As Israel continues attacks targeting southern Lebanon, a Lebanese engineer achieved a technological breakthrough from his home in the border area. Computer engineer Corc Bahri, without leaving his home in Marjayoun, developed the mobile app 'Teşkil AI,' which accurately adds diacritics to Arabic texts based on context and meaning.
Bahri, who stayed in the town with his family despite the difficult conditions, said he had to suspend a previous project and began searching for a new idea that he could complete without leaving his home during the attacks. This search gave birth to the app that automatically adds diacritics to Arabic texts based not only on grammatical rules but also on sentence content.
Bahri stated that this field is one of the most complex problems in computer science, because adding diacritics without fully grasping the sentence's meaning is impossible. The Lebanese engineer's interest in technology dates back to his first year of university. He previously developed the app 'I'm not okay,' which had a humanitarian purpose and resonated widely, and then in 2015 prepared an announcement app for municipalities.
Then municipal council member Lütfullah Zahir recalled that the app, at a time when traditional SMS created a financial burden and social media had not yet become widespread, made it possible to send direct notifications to citizens anywhere in the world.
Behind the project is the support of a family that believed in their son's choice from the start. Mother Semer Matuk said the app would greatly help her in her teaching profession, demonstrating that willpower and digital innovation can emerge from suffering.
Meanwhile, in the attacks Israel has carried out on Lebanon since early March, more than 4,300 people have lost their lives. The framework agreement signed on June 26 under U.S. mediation aims to open the way to a ceasefire.
