yamli allows users to convert these English characters into Arabic words.Co-founder Habib Haddad explains: "I would often experience frustration trying to find Arabic news on the web. Like millions of users, I could easily express my Arabic words using English letters, but I had difficulty typing them in Arabic. The need for a technology that efficiently converted those phonetic spellings into meaningful Arabic words seemed natural to me. It would have to be so seamless that users would be able to write Arabic text and forget they were using English characters. This is how Yamli was born."Yamli’s patent-pending solution converts the user’s input into Arabic as he or she types. To maximize usability, Yamli accepts a variety of phonetic spellings and generates a list of suggested matches. Over time, Yamli will recognize popular patterns of spelling and word selection, increasing its accuracy.Co-founder Imad Jureidini says: "The Arabic web will truly take off when people can do two things easily: find and write Arabic content. While there are many applications for our technology, we sought to address these two fundamental needs immediately."Yamli’s initial release encompasses two tools: Yamli Search and Yamli Editor. Yamli Search allows users to search the web using Arabic keywords with Google. Users can search for general web content, videos, news, images and blogs. Yamli Editor allows

Is simply brilliant"Yamli has also released a setup tool that allows the integration of the API with no technical knowledge. This makes it easy for everyowner of a site or blog to offer Yamli’s Smart Arabic Keyboard to his users.Sami Tueni, the General Manager of Naharnet.com, "Yamli is the best contribution to the Arab web. So easy to implement, itwas the long awaited tool to help the Arabic language flourish online," concluded Tueni.You can get more info about the API at www.yamli.com/api.About Yamli.comYamli is an Internet start-up focused on addressing the problems specific to the Arabic web. Yamli currently offers twomain products: the Smart Arabic Keyboard, a real-time transliteration engine for Arabic; and Yamli Arabic Search, a searchengine focused on providing a better experience and more relevant results for Arabic search queries.For more information, visit our website, at www.yamli.com/about/.About Ikbis.comLaunched in late November 2006, Ikbis is Arabia’s first and leading video and photo sharing service. With Ikbis users can upload,organize and share their videos and photos with their families, friends or the rest of the world. Users can also interact withother Ikbis users by commenting on their shots and adding them as friends. Ikbis is a service from TootCorp. www.ikbis.comAbout Naharnet.comNaharnet is a leading Lebanese portal providing "up to the minute" news and services in Arabic and English. Naharnet attractsmillions of Lebanese visitors from over 200 countries around the world. A new version of Naharnet will soon be launched as anext generation portal with exciting and innovating features such as Yamli. www.naharnet.comOnline Tool That Enables The Transliteration of Arabic Using English Characters Wins Prestigious Web AwardYamli.com Wins “Best Web Technology Award” Within Year Of LaunchCAMBRIDGE, Mass.May 14, 2008 --Language Analytics, LLC, a software startup, has won “Best Web Technology Award” during the 4th Year Pan Arab Web Awards 2008 for its flagship website, Yamli.com . Yamli allows users to convert transliterated text back into Arabic characters, facilitating access to and the development of Arabic content.The Pan Arab Web Awards aim to promote the innovative spirit of the web while recognizing the accomplishments of its community members. The competition received an unprecedented number of registrants from the Middle East region, including new entrants from Bahrain, Kuwait, Yemen and Saudi Arabia. The awards ceremony was held on 26 April 2008 at Burj Al Arab, Dubai.According to co-founder Imad Jureidini, "We are very honored to receive this year’s Best Web Technology Award. This is a recognition, not only of the technological breakthrough that Yamli represents, but also of the Arabic web’s need for such technology."Yamli’s patent-pending solution converts the user’s input into Arabic as the user types. To maximize usability, Yamli accepts a variety of phonetic spellings and generates a list of suggested

Was first announced at Harvard Business School’s MENA Conference on Saturday, December 4th during a paneldiscussion on Entrepreneurship in the MENA region in which co-founder Habib Haddad participated.You can try Yamli Search for yourself at Yamli.comYamli is an Internet start-up focused on addressing the problems specific to the Arabic web. Yamli currently offers twomain products: the Smart Arabic Keyboard, a real-time transliteration engine for Arabic; and Yamli Arabic Search, a searchengine focused on providing a better experience and more relevant results for Arabic search queries.For more information, visit our website, at www.yamli.com/about/.October 8, 2008Yamli.com Takes on Major Challenge to Arabic Content on the WebReal-Time Transliteration of Arabic Language now Available for any WebsiteCAMBRIDGE, Mass.October 8, 2008 --Yamli.com released a free API that allows the easy integration of its award-winningArabic transliteration technology into any website. Yamli’s Smart Arabic Keyboard allows users to type Arabic usingLatin characters by converting their words in real time into Arabic text. Third-party websites using the API canreach a larger group of Arabic speaking visitors who would otherwise find typing Arabic difficult.According to co-founder Habib Haddad, "We are very excited about making this technology available to any websitefor free. We hope it will encourage every user to be more engaged with the Arabic language not only on Yamli.com buton all Arabic sites and blogs. Our approach makes a significant contribution to the Arabic web by actually reducingthe proliferation of transliterated Arabic words and converting them into real Arabic words," concluded Haddad.Various studies show that a large portion of Arabic internet users shy away from typing Arabic, choosing instead towrite Arabic phonetically using Latin characters in an ad-hoc and informal fashion. The transliteration of Arabicwords and the limited availability of Arabic keyboards have stymied the use of Arabic on the web. By making it easyfor everyone to type in Arabic, Yamli.com is making the Arabic language more accessible for every day users, and helpingto promote Arabic content on the web.According to George Akra, Co-founder of Ikbis.com, "I think Yamli is one of the most innovative and useful servicesin the region, plugging the API to our site was easy and lead to the increase of Arabic comments on Ikbis.com. Thesimplicity and accuracy of the service is just remarkable," concluded Akra.The technology allows users to fully engage with Arabic content on blogs, e-commerce, social networking, education,government, video and music websites. The API, which has been undergoing testing since March with selected partners,such as Maktoob, Annahar, Moheet, ART TV, 3alarasi, and Babnet, has already been used by hundreds of thousands of usersalready.Bassem Hefny, co-founder of elCinema.com says "Yamli is the most powerful feature a website owner can dream of and theidea of having Yamli as a free, easy to add API