Prismatext

It's an interesting idea. Cool product. Congrats and all the best.

Hello PH! Years ago, I was reading Anthony Burgess' "A Clockwork Orange" and became enamored with the way the author created a street slang spoken by the protagonist. Early in the book, readers are thrust into English sentences that used Russian words. After a few pages of seemingly incomprehensible ramblings, the meanings of those words started to take root. To this day, I remember "droog" as "friend" and "devotchka" as "girl," among other words. It inspired me to search for other literature that used this "blended language" approach to learning, but nothing at the time existed. Adding to this, language learning apps are having a heyday moment, but in using them I've found a few pain points: • Lots of dead ends: practice for the sake of more practice? No thanks. • Same old curriculum: I know how to ask where the library is in like, 6 different languages, but I've never had to ask where one was. • They're time-consuming and chore-like. Fifteen minutes per day doesn't sound like a lot until it is. It also takes you out of other activities—like reading a book—for which you have to make time. Prismatext is for people who want to add language learning to their reading habit. Prismatext leverages natural language processing to enhance popular literature, creating "blended language" versions in 16 languages (and multiple densities). An average Prismatext book will introduce to a reader over 250 foreign words, allowing them to quickly acquire useful words and phrases in their target language. Prismatext delivers a faster and richer learning experience by reinforcing retention through repetition, context and storytelling. We're spending this summer adding lots of contemporary titles to our bookshelf, so stay tuned and see if something jumps out at you! Or perhaps you spy a classic you've been meaning to read, but haven't yet: we've got those, too! In addition to new languages, densities, and difficulty levels, there are a ton of other features that we're excited to build for you. And we'd love to hear your suggestions, ideas, and feedback :)