With more than 300 audio recitations of the Holy Quran available free on the internet, there

is an increasing need to synchronize textual information with the audio recitation. The

synchronized text can contain simply the textual representation of the recited verses or more

information like the translation to a foreign language and the meaning of difficult verses.

The general approach used nowadays consists of manually marking the beginning and

ending of every verse. Taking into account the special way to recite Quran : “The art of

tajweed”,