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Khmer Phrases app for iPhone and iPad


4.2 ( 7152 ratings )
Travel
Developer: Walking Beard, LLC
Free
Current version: 1.0, last update: 7 years ago
First release : 11 Jan 2014
App size: 11.77 Mb

Khmer Phrases is a helper app that can help tourists going to Cambodia communicate with the natives. It contains a collection of common audio phrases that can be played back on the mobile device or tablets audio speaker. All phrases are spoken by a native Khmer speakers.

Heres an example, a tourist is out shopping and wants to know the price of an item she wants to buy. She launches the app, browse to "Shopping" and find the phrase "How much is this?" Pressing the "Play" button and the merchant immediately understands and respond back with "Five Dollar". Of course were assuming the merchant knows a few words of English which is true for most of the country, especially tourist magnets such as Phnom Penh and Sieam Reap.

Phrases are organized into well thought-out categories. The "recent" and "favorites" feature can help users quickly find and organize the more than 100 (and growing) phrases.

The app comes with a free base library of about 50 phrases and additional phrases can be bought at a very reasonable price. Several phrases feature customization including selection from a list, any numbers, and even recording of the users name.