Write better ChatGPT prompts by saying them in Arabic

Good prompts are specific: how many, how long, for whom, in what tone. Those details are easy to say and tedious to type, more so in a second language. Say them. Sawti writes the prompt.

Details in, details out

You say, in Arabic:

اكتب لي خطة محتوى لشهر كامل لقناة يوتيوب عن الطبخ السوري، ثلاث فيديوهات بالأسبوع، وركّز على الوصفات السريعة

Sawti types:

Write a month-long content plan for a Syrian cooking YouTube channel, featuring three videos per week and focusing on quick recipes.

ChatGPT has a microphone. Why use Sawti?

ChatGPT’s own voice input writes down what you said, in the language you said it. Speak Arabic, get Arabic. That is dictation, and it is useful.

Sawti does something different: you speak Arabic and the prompt is written in English. That is what you want when the result has to be in English, when the topic is full of English terms, or when the same prompt is going into a tool that has no microphone at all.

And because Sawti types wherever your cursor is, the habit you build carries over to every other tool you use.

When the answer comes back

On Windows and Mac, select any part of the answer and press the read-back hotkey to read it in plain Arabic, with the jargon explained. On iPhone and iPad, paste it into the read-back screen in the Sawti app.

How it works

  1. Click into the ChatGPT message box In the browser or the desktop app. On a phone, switch to the Sawti keyboard.
  2. Press the hotkey, or tap the mic, and talk Pick Formal English for work, Casual English for everything else, Vibe Code for programming.
  3. Press again Your prompt is there in English. Send it.

Questions people ask

Is Sawti a ChatGPT plugin?

No. Sawti is an independent app with no connection to OpenAI’s ChatGPT product. It types text at your cursor, like a keyboard.

Can I still get answers in Arabic?

Yes. Ask ChatGPT for an Arabic answer in your prompt, or read any English answer in Arabic with read-back.

Does it work with Gemini and other assistants?

Yes. Anywhere you can type.

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