Type familiar English sounds and see Arabic letters as you go. Choose letter alternatives, add vowel marks, and keep writing without a dictionary connection.
Type Arabic sounds using English letters. Letter suggestions work directly in your browser.
Arabic keys and phonetic typing work in your browser. Smart word suggestions need an internet connection.
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Fast keyboard converts English letters and supported number shortcuts into Arabic as you type. Its letter alternatives work in the browser, so you can compose Arabic without the word-suggestion service.
Click English keys or type on your physical keyboard. Supported input becomes Arabic immediately.
Type slam: s → س, l → ل, a → ا, m → م. The letters immediately form سلام.
Letter case can matter: s produces sin, while uppercase S produces sad. Fast does not guess a whole word or automatically add short vowels.
A caret popup offers alternatives for supported letters. Click a choice, or use Down and Enter.
Type a to insert alif. Its popup offers related forms, including alif with hamza. You can also type a followed by an apostrophe to produce alif with hamza above.
Move the caret with arrow keys to revisit a supported letter. Left and right still move normally. Press Down to enter alternatives opened by caret movement, then use Up or Down and Enter. Escape dismisses the popup.
Displayed Alt+number shortcuts also choose an alternative. The choice replaces its target letter while preserving surrounding text. Undo reverses that edit.
The final row provides Fatha, Fathatan, Damma, Dammatan, Shadda, Sukun, Kasra, and Kasratan.
Place the caret after the base letter, then click its mark. The dotted circle on a key helps show the mark; it is not inserted into your text. Marks are available in all three typing methods.
Marks are separate characters. Review their placement and use Undo if you add the wrong one. Existing marks stay in the text when a Fast letter alternative replaces the base letter.
Change the appearance of the complete draft from Text style. Start with Noto Kufi Arabic at 22 px, then adjust it for your task.
Open Text style to choose a font, set a size from 12 to 120 px, change the text color, or apply bold, italic, underline, and strikethrough. These settings apply to the whole draft rather than a selected phrase.
Text direction is independent of the interface language. Keep right-to-left for an Arabic paragraph. Reset style restores the starting appearance without clearing the words.
Copy the draft, download an editable Word document, or save a PNG image. Use Search your text for a web search or share action.
Copy copies the complete draft as text. Save Word (.docx) keeps editable text and the selected overall style. Save image (.png) produces a white-background image; its words are no longer editable as text in that image.
Word and image files are created in your browser. An oversized image can reach a limit; shorten the draft or use Word if the image cannot be created.
Search your text uses a selected passage when one is selected, otherwise the complete draft. Choose a destination and press Open to send that text to the external service.
Select the Fast keyboard tab. Its on-screen keys show English labels.
Type slam: s → س, l → ل, a → ا, m → م. The letters immediately form سلام.
Choose letter alternatives or marks, then copy the draft or download Word or PNG.
Fast keyboard
Type the shortcut to get its Arabic letter immediately.
Case matters: lowercase and uppercase shortcuts can produce different letters.
Type the straight apostrophe (') after the letter to get a variant.
Some number keys write Arabic letters in Fast mode.
Fast conversion, letter alternatives, editing, and downloads run in your browser. A draft can be saved in this browser when storage is available. Copy or download important work before clearing browser data or changing devices. Search and sharing send the chosen text to their destination.
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Practical tutorials for typing Arabic with English letters, choosing whole-word suggestions, and using an on-screen Arabic keyboard.
Type familiar English sounds and see Arabic letters as you go. Choose letter alternatives, add vowel marks, and keep writing without a dictionary connection.
Read the guideType an English spelling and pause to preview Arabic suggestions. Choose a word, or press Space to accept a suggestion and continue your sentence.
Read the guideClick the Arabic letters or use their matching positions on your physical keyboard. Add harakat, format your text, and copy or download the result.
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