barrier when studying any complex content (foreign, technical, abstract) for learning or studying purposes. The bubble reader is for anyone who needs to overcome those barriers: - from authentic materials taken from YouTube - by being able to repeat wherever they want with automatic follow-up of words - with inline words and expression translation The platform addresses 3 specifics requirement for anyone who wants to make progress in the target language they wish to learn (either language learning or technical learning): - Vocabulary learning - speaking practices (Karaoke style) - Listening practices
1.Friction because of swapping between multiple Content sources and types 2.Boredom because of “ping-pong” type of dialog content creating “no hook” 3.Procrastination because there’s no “incentive” to be active
is the key 1. Community Content is what will keep the motivation high (fresher content all the time 2. Technology is what will make this content accessible 3. Design is what will make the user hooked
The content is YouTube embedded videos. 2. The narration from the video is synched with a “Bubble” (a rounded cursor). 3. On screen text turns from grey to white as the narration progresses. 4. Furigana for Kanjis are displayed 5. A translation is displayed inline. 1 2 3 4 5
2 3 1. Youtube’s features such as playback spee 2. Auto-scroll on/off (screen re-center automatically when the bubble reaches a certain distance from the bottom of the screen) 3. Translation ON/OFF
2 3 1. Youtube’s features such as playback spee 2. Auto-scroll on/off (screen re-center automatically when the bubble reaches a certain distance from the bottom of the screen) 3. Translation ON/OFF