English to Arabic Live Translated Captions
English talks, classes, and meetings captioned live in Arabic — right to left, and easy to read.
Students, clients, and colleagues from the Middle East and North Africa usually manage in English, but an hour-long English presentation still leaks detail. Avoce turns English speech into live Arabic captions: the original appears first with the Arabic right behind it, and each line is laid out in its own direction — English left to right, Arabic right to left. The audience can also scan a QR code and read on their own phones.
Nothing to install — it runs in the browser. Capture a live talk with the microphone, or caption an online meeting or video through tab audio. Register names and jargon in the glossary so the Arabic stays exact, let the audience scan a QR code to read captions on their own phones, and export the transcript as txt, Markdown, or srt when you’re done.
Where it shines
- Meetings with Middle East clients and partners
- University classes with international students
- English lectures and seminars
What to watch for in this direction
Right-to-left lines with left-to-right names inside
Arabic reads right to left, yet brand names, model numbers, URLs, and figures often stay in Latin script, left to right. When the two directions interleave in one line, punctuation next to “v2.1” or “Q3” can look out of place. Digits have two forms as well: Egypt and the Gulf often use Arabic-Indic numerals (١٥), while North Africa uses 0–9. Keeping the original line visible (it is on by default) lets the audience check every number against the English.
The captions are Standard Arabic, not a dialect
Spoken Egyptian, Levantine, Gulf, and Maghrebi Arabic differ enough that speakers do not always follow each other, but in writing they share Modern Standard Arabic (MSA). The captions are written in that standard, so any educated Arabic reader can follow them — in a register more formal than everyday speech. Plain, direct English from the speaker keeps the Arabic from reading stiffly.
English you has no gender; Arabic you does
Arabic marks you for gender and number (أنتَ, أنتِ, أنتم), and the verb changes with it: asking a woman to send a file is أرسِلي, a man أرسِل. English does not say who is being addressed. Talking to a whole room, the plural is used and is safe; one-on-one, the model has to guess and often lands on the masculine. In formal settings, address people by name, or have an Arabic speaker review the key sentences.
Three steps to start — nothing to install.
Put these in the glossary first
The glossary applies to both recognition and translation: terms you register up front stop the model re-guessing a rendering every time.
- Arabic spellings for speaker and attendee names — vowels can be written several ways in Arabic script
- Whether brand and product names stay in Latin letters or go into Arabic (Google is جوجل in Egypt, غوغل in the Levant)
- Abbreviations, noting whether to translate them (AI, KPI, ROI)
- Organisation and department names, using the official Arabic name where one exists
One point buys one minute of live translation — about $3.70 an hour on the $10.99 / 180-point pack. Signing up gets you a free 20-minute trial, valid 7 days, no credit card needed.
Not sure yet? Try 20 minutes free first — no card needed. Points you buy never expire.
Common questions
Which Arabic does it write?
Written Modern Standard Arabic rather than Egyptian or Gulf colloquial. It is the shared written language across the Arabic-speaking world, so a mixed audience can all read it.
Do Arabic captions display correctly on phones?
Each line takes its direction from its own text: the Arabic line runs right to left, the English original left to right. The audience opens the QR link in a phone browser — no app to install.
How many points does an hour cost?
Live translation runs one point per minute, so about 60 points an hour. If you only need the English transcript, transcript-only mode lasts four times longer — roughly 15 points an hour.