Speak and learn with Spell Up, our latest Chrome Experiment by Xavier Barrade.
From the post:
As a student growing up in France, I was always looking for ways to improve my English, often with a heavy French-to-English dictionary in tow. Since then, technology has opened up a world of new educational opportunities, from simple searches to Google Translate (and our backpacks have gotten a lot lighter). But it can be hard to find time and the means to practice a new language. So when the Web Speech API made it possible to speak to our phones, tablets and computers, I got curious about whether this technology could help people learn a language more easily.
That’s the idea behind Spell Up, a new word game and Chrome Experiment that helps you improve your English using your voice—and a modern browser, of course. It’s like a virtual spelling bee, with a twist.
This rocks!
If Google is going to open source another project and support it, Spell Up should be it.
The machine pronunciation could use some work, or at least it seems that way to me. (My hearing may be a factor there.)
Thinking of the impact of Spell Up for lesser often taught languages.