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
