# Arabic on Android - how to view? **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [January 24, 2011, 6:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/arabic-on-android-how-to-view/568753 "2011-01-24T06:42:51Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![madrabbitwoman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c37758/32.png) [@madrabbitwoman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/madrabbitwoman)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2011, 6:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/arabic-on-android-how-to-view/568753/1 "2011-01-24T06:42:51Z")
I have recently acquired an android Tablet [http://www.telstra.com.au/bigpond-internet/mobile-broadband/mobile-tablets/telstra-t-touch-tab/](http://www.telstra.com.au/bigpond-internet/mobile-broadband/mobile-tablets/telstra-t-touch-tab/). I have been using things like google translate to help my language students but I cannot get Arabic characters to display. Does anyone have any idea how I could get the characters to work? ---
**Author:** ![madrabbitwoman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c37758/32.png) [@madrabbitwoman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/madrabbitwoman)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2011, 3:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/arabic-on-android-how-to-view/568753/2 "2011-01-25T03:28:34Z")
Bump - I got the tablet because I could afford it and it has a bigger screen than my phone. I raelly really need it to be able to translate into different language characters but I cannot seem to find out how. ---
**Author:** ![BigT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bigt/32/12044_2.png) [@BigT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigT)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2011, 3:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/arabic-on-android-how-to-view/568753/3 "2011-01-27T15:13:35Z")
This [Google code project](https://sites.google.com/a/ut.utm.edu/arabic-android/) may be of use.