Developer(s) | |
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Initial release | March 6, 2019 |
Stable release | 0.5.607317860 (Android) [1] / February 19, 2024 |
Platform | Android, Android TV |
Type | Digital platform, Play Store, Web |
Website | readalong |
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It basically uses text-to-speech technology, through which the character named Dia reads the story, as well as speech-to-text technology, which mechanically identifies the matches between the text and the reading of the user. The story of Chhota Bheem and Katha Kids was added in September 2019. [5] In April 2020, a new version of the application was released. [6] In September 2020, it added Arabic language to its language option. [7] A web version was launched in August 2022. [8]
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