Yamli, An Immensely Useful Tool

I am about to tell you about a website I found which I think is very useful.

As a blogger who constantly researches online for stuff about Lebanon, a lot of which can be in Arabic, I found myself often frustrated. 

The problem is, I don’t have an Arabic keyboard, and many times, material can only be found in Arabic. For example, I once wanted to post a picture of Assafir’s Talal Salman, but I couldn’t find any, because he mostly appears in Arabic websites.

Gladly, I found Yamli, a search website with an amazing capability. In it, I use my Latin keyboard to type things like “mou2amara”, then the magic happens: It will be automatically converted, inside the search box, to “?????? “ after which I can quickly search using google’s search engine. 

Gone are the days when I had to find those annoying Javascript-based Arabic Keyboards to type using my mouse. This is instantaneous gratification, great stuff. The next logical step would be an online word processor that uses the same technology.

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Related Beirut Spring Posts:

• Exactly a year ago, when I was still on blogspot, I profiled Ikbis, an Arabic Youtube copycat • On May 14, I reviewed Annahar’s new website and decided it was too gimmicky • On July 8, I was revolted by Syria’s internet ban and wrote a post that teaches Syrians how to get around it.