In his latest app roundup, SEAN BACHER highlights the Ozow Revolution, MTN MoMo’s food vouchers, Twitter helping those feeling hopeless, free literacy from Lyra, and Molao365’s free legal advice.
An educational platform, Lyra,
has been launched to teach users how to read and write English, and will be
offered for free. The app came about due to the fact that globally over
700-million people cannot read or write. This limits their ability to gain
employment, improve their career prospects, or pursue higher education
The app was co-developed by WGI
and General Electric (GE) as part of an ongoing partnership to expand literacy
in many underserved communities around the world.
Lyra uses speech recognition and touch screen analysis to teach reading and
writing. The app’s 26 modules are based on the foundation of WGI’s six years of
in-person education, and marks the start of WGI’s transition to a digital
provider of literacy learning while at the same time making it more accessible
for both adults and children.
“While there will never be enough teachers, there are enough mobile devices, and they are already in the hands of people who can benefit from literacy training,” says Chance Wilson, WGI CEO and founder.
The app teaches letters and words by presenting them on the screen, pronouncing them, and then inviting users to say the letters and words out loud. Voice recognition then analyses the response. The app also uses the phone’s touch screen to prompt learners to write the letters or words they are studying, then analyses the results to tell them whether or not the writing is correct.
Platform: Android and iOS
Stockists: Download the app for
Apple here or get more information on General Electric’s site here
Expect to pay: Free to use.
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