Kids app 'translates' grown-up paper into child-friendly articles

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Reply #1 - 2013 February 08, 4:48 am
lardycake Member
Registered: 2010-11-20 Posts: 174

Just found this article on the BBC: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-21366825

Looks like it could be a useful app for us learners.

Reply #2 - 2013 February 08, 5:43 pm
Stansfield123 Member
From: Europe Registered: 2011-04-17 Posts: 801

Meh, it's a gimmick to sell phones. The real advancements for this to work need to be made on the AI level, not on the interface and marketing level.

Reply #3 - 2013 February 08, 6:46 pm
uisukii Guest

It looks interesting, though aside from rendering certain kanji into kana, and highlighting titles and stuff, what does it do?

For learners such as myself, I find it easier to read a sentence structure with kanji as opposed to "simplifying" the kanji into kana. I'm looking at this the wrong way, aren't I?

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Reply #4 - 2013 February 08, 9:52 pm
Zarxrax Member
From: North Carolina Registered: 2008-03-24 Posts: 949

From watching the video, it appears that certain articles in the paper will be marked by a blue outline which would indicate it is compatible with the app. Apparently there must be some sort of marking on it which allows it to retrieve a "kid friendly" version of the article from a server somewhere. I think the articles are probably completely re-written by someone.

Reply #5 - 2013 February 09, 3:15 pm
Stansfield123 Member
From: Europe Registered: 2011-04-17 Posts: 801

Zarxrax wrote:

From watching the video, it appears that certain articles in the paper will be marked by a blue outline which would indicate it is compatible with the app. Apparently there must be some sort of marking on it which allows it to retrieve a "kid friendly" version of the article from a server somewhere. I think the articles are probably completely re-written by someone.

Oh. That makes sense.

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