The first interactive app for learning Emirati Arabic - a spoken dialect with no existing digital learning tools.
Custom AI tools built for dialect learning:
- A conversational engine trained on 600+ Emirati grammar and vocabulary rules
- A camera scanner for real-world object identification in Emirati Arabic
- A pronunciation coach with phonetic similarity scoring
- A custom-tuned Arabic voice with a hand-built pronunciation dictionary for authentic Emirati speech synthesis - no existing TTS service offers this
- Frontend: React Native (TypeScript)
- Backend: PostgreSQL, Deno Edge Functions, vector embeddings
- AI: OpenAI GPT-4o, ElevenLabs speech synthesis
- Infrastructure: Sentry error tracking, PostHog analytics, App Store Connect
- Architecture: Three-layer caching for offline performance, real-time AI streaming (SSE), speech-to-text with dialect-aware keyterm optimization
User input → dialect engine (600+ rules + vector search) → OpenAI GPT-4o → ElevenLabs voice synthesis → authentic Emirati pronunciation response
- Website: lsany.ae
- App Store: Coming soon