Google makes Read Along app available early to help children hone their reading skills

Google Read Along: To ensure that children’s education does not suffer during the coronavirus pandemic, Google on Thursday announced early access to its Read Along app for families. The Android app is an app which helps children aged 5 years or above hone their reading skills, by giving them verbal as well as visual feedback as the children read stories out loud. The move was announced by the tech company in a statement.

The app uses speech recognition to develop “literacy skills” and it was launched in India as ‘Bolo’ in March last year under a beta programme, and the company, after receiving positive feedback from parents, has now decided to share the app with children worldwide.