BotDetect CAPTCHA Arabic Localization

This page contains the details of Arabic Captcha (Captcha العربية) locales fully supported by BotDetect, for which there are both localized Captcha images and audio Captcha sounds available.

Supported Arabic CAPTCHA Locales

UAE (Gulf) Arabic CAPTCHA

Captcha Locale overview:

Language Country BotDetect Locale settings
Arabic United Arab Emirates ar-AE

Examples and specifications of individual Captcha feature localizations:

UAE Arabic Localized CAPTCHA Images

Example Captcha images generated by BotDetect using the base Arabic character set for all Captcha ImageStyle values can be seen in the BotDetect Captcha image styles demo

To use BotDetect Captcha images localized for the UAE Arabic Captcha Locale in your application, you can specify the Locale value:

  • In ASP.NET applications, you can use either the .aspx page source:
    <!-- Captcha control localized to UAE Arabic -->
    <BotDetect:WebFormsCaptcha ID="ExampleCaptcha" runat="server" Locale="ar-AE" />
    or the page code-behind:
    [C#]
        
    // Set the Captcha instance Locale to UAE Arabic    
    ExampleCaptcha.Locale = "ar-AE";
    [VB.NET]
        
    ' Set the Captcha instance Locale to UAE Arabic    
    ExampleCaptcha.Locale = "ar-AE"

    or Locale-dependent Captcha strings can be configured on application level in the <botDetect> Web.config configuration section:

    <botDetect locale="ar-AE" 

    Since Arabic text is drawn right-to-left, you should also set the appropriate text direction on the textbox element used for Captcha code retyping:

    <asp:TextBox ID="CaptchaCodeTextBox" runat="server" dir="rtl"></asp:TextBox>
  • In Java applications, you can use either the application web.xml configuration file setting:
    <context-param>
      <param-name>BDC_locale</param-name>
      <param-value>ar-AE</param-value>
    </context-param>
    
    or the Captcha object instance-specific value:
    exampleCaptcha.setLocale("ar-AE"); 
    
    or Standard / Facelets JSF Captcha Tag page source:
    <botDetect:jsfCaptcha id="exampleCaptcha" locale="ar-AE"
    
    or JSP Captcha Tag page source:
    <botDetect:captcha id="exampleCaptcha" locale="ar-AE"
    
    Since Arabic text is drawn right-to-left, you should also set the appropriate text direction on the textbox element used for Captcha code retyping:
    <input name="captchaCode" type="text" id="captchaCode" dir="rtl" />
  • In ASP Classic applications, you can use either the application-global setting in the BotDetect\CaptchaConfig.asp file:
    ' Set the default Locale for all Captcha instances in the 
    ' Classic ASP application to UAE Arabic
    BotDetect.Locale = "ar-AE"
    or the Captcha object instance-specific value:
    <%
      Dim ExampleCaptcha : Set ExampleCaptcha = (New Captcha)("ExampleCaptcha")
      ExampleCaptcha.UserInputID = "CaptchaCode"
      ' Set the Captcha object instance Locale to UAE Arabic
      ExampleCaptcha.Locale = "ar-AE"
      Response.Write ExampleCaptcha.Html
    %>

    Since Arabic text is drawn right-to-left, you should also set the appropriate text direction on the textbox element used for Captcha code retyping:

    <input name="CaptchaCode" type="text" id="CaptchaCode" dir="rtl" />
  • In PHP applications, you can use either the application-global setting in the lib/botdetect/CaptchaConfigDefaults.php file:
    // Set the default Locale for all Captcha instances in the 
    // PHP application to UAE Arabic
    $BDC_CaptchaConfig->Locale = 'ar-AE';
    or the Captcha object instance-specific value:
    <?php 
      $ExampleCaptcha = new Captcha("ExampleCaptcha");
      $ExampleCaptcha->UserInputID = "CaptchaCode";
      // Set the Captcha object instance Locale to UAE Arabic
      $ExampleCaptcha->Locale = 'ar-AE';
      echo $ExampleCaptcha->Html(); 
    ?>

    Since Arabic text is drawn right-to-left, you should also set the appropriate text direction on the textbox element used for Captcha code retyping:

