Multi-Languages Hajj Mobile Dictionary, Text and Voice Based

Abstract

Hajj pilgrimage is the largest gathering in the entire world annually takes place at the middle of the last month of Muslim’s calendar. Millions of Muslims - with so many different languages - participate in this event. Usually contemporary dictionaries such as Longman attached pronunciation, images and small clips with the translation. Currently many specialized dictionary designed for specific purpose such as business, engineering and medicine. In this study, mobile dictionary application for Hajj using three different languages is proposed to assist the pilgrim performs their Hajj easily. This study tries also to utilize voice recognition with electronic dictionary designed for Hajj practices to give more flexibility to the electronic Hajj dictionary.