Google wants to teach your kids to read with new Read Along website

The Google Read Along app first launched for India in 2019 and expanded a year later. The purpose of this is to collaborate with improving literacy and reading in children around the world.

And it’s available in over 180 countries with 9 languages ​​at your disposal and recommended for children over 5 years old. As of now, we know that the website, which is in public beta, works with Chrome, Firefox, and Edge browsers on PC and Android, and will soon be compatible with iOS and other browsers such as Safari.

As far as this site is concerned, it is almost the same as the app. Children will be able to read and in turn learn languages ​​such as English, Portuguese or even Hindi, reading stories with Google speech recognition and text-to-speech.

Thanks to this technology, the application will be able to know if the child has problems with pronunciation or reading. In this case, the virtual assistant Diya comes into play, who will cooperate with the education and correction of the child.

Of course, all this with the guarantee that all data and voice recordings are completely protected. The search giant noted that since the launch of the application helped over 30 million children read over 120 million stories.

Google positions this tool as “A new opportunity for teachers and education leaders around the world to use Reading Together as a tool to practice reading for students in schools.”

Finally, note that, as with the mobile app, this is also can work offline. In addition, this web version gives us even more improvements because it won’t take up as much space as it does on your smartphone.