    <input name="CaptchaCode" type="text" id="CaptchaCode" dir="rtl" />

UAE Arabic Localized audio CAPTCHA Sounds

Example audio Captcha sounds generated by BotDetect using the Arabic UAE Locale setting can be heard in the BotDetect Captcha features demo

To use BotDetect sounds localized for the UAE Arabic Captcha Locale, you should also download the UAE Arabic Pronunciation Sound Package and deploy the .bdsp file to the BotDetect sounds folder your application uses:

  • ASP.NET applications use Bin\BotDetectSounds by default. A custom folder can be specified in the <botDetect> configuration section.
  • Java applications use WEB-INF\BotDetectSounds by default. A custom folder can be specified in the web.xml configuration file setting.
  • ASP Classic applications use Redistribute\BotDetectSounds in the BotDetect installation folder by default. A custom folder can be specified in the BotDetect/CaptchaConfig.asp file.
  • PHP applications always use lib/botdetect/Resources/Sounds.

UAE Arabic Localized CAPTCHA Codes

The ar-AE Captcha locale uses the default Arabic character set, consisting of isolated forms of 28 standard characters.

Unicode Captcha Codes and Font Requirements

This table on the left uses the actual Unicode characters drawn in localized Captcha images.

Displaying these characters in your browser requires having fonts which support them installed on the client machine.

In ASP.NET and ASP Classic versions of BotDetect, generating localized Captcha images using these characters also requires supporting fonts on your server.

If viewing these characters in your browser or generating them in Captcha images on your server fails, you can enable the required localization support for on both client and server machines using Control Panel:

Windows 2000, XP, 2003 Server: Regional and Language Options → Languages → Supplemental language support.

Windows Vista, 7, 2008 Server: Region and Language → Keyboards and Languages → Install/uninstall languages.

CodeStyle.Alpha UAE Arabic CAPTCHA Characters
Unicode code point Name Character
0x0627 alef ا (not used)
0x0628 beh ب
0x062A teh ت
0x062B theh ث
0x062C jeem ج
0x062D hah ح
0x062E khah خ
0x062F dal د
0x0630 thal ذ
0x0631 reh ر
0x0632 zain ز
0x0633 seen س
0x0634 sheen ش
0x0635 sad ص
0x0636 dad ض
0x0637 tah ط
0x0638 zah ظ
0x0639 ain ع
0x063A ghain غ
0x0641 feh ف
0x0642 qaf ق
0x0643 kaf ك
0x0644 lam ل
0x0645 meem م
0x0646 noon ن
0x0647 heh ه (not used)
0x0648 waw و(not used)
0x064A yeh ي
CodeStyle.Numeric UAE Arabic CAPTCHA Characters
Unicode code point Name Character
0x0030 zero 0
0x0031 one 1
0x0032 two 2
0x0033 three 3
0x0034 four 4
0x0035 five 5
0x0036 six 6
0x0037 seven 7 (not used)
0x0038 eight 8
0x0039 nine 9
CodeStyle.Alphanumeric UAE Arabic CAPTCHA Characters
Unicode code point Name Character
0x0627 alef ا (not used)
0x0628 beh ب
0x062A teh ت
0x062B theh ث
0x062C jeem ج
0x062D hah ح
0x062E khah خ
0x062F dal د
0x0630 thal ذ
0x0631 reh ر
0x0632 zain ز
0x0633 seen س
0x0634 sheen ش
0x0635 sad ص
0x0636 dad ض
0x0637 tah ط
0x0638 zah ظ
0x0639 ain ع
0x063A ghain غ
0x0641 feh ف
0x0642 qaf ق
0x0643 kaf ك
0x0644 lam ل
0x0645 meem م
0x0646 noon ن
0x0647 heh ه(not used)
0x0648 waw و(not used)
0x064A yeh ي
0x0030 zero 0
0x0031 one 1 (not used)
0x0032 two 2
0x0033 three 3
0x0034 four 4
0x0035 five 5
0x0036 six 6
0x0037 seven 7 (not used)
0x0038 eight 8
0x0039 nine 9

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