A lot of Language-learning apps available, so Language-learning are nothing to new, with offerings from Duolingo and MIT able to teach you a new way to communicate right on your smartphone. currently, Microsoft is looking to teach you Chinese with a free new AI-powered iOS app.
The idea here is to provide users with a way to observe the Chinese language in the absence of real-life communicative partners. “You think you know Chinese, but if you meet a Chinese person and you would like to talk Chinese, there’s no way you’ll do it if you’ve not practiced,” said Microsoft’s Yan Xia in a blog post. “Our application addresses this issue by leveraging our speech and natural language processing technology.” there is no word on plans to expand to other languages, but it isn’t hard to see such an app helping you learn to converse in different tongues, too.
The app uses various AI tools like deep neural networks that are able to figure out what you are attempting to say and so evaluate your pronunciation. The AI has been trained on data from native Chinese speakers as well as Microsoft’s text-to-speech technology. As you use the app, you will get scored on your speaking ability and highlighted words that you need to work on, plus sample audio to listen to how the words are actually pronounced. So far, the app has separate systems for beginners and intermediate learners to better assist you to move forward from your level of experience. “The app can work with you as a language learning partner,” Xia said within the post. “It can chat with you and give you feedback based on what you’re saying.”
