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Arabeyes: The launch of Yamli bookmarklet

Posted 24 May 2009 16:31 GMT

Written byEman AbdElRahman

Countries	Tunisia, Egypt
Topics	Technology, Language
Languages	English

This post also available in:

عربي	· عيون عربية: إطلاق "رويبط" يملي
Español	· OjosÁrabes: Lanzamiento del marcador Yamli

Tunisia

Earlier this morning, Tunisian blogger Slim Amamou, announced on Twitter the launch of the Yamli bookmarklet that he, along with other Arab Techies, have developed in their Arab Techies Code Sprint 2009 in Cairo.
Yamli is a real time smart Arabic keyboard that allows users to type Arabic without an Arabic keyboard, from within their web browser. With this bookmarklet, you can now use Yamli on any website, with a simple click of a button.

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