Category: reading

Google’s learn-to-read app is now available in 180 countries

Post author By Randall
Post date May 7, 2020
Categories In Android, bolo, education, gear, Google, literacy, Mobile, News, read along, readalong, reading, reading app, readingapp, Tech

[ad_1] Last year, the company released an Android app called Bolo to help kids in India learn to read. It’s now expanding the app to many more countries and changing the name to Read Along. The app, which is in early access, taps into Google’s speech recognition and text-to-speech tech to understand how well kids […]

Microsoft wants to make ‘Minecraft’ easier for kids to read

Post author By Randall
Post date June 20, 2019
Categories In av, azure, education edition, Gaming, immersive reader, iste, kids, Microsoft, minecraft, reading, students, teachers, Tech, translate

[ad_1] The tool is meant to support students learning to read and/or translate, as well as students with reading challenges. Microsoft has previously put it to use in other platforms, like Office. The tool should be ready for Minecraft: Education Edition by the start of the school year this fall. Microsoft has a few other […]