Open content app for language learning | Opensource.com

abernard102@gmail.com 2015-01-10

Summary:

"Openwords mines massive, preexisting public data resources (like Wiktionary or Apertium) to rapidly provide language learning mobile software for the world's population, particularly for under-served languages. Over half of the world's people do not have a language learning app suited for their language or needs. We're talking about billions of people around the world that speak a language with less than 100 million native speakers. Most of these languages are overlooked by mobile app developers, but Openwords is a startup that aims to address this problem. So why would a startup be able to solve this problem when companies like Rosetta Stone have more than $200 million in revenue each year and Duolingo has tens of millions of dollars in investment? The Openwords app has open source content. Openwords can mine massive, preexisting public data resources like Wiktionary or Apertium (an open machine translator). Thus, Openwords will be able to rapidly provide content for populations without language learning apps. Other companies would need to build this content themselves, but Openwords uses open data that already exists ..."

Link:

http://opensource.com/life/15/1/openwords-language-app

From feeds:

Open Access Tracking Project (OATP) » abernard102@gmail.com

Tags:

oa.new oa.tools oa.apps oa.openwords oa.languages oa.floss oa.mining

Date tagged:

01/10/2015, 16:26

Date published:

01/10/2015, 11:27