On December 10, 2012, the developer of mobile GPS audio guides Toozla added a multilingual feature to its applications.
Toozla has previously developed guides in 16 languages, but users had the opportunity to choose only their native language in the settings. Now you can set up to three languages at the same time in the application settings, arranging them in order of priority.A unique database processing algorithm developed by the company’s programmers intelligently processes the available content (which is millions of audio tracks in different languages) and gives the traveler stories in all languages that he understands.
There are quite a lot of independent travelers in Russia who have not only studied English at school, but also additionally study the language of the European country that they like.
For example, fans of Spain can choose Russian, Spanish and English in the settings. Arriving in a Spanish city for which local historians have made a guide in Spanish, and international travel agencies – in English, tourists will receive a little information in Russian (based on Wikipedia), much more in Spanish, and the remnants (for those attractions for which there are no tracks in Spanish) – in English. This is a very unexpected functionality that is not implemented in any other systems, and cannot be achieved in traditional approaches (a human guide, a printed guidebook, a collection of mp3 files).As stated by Alesya Chichinkina, Marketing Director of Toozla, “We conducted a study among Toozla users and realized that most modern smartphone users know at least two languages.
Users are ready to listen to guidebooks in any language, as long as they are interesting. With this innovation, we are taking a big step towards the modern independent tourist. None of the closest competitors have such a function! Now in any country of the world, Toozla guides will tell you many times more information. And by the way, this is a great feature for those who combine trips with language learning.”Toozla is a company engaged in the development of a multilingual service for independent tourists.
These are interactive mobile audio guides available worldwide from any tourist’s mobile phone.Contacts: marketing@toozla.com
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