San Francisco, Aug 10 : Tech giant Google has launched a brand new website called Read Along that will help children learn how to read on their own with the aid of an animated reading aid called “Diya”. Read Along has been an Android app to date that was first launched in the form of Bolo in India in 2019 , and then was released globally in the form of Read Along the following year.
“To make it more accessible to a wider audience we have released the public beta of the version on the web,” Tasnim Khan Software Engineer Read Along wrote in a blog post.
“The website is filled with the same magic, Diya’s assistance and hundreds of illustrated stories in a variety of languages.” Khan added.
With the web version, parents can let their children use Read Along on bigger screens by logging into a browser from smartphones, laptops or PCs at readalong.google.com.
Similar to the Android application, all speech recognition takes place in the browser, therefore children’s voice data is kept private, and we don’t transmit it to any server.
The company stated that when children read aloud stories, Diya listens and gives positive and constructive feedback to help kids improve their reading skills.
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