READ ALONG APP BY GOOGLE
Google's 'Read Along' app which first launched in India as 'Bolo', is now available in over 180 countries and in nine languages. This app help kids learn as they read out stories by giving verbal and visual feedback.
Google’s Read Along app helps kids learn by giving verbal and visual feedback as they read out stories.
Read Along uses Google's text-to-speech and speech recognition technology to listen and detect if a kid is reading out the sentence wrong. The app is also taught to give positive and encouraging feedback to offer the teacher-student or parent-kid learning experience. Read Along also has stars and badges that kids can collect as they progress through.
On the Read Along app, kids will interact with an in-app reading buddy called 'Diya' who will act as the communicator. Diya will appear on the app's screen throughout and kids tap on it to learn pronunciation of a certain word or sentence anytime. In addition to stories, there are games as well on Read Along.
This app also lets parents create multiple reading profiles and they can track each kid's reading progress by tapping on their photo. Read Along will also recommend stories based on the kid's reading progress. As they go up, the difficulty level of stories will increase too.
The app doesn't have any ads or in-app purchases, and even works offline. Stories can be downloaded on Wi-Fi or mobile data, and can be read later in offline mode. It doesn't require signing in either and Google says that voice data is analysed only in real time and not sent to any of its servers.
From the award winning MindChamps Educational Institute, comes a uniquely commissioned collection of Read- Along Books. These are fun, engaging reading experiences which cater to various reading levels for children between the ages of 3-9. Designed to engage the children’s senses, each book will have specialised features to increase your child’s love of reading. Features include: •Personalised book shelf •Colourful illustrations •Emotive narration –engaging book readings to immerse the child in the stories •Highlighted read along text •Touch screen animations •Sound effects •Expand your Mind Video – Based on the concepts of the individual books, children learn more about the various subjects covered in the books. Each concept also allows the child to understand the notion of character development, the Champion Mindset and create talking points with parents •Record your own voice – Child can record own voice to read story. Parents can also record own voice to effectively read to the child. Other fun activities include: •Comprehension questions to facilitate understanding of what the child is reading •Paint box – fun colouring in to allow the child’s creativity shine through •Mix and match – exercising the brain’s recall in a fun way. Inside the app you will also find a further introduction to the Read- Along books outlining the ease of downloading, functions, and parenting tips for reading with your child. For over ten years MindChamps has championed cutting edge early childhood research and as a result has developed the unique MindChamps Read-Along library. This fun and educational shared experience is a wonderful opportunity to assist your child to become an enthusiastic lifelong reader.
Bolo app for primary children
"Bolo" is an application designed by Google for primary grade children, to improve their reading skills, by encouraging them to read aloud and giving them instant feedback - even when completely offline.
Read Along, formerly known as Bolo, is an Android language-learning app for children developed by Google for the Android operating system. The application was released on the Play Store on March 7, 2019. It features a character named Dia helping children learn to read through illustrated stories. It has the facility to learn English and Indian major languages i.e. Hindi, Bengali, Tamil, Telugu, Marathi and Urdu as well as Spanish and Portuguese. It basically uses text-to-speech technology, through which the character named Dia reads the story, as well as speech-to-text technology, which mechanically identifies the matches between the text and the reading of the user. The story of Chhota Bheem and Katha Kids was added in September 2019.In April 2020, a new version of the application was released.In September 2020, it added arabic language to its language option.
- Go to Google Play Store.
- Search for the App as Read Along Bolo App.
- Click on Install.
- After installing the App, Open the App and Select Language.
- Continue Learning.
