Boston, United States
GlobaLinguist Inc., developer of Wordchamp.com, the industry's leading website for Open Content Language Learning(TM), announced today its newest and most advanced language help technology for the Firefox(1) Internet browser.
Language skills are emerging as one of the most important keys to unlocking the full potential of the Internet. Globalization is reaching across countries, cultures, and languages. The WordChamp(R) Language Toolbar is designed to assist people around the world by helping them work with new languages. Once activated, it allows users to see translations for difficult words and hear words pronounced by native speakers, simply by pointing at words on foreign language websites. It supports most world languages, and is already in use in over 70 countries.
With the WordChamp Language Toolbar, it is as easy for a Chinese speaker to get help reading a difficult English or Arabic passage, as for an English speaker reading Russian or Japanese. Social networking communities will become a major market for language help technology as members begin to reach out across countries and languages to meet new friends. Global visitors reading foreign language blogs, email, or search results pages will find the WordChamp Language Toolbar indispensable.
Using the WordChamp Language Toolbar is Easy:
-- Users can download the toolbar for free from www.wordchamp.com and install it directly onto their Firefox browser.
-- The toolbar can be turned on or off as needed.
-- Users select their native language.
-- The website language is selected dynamically, when possible. If the website language can't be detected, users can easily select the website language from a pull down menu.
-- Once turned on, users point their mouse at any word on the page and a small translation box will appear, containing translations for that word. In many cases, the user can also hear the foreign word spoken by a native speaker.
The new WordChamp Language Toolbar supports the largest number of languages of any online language tool for reading foreign websites and texts. With this toolbar, individuals can quickly receive the language support they need as they develop their skills reading foreign websites.
"We expect our language assistance technology in browsers to become as ubiquitous as bookmarks," said Fred Egan, CEO of GlobaLinguist. "People around the world will only benefit from globalization and the Internet if they are able to communicate in this new wired world."
Future releases of the toolbar are already being planned, including support for additional browsers, languages, and advanced help features. As the WordChamp.com language database continues to grow, the toolbar will become an increasingly content-rich tool, useful across hundreds of languages and countries.
Visit WordChamp at http://www.wordchamp.com to get a free download of the WordChamp language toolbar.
About GlobaLinguist:
GlobaLinguist, Inc., the industry leader in Open Content Language Learning(TM), provides web-based language-learning solutions to schools, businesses, governments, and individuals. WordChamp.com, GlobaLinguist's innovative website is the web's fastest growing, multilingual community providing resources for learning and teaching foreign languages. Wordchamp.com provides members with shared open content, exercises for language learning, free teacher resources, and personal tools to assist anyone in the day-to-day use of a foreign language. WordChamp.com users currently span 193 countries, speaking more than 125 languages. GlobaLinguist, Inc. was founded in 2003, is located in Newton, Mass. and is privately held.
(1) Firefox is a registered trademark of Mozilla.org
CONTACT: GlobaLinguist, Inc. Laura Manfre 860-381-4311 Cell 678-596-1833 Laura@wordchamp.com
Source: Business Wire (Business Wire India)