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Business EconomyPosted at: Apr 8 2020 3:05PM


ELSA announces subscription grant worth Rs 56 cr for Indian students

Bengaluru, Apr 8 (UNI) ELSA, a Digital App which uses speech recognition technology and artificial intelligence to help language learners improve their English pronunciation, on Wednesday announced a subscription grant worth Rs 56 crore for the student communities across India.
In a statement issued here, the English Language Speech Assistant Corporation said the Pandemic situation has caused a major disruption in the education system and ELSA believes it's their responsibility to support and encourage the students, to utilise this valuable time.
Manit Parikh, Country Head India, ELSA Corp said, ''We believe it's our duty to stand beside the students and encourage to utilise this valuable time. Students from tier-2 & 3 cities always look for easily accessible and affordable opportunities to be fluent in English.
''For every student pan India, it’s a great opportunity to utilise the current situation to improve their English speaking pronunciation. Our mobile app ELSA Speak will help students across India to continue learning even when schools and colleges are closed. ELSA will always support Indian students to reach their point goal and excel in their career,'' he added.
ELSA is an AI-powered app for the 1.5 B language learners in the world to learn to speak English more fluently, thereby changing their careers and lives. ELSA uses proprietary speech technology with deep learning and AI to detect people's pronunciation mistakes with 95 per cent accuracy.
ELSA Speak listens to the way language learners pronounce words, sentences or conversations to pinpoint exact errors and provide real-time feedback on pronunciation mistakes with specific suggestions on how to improve. ELSA is used by many universities, professional English training programs and secondary schools in India and internationally. ELSA is the first startup in Asia to be funded by Google’s Gradient Ventures.
School and college students with any valid email address can register for access to an ELSA PRO three-month subscription. Registration closes on April 15.
All free ELSA PRO accounts include Comprehensive assessment of all phonetic challenges, including feedback on individual sounds, rhythm and intonations, Personalized curriculum that tailors to specific pronunciation challenges. access to 1,600+ English lessons and conversations covering 40+ different topics, and the ability to keep track of progress and improvement over time, the statement added.
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