谷歌阅读尝试提高孩子们的阅读和口语能力
谷歌阅读尝试提高孩子们的阅读和口语能力
The current global situation with COVID-19 has paved the way for a surge in both the demand and supply of apps for young ones. Many of these take the form of games or videos that keep kids distracted while there are a few try to impart lessons as well. Google is unsurprisingly jumping in on that trend and, just as unsurprisingly, it is putting its favorite AI and machine learning features to work in helping kids get better at reading and speaking even while stuck at home.
COVID-19目前的全球形势为年轻人应用程序的需求和供应激增铺平了道路。其中很多都采取游戏或视频的形式，让孩子们分心，同时也有一些尝试传授课程。谷歌正不出所料地加入这一潮流，同样不出所料的是，它正将自己最喜爱的人工智能和机器学习功能，应用于帮助孩子们在家里阅读和说话时变得更好。
The Read Along Android app is pretty much a combination of various Google technologies and experiments over the past years. It is, to some extent, the evolution of a similar experimental app it launched in India last year known as Bolo. On the surface, the way Read Along works is pretty simple, asking a kid to read out a story or piece of text out loud. Behind the scenes, of course, it showcases Google’s prowess in machine learning fields.
Read Along Android应用程序是过去几年谷歌各种技术和实验的结合。在某种程度上，这是它去年在印度推出的一款类似实验应用程序Bolo的演变。从表面上看，阅读的方式很简单，让孩子大声朗读一个故事或一段文字。当然，在幕后，它展示了谷歌在机器学习领域的实力。
Read Along by Google specifically uses text to speech technologies to read text out loud but perhaps the more interesting part is speech recognition. Reading buddy Diya, a more personable representation of an AI assistant, is able to detect words that kids struggle with and help them overcome that hurdle in a game-like fashion.
Google的Read-Along专门使用文本到语音技术来大声读出文本，但也许更有趣的部分是语音识别。阅读伙伴Diya是人工智能助手的一个更为形象化的代表，它能够检测出孩子们难以理解的单词，并帮助他们以类似游戏的方式克服这一障碍。
As with anything involving kids and especially Google, there will be some concerns about privacy so Google directly addresses those questions. After the initial download of the app and stories, Read Along works completely offline with all the speech processing happening on the device itself. No data is ever sent to its servers, it promises, and it doesn’t even require any form of account to log into.
对于任何涉及到孩子，尤其是谷歌的内容，都会涉及到一些隐私问题，所以谷歌直接回答了这些问题。在首次下载应用程序和故事之后，Read Along完全脱机工作，所有的语音处理都在设备上进行。它承诺，不会向服务器发送任何数据，甚至不需要登录任何形式的账户。
Read Along by Google is designed for kids ages five and older and supports nine languages, including English, Spanish, Portuguese, and Hindi. The app is only available on Android and still in early access so it might still change significantly or even disappear later on.
Google的Read-Along是为5岁及以上的儿童设计的，支持9种语言，包括英语、西班牙语、葡萄牙语和印地语。该应用程序只在Android上可用，而且仍处于早期测试状态，因此它可能会发生重大变化，甚至在以后消失。
