Yes, Your Cellphone Speaks Dialect!

Publisher:
World Bank
Publication Date:
13 January 2014
Tags:
Africa, ICT and Telecom, Innovation

Lost in Africa? No problem, your cellphone speaks African dialect. You just need to download an app called Bantu Babel to get you to the next hotel or restaurant. Two young developers have invented this mobile app for 7 Zambian dialects. It is already being used by the US peace corps. Other African languages will follow.

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