Arabic video without the right-to-left headaches
Anyone who has put Arabic text into a video editor knows the problems: letters that don't join, words in the wrong order, punctuation on the wrong side, and English words inside an Arabic sentence that scramble the whole line. Many AI video tools also pick stock clips by searching a rough translation, so the pictures rarely match the sentence.
ContentRoof treats Arabic as a right-to-left language from the start. Captions are laid out right to left and highlighted word by word as the voice speaks. The visuals are chosen by the meaning of each Arabic sentence, using a multilingual AI model, from about 10,000 open-source line drawings that trace themselves on screen.
What you get
| ContentRoof | |
|---|---|
| Script | Your own Arabic text, or written by AI from your idea (drafted in English for accuracy, then translated) |
| Voice | A natural Arabic neural voice (a man or a woman), with word timing |
| Captions | Word by word, right to left, with the spoken word highlighted |
| Visuals | Self-drawing line art, plus a globe that flies to recognised place names |
| Numbers and years | Counters for big numbers, timelines and clocks for years, charts for growth or decline |
| Formats | Vertical 9:16, 16:9 for YouTube, square 1:1 |
| Watermark | None |
Maps make Arabic history and news come alive
Place names get special treatment. Write "من دمشق إلى بغداد" (from Damascus to Baghdad) and a globe flies to the region and drops a pin on each city as the narration names it. That suits many topics Arabic audiences enjoy: the history of al-Andalus, the House of Wisdom, the Silk Road, the journeys of Ibn Battuta, or the geography behind a news story.
Tips for Arabic scripts
- Write Modern Standard Arabic or a widely understood style. The voice reads what you write; very local dialect spellings may be pronounced unexpectedly. Listen to the preview and adjust.
- Add vowel marks only where a word is ambiguous. Arabic is usually written without tashkeel. If a word can be read two ways, adding the marks or choosing a clearer word helps the voice.
- Keep sentences short. Arabic packs a lot into one word (وسيكتبونها is a whole sentence), so 100 to 120 words often fill a minute. Check the length in the preview.
- Choose your numerals. Western digits (1, 2, 3) and Eastern Arabic digits (١، ٢، ٣) are both common. Western digits are the safer choice when you want a number to count up on screen; listen to how numbers are read in the preview.
- Name the places. "بغداد" or "دمشق" can bring up the map; "مدينة قديمة" can't. Names written with the article (القاهرة) are not always recognised, so check the preview.
Who uses it
- History and culture channels on YouTube, TikTok and Instagram.
- Teachers making short lessons, with the Lesson + quiz mode: question, options, a 3-2-1 countdown and the answer in green.
- Businesses in the Gulf and North Africa making product or property videos with their logo and a call to action such as their website.
- News pages turning a story into a 60-second recap with a map of where it happened.
Want captions on a video you filmed yourself? See Arabic captions. This page is also available in Arabic.
How it works
- Write or paste ArabicPaste your Arabic script, or type an idea in Arabic or English and choose العربية.
- Review the scriptEdit any sentence. Add vowel marks to ambiguous words if the preview reads them wrongly.
- Watch the previewThe Arabic voice reads it, captions run right to left, and drawings, maps and counters illustrate each sentence.
- DownloadSign in with Google (free) and download the MP4: vertical, 16:9 or square, without a watermark.
Questions
Do the captions really run right to left?
Yes. Arabic captions are laid out right to left and highlight each word as it's spoken.
Can I paste my own Arabic script?
Yes. Paste it as paragraphs, one idea each; every paragraph becomes a scene. Or let the AI write one from your idea.
Does it support dialects?
The AI writes in clear, widely understood Arabic. You can edit the script into a dialect, but listen to the preview, since the voice reads the spelling as written.
Is there a watermark?
No. Downloads have no watermark and need a free Google sign-in.
How long can an Arabic video be?
Up to 3 minutes, in vertical, 16:9 or square format.
Updated 2026-10-28