Google Read-Along app for Kids

Google’s Read-Along Android app, which helps teach reading skills to grade school students, is now available in early access in 180 countries, the corporate announced today. Read-Along uses Google’s text-to-speech and speech recognition technology to supply feedback as kids run through the app’s reading prompts and games. The app supports nine languages, including English, Spanish, Portuguese, and Hindi. Read-Along first launched as an app called Bolo in India in March 2019.

Kids are guided through Reading alongside the assistance of an “in-app reading buddy” named Diya. “She gives [kids] positive and reinforcing feedback along the way, even as a parent or teacher would,” consistent with Google. “Children also can tap Diya at any time for help pronouncing a word or a sentence.”

Here are a couple of screenshots of Read-Along from the app’s Play Store page:

Google says voice data captured by Read-Along is analyzed on-device and isn’t sent to Google’s servers. The app also will work entirely offline, though you’ll get to hook up with Wi-Fi if you would like to download new stories for your kid to figure through. Read-Along also won’t require a sign-in and doesn’t have ads or in-app purchases, consistent with Google.

Features:

• Works Offline: Once downloaded, it works offline, so it doesn’t use any data.
• Safe: Since the app is formed for youngsters, there are not any ads, and every one sensitive information stays only on the device.
• Free: The app is completely liberal to use and features a vast library of books with different reading levels from Pratham Books, Katha Kids & Chhota Bheem, with new books, added regularly.
• Games: Educational games within the app, make the training experience fun.
• In-App Reading Assistant: Diya, the in-app reading assistant helps children read aloud and provides positive reinforcement once they read correctly, and help wherever they grind to a halt.
• Multi-Child Profile: Multiple children can use an equivalent app and make their individual profiles to trace their own progress.
• Personalised: The app recommends the proper level of difficulty books to every child counting on their reading level.

As the COVID-19 pandemic has forced students to remain home from school, Google has also extended free access to some advanced Google Meet features to G Suite and G Suite for Education customers until September 30th donated 4,000 Chromebooks to rural students in California, and launched resource pages to assist teachers and families educate students using Google products.

Gaurav Lokhande

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