Writing, speaking and Amharic.
Practical guides on getting words out of your head and onto a screen — in Amharic, in English, and in the mix of both that most people actually write.
Why I built AwraAI
We speak Amharic all day and write it almost never. Not because we cannot, but because the tools made it harder than switching to English. That gap is the whole reason this exists.
How to type Amharic without a Ge'ez keyboard
Installing a Ge'ez keyboard is the obvious answer, and for a lot of people it is the wrong one. Here are the alternatives, including the one that skips typing entirely.
Why Ethiopians write Amharic in Latin letters
An entire language migrated into a script it was never written in, and nobody decided it should happen. Here is how, and what it means for anything you build for Ethiopian users.
Ge'ez script or Latin letters: which should you use?
Both are correct Amharic. The question is which one fits where the text is going. A short decision guide by context.
How to add Amharic subtitles to a video
The full workflow, from a clip with no captions to a subtitled video on YouTube — including what an SRT file actually is and why it beats burned-in text.
Seven things that actually improve speech to text accuracy
Accuracy is not a fixed property of the tool. Most of what determines your results is decided before you start speaking.