Projects Description:  Sakhr Software is the global leader in Arabic language technology. Sakhr solutions rank #1 in accuracy and performance, powered by the world’s leading research in Arabic natural language processing (NLP). It provides bidirectional machine translation (MT) for Arabic-English. Sakhr MT is the world’s most accurate, due to decades of natural language processing research (NLP) on the Arabic language and its complexities.

Sakhr MT is a hybrid engine that optimizes rules-based and statistical-based processes to achieve rapid, highest accuracy translation. The engine is a full-fledged integrated system embedding NLP processors, formal grammars, transfer lexicons, and enterprise- specific terminology. It allows for secure, and scalable deployment from a single user to enterprise-wide requirements. Sakhr MT powers a suite of translation solutions, including:

1. Online Translation
2. Speech to Speech Translation
3. Mobile Applications
4. Translation Engine SDK & API
5. News & Media Monitoring
6. Name Transliteration
7. Professional Translation Services

Sakhr Software also developed out-of-the-state Arabic solutions that comprises Speech Technologies, Automatic Reader, OCR, and Knowledge Management (Arabdox). Speech technologies includes Arabic Text-to-Speech (TTS), and Automatic Speech Recognition (ASR).  Sakhr’s ASR engine is the core technology recognizing spoken Arabic across a wide range of utterances, noisy environments, and Arabic accents from the Arabian Gulf, Egypt and Levant. On the other hand, ArabDox enables classifying, organizing, indexing, storing and retrieving documents in Arabic, English and French.

Developing Company: Sakhr Software, Kuwait, Saudi Arabia, Egypt, UAE, Oman, USA.

Clients: Along list that involves many of well-recognized Arabic and international organizations in diversified industries such Government, Education, Technology and Telecommunication. The list includes for example: The Arab League, Central Bank of Kuwait, Dubai Police, U.S. Department of Defense, US Department of State, NBC News, European Commission, Alcatel-Lucent, World Bank, Yale University, Library of Alexandria, Lockheed Martin, Kuwait Civil Aviation, Saudi Aramco, Health Canada, Government of Canada, Kuwait Civil Aviation, Ministry of Trade & Education (Egypt), Ministry of Labor & Social Affairs (Qatar), Ministry of Education (Oman), United States Institute of Peace, Kaspersky Lab, Intel, Microsoft, Northrop Grumman, Sony Gulf, Etisalet, Mobinil, Omantel and Zain.

Working Period: 1989-1997

Involved Staff: Emad alBustami, Chief Systems Designer

Status now:  Kindly visit www.sakhr.com for more up-to-date details.