# ListenARApp — Live speech & camera to Arabic

> Live speech & camera to Arabic (iPhone/iPad app by Hmam Kaadna.)

- Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/listenarapp/id6774301173 (this page in markdown: same URL + `.md`)
- Developer: [Hmam Kaadna](https://appshunter.io/developer/6774301175)
- Category: Travel, Productivity
- Price: Free
- Age rating: 4+
- Requires: iOS 18.0 · 11 MB
- Languages: American English
- Released: 2026-07-05
- Data updated: 2026-07-27
- User reviews in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/listenarapp/id6774301173/reviews.md

## What is ListenARApp?

ListenAR helps you understand and speak Arabic when the other language is Russian, Ukrainian, Thai, Turkish, English, or Hebrew. It is built for real moments—listening in a conversation, reading a menu, or checking a message—not for translating one hundred languages you will never use.

LANGUAGES (TODAY)
• Live speech and Apple Watch: Russian, Ukrainian, Thai, Turkish, English, and Hebrew → Arabic
• Camera and Vision: read and translate many languages in photos into the language you choose, often Arabic
• Six focused live pairs built around Arabic conversations

WHY LISTENAR INSTEAD OF A GENERIC TRANSLATOR
• Purpose-built for Arabic conversations, not a cluttered world map
• Live tab keeps up while people talk—tap Start, see Arabic on screen, scroll history, copy or hear lines again
• Apple Watch app mirrors live translation on your wrist when your phone is nearby
• Camera points at signs, labels, and menus with on-device text recognition
• Vision translates text already in your photos or the first frame of a short video
• Optional AI (your own OpenRouter key) only when you need it—for photos in Vision or harder wording—not for every sentence

LIVE
• Choose Russian, Ukrainian, Thai, Turkish, English, or Hebrew, tap Start, and speak
• Arabic appears as people talk; partial lines update, then finalize
• Session history stays on your iPhone; star favorites to find them later
• Typed translator in Live (keyboard icon) for pasted text ↔ Arabic without the mic
• Works with the watch mic: record on Apple Watch, transcribe and translate on iPhone when paired

TALK
• Talk tab for Arabic ↔ your partner language (RU, UK, TH, TR, English, or Hebrew)
• Type or speak Arabic and see the translation on the other side
• Full two-way microphone conversation mode is still growing; Talk today is best for quick back-and-forth typing

CAMERA
• Live camera view for menus, street signs, packaging, and labels
• On-device detection plus translation toward Arabic or another language you pick
• Handy when you are moving and do not want to type

VISION
• Pick a photo or short video from your library
• AI reads the text and translates into your chosen language (Arabic by default)
• Requires enabling AI in Settings with your own OpenRouter API key

PRIVACY
• ListenAR does not run a central server for your conversations
• Translation history and favorites stay on your device
• Speech and on-device Apple translation are handled on your iPhone using Apple frameworks
• Optional AI sends text (not raw audio) to OpenRouter only when you turn it on and supply your own API key
• Your API key is stored in the device Keychain
• Feedback is sent only when you choose to send it from the Feedback tab
• You can clear history and diagnostic logs from Settings

APPLE WATCH
• Companion app for live translation on the wrist
• Now and History tabs, session status, and notifications when new Arabic lines arrive from the phone session
• Install the iPhone app first; the watch app installs with it

REQUIREMENTS
• iPhone requires iOS 18 or later for Apple on-device translation and the Talk tab
• Microphone permission for Live and watch audio
• Camera permission for the Camera tab
• Photo library access for Vision
• Internet needed for optional AI, first-time language pack downloads, and feedback

ListenAR is a communication aid. It is not a replacement for professional interpreters in medical, legal, emergency, or safety-critical situations. Verify anything important with a qualified human when it matters.

ListenAR — by Ameen AB & Hmam K.


## Version history (last 2 releases)

### 1.0.1 — 2026-07-17

What's new in ListenAR

• English & Hebrew added for Live speech, Watch, Typed, and Talk
• Live → Recent → History: finished lines move reliably into your history
• Language chips instead of a cramped menu — pick RU, UK, TH, TR, EN, or HE in one swipe
• Smaller language-download banner when an Apple pack is missing
• Feedback keyboard: dismiss with Return, tap outside, or switch tabs
• Talk, Camera & Vision polish for smoother day-to-day use

Update now and try Hebrew or English → Arabic on Live.

### 1.0 — 2026-07-05

No release notes.

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