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Google’s Bolo app
Why is it in news?
- Google launched a mobile application named ‘Bolo’ (speak) to help schoolchildren improve their Hindi and English reading skills.
- The beta version of the free application-launched first in India, uses Google’s speech recognition and text-to-speech technology.
More in news
- Interactive interface: It comes with a built-in fun and helpful reading buddy, Diya, who encourages, explains and corrects the child, as they read aloud.
- Working condition: App also had been designed to work offline along with online mode.
- Reading-tutor app: Bolo is designed as a reading-tutor app that helps primary grade students improve their reading.
- Aim: To encourage and engage kids so their love for reading grows and it becomes a daily habit.
- Tie up with NGOs: Google now working with non-profit organisations to take it to more people across the country.
- Annual Status of Education Report (2018): Report said that only half the students enrolled in Class 5 in rural India could confidently read a Class 2 level textbook.
Source
The Hindu