Last updated on May 1st, 2023 at 07:46 pm
The Read-Along app uses speech recognition and text-to-speech features to help children learn to read.
Google has released the Read-Along app, which was created to help elementary school students improve their reading skills. The new Android app is based on the previously released Google Bolo app, which was launched in India last year and supports English and Hindi. The Read-Along application is available worldwide and supports nine languages (there is no Russian in the list so far).
Google will teach your child to read
Read-Along uses speech recognition and text-to-speech features to help children learn to read. The application contains a built-in reading assistant called Diya. When children read aloud, Diya finds out if the child has phonological problems, and then helps the child with accurate pronunciation. Children can also always ask Diya to help them read the sentence or suggest the pronunciation of a word that they do not know.
As children gradually improve their reading experience through the app, they receive various awards and prize content. Google claims that the application was developed taking into account the confidentiality of personal data, while it can work without an internet connection.
Voice data is analyzed in real-time on the device. This information is not synchronized, stored, or analyzed on Google’s servers. The company also emphasized that it did not use children’s voice samples to make the product better.
In addition, the application does not contain ads.
