WEB DESK: Google Read Along: To ensure that children’s education does not suffer during the coronavirus pandemic, Google on Thursday announced early access to its Read Along app for families.
The Android app is an app which helps children aged 5 years or above hone their reading skills, by giving them verbal as well as visual feedback as the children read stories out loud. The move was announced by the tech company in a statement.
The app uses speech recognition to develop “literacy skills” and it was launched in India as ‘Bolo’ in March last year under a beta programme, and the company, after receiving positive feedback from parents, has now decided to share the app with children worldwide.
Explaining the functioning of the app, the Google statement says that as the child speaks, Diya uses the speech recognition and text-to-speech features of Google to check if the student is able to successfully read the passage or if he is struggling.
Moreover, the buddy also gives students positive feedback like a teacher or a parent. The app also has a feature where children can tap Diya at any time to take her help in pronouncing any word or sentence.
