Linguoo
Sometimes, the love of a mother is the engine to create a better world. That's Linguoo, an app dedicated to all those people who have vision problems or who prefer to listen to the contents of the web for any reason. The key to Linguoo is that it lets you listen to news, articles, or Internet publications with the warmth of a human voice.
Motivated by the illness of his mother, who became blind, the creator of Linguoo realized the need to consume news, articles and publications through the ear, without necessarily relying on text-to-spech or robotic reading of textsTherefore, this application focuses on the reading of the web by humans, relying on the community of storytellers to deliver the newsmore interesting and current in a close and natural way, and not mechanized.
The application only requires registering as a user through an email or a Facebook account From here, the user can move around the different tabs to find narrated news about technology, entrepreneurship, culture, lifestyles and other topics In each one of them are listed current news that is not always They are found on the radio, or in a much shorter and simpler format. These news are selected by a algorithm according to their topicality and interest shown by other users.
In Linguoo, the contents come from specialized media and blogs , where you can go deeper into the topics they deal with. Thus, it is about written articles that are read out loud The curious thing is that these narrators are volunteer userswho participate in the Linguoo community, giving their voice to this mission to reach anyone.
Users can scroll through the different news and listen to the desired one or, if they prefer, create playlists as if it were a complete radio program. Of course, always personalized, choosing what news to listen to All of them can be evaluated positively or negatively, thus allowing to keep track of the narrations and contents. The good thing is that, in addition, Linguoo allows you to download all the news you want to be able to play them without Internet connectionSomething that allows you to use this application at any time and place, being another option for practicing sports, having breakfast or other moments where you prefer to listen instead of reading the news.
Currently Linguoo has content in English and Spanish, Allowing you to practice languages. Of course, Spanish is mostly Argentine, where this community has begun its journey. Over time, more users will narrate in more languages and with different accents.
In short, a tool to be informed of what really interests you, avoiding robotic and mechanized voices, and regardless of whether you have a visual problem such as blindness. The Linguoo app is available for both Android and iOS for free via Google Play and App StoreIt also has a version adapted for the disabled called Linguoo Accessible, also free
