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English⇄العربية
They said
أهلاً وسهلاً. حوالي عشرين دقيقة.
Welcome. About twenty minutes.
You said
Canada. It's my first time in Cairo.
كندا. دي أول مرة ليّا في القاهرة.
Stop
Conversation should feel like conversation.
We travel a lot, and we wanted talking to people abroad to feel easy: no buttons, no screen between you, just the moment. So we built Bilu around six simple ideas.
Just talk
Tap Start once. After that, the conversation simply flows.
Eyes on each other
Your phone rests on your knee or in your hand. You look at the person, not at a screen.
Nothing for them to do
The other person doesn't install or wear anything. They hear your words in their language, from your phone.
The earbuds you already have
Any Bluetooth earbud with a microphone. One in your ear, the other ear free.
Your Arabic, your way
Egyptian, Gulf, Levantine or Standard Arabic, in both directions.
Pay for the trip, keep the rest
Buy minutes once. Whatever you don't use waits for your next journey.
How it works
B · I — BLEND IN
Pick two languages
Yours, and the language of the person in front of you. Bilu remembers them.
L — LISTEN
One earbud in
A quick check that you hear Bilu in your ear. The other ear stays free.
U — UNDERSTAND
Tap Start and talk
Speak normally. You hear them in your language; your phone answers for you out loud.
Blend in. Listen. Understand. The letters of the name are the three steps.
One app, every moment
Pick the mode that fits where you are. The phone always speaks out loud, so everyone knows it is translating.
1
Talk
Taxis, hotels, shops
A face-to-face conversation. Their words in your ear, yours from the phone speaker.
2
Table
Meetings, meals, doctors
Phone on the table between you. Bilu shows whose turn it is: Speak now, or Wait.
3
Listen
TV, announcements, tours
One-way: what is said around you, in your language, in your ear, with captions.
4
Read
Quiet places, lectures
Live captions on your screen in your language, with no voice at all.
5
My Trip
Before you fly
Paste a hotel or flight confirmation so names and places are recognised.
Arabic, the way you speak it.
Choose your dialect and Bilu answers in it: words and accent from Cairo, Dubai, Riyadh, Beirut, Damascus or Ramallah, or Modern Standard Arabic.
Prices in US dollars; the App Store shows your local price. Minutes are shared across Talk, Listen, Read and Table.
Coming next
In development
Android
The same Bilu on Android phones, with the same minutes.
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Ambient
Walk into a conference, a wedding or a market and understand the room all day.
In development
Bilu Call
Call any phone number and speak your language. The hotel hears theirs.
In development
Bilu Tour
One guide, every language. Guests scan a code and listen on their own phone.
For tour operators
About us
We've been lucky to travel a lot: taxis, markets, small restaurants where nobody spoke our language. What we loved most was never the sights. It was the people. Bilu is our way of making those conversations easy, so you can order the food you actually want, laugh with the taxi driver, and ask the lady at the market how she makes it.
The technology behind Bilu moves fast, so every few weeks we test the newest models ourselves and bring in whatever makes the conversation feel more natural. It isn't perfect, and we don't pretend it is. It keeps getting better.
