The Glotta Android app is out

The Glotta app for Android is now available. It lets you learn not only by reading the articles on this site, but also by listening to them. It's free on Google Play - use the Google Play badge at the bottom of this page.

The main feature is read-aloud. The phrase is spoken in the language you're studying, and the meaning and explanation in your own language, switching voices sentence by sentence. In "radio mode" the app moves on to the next article by itself and keeps playing with the screen off, so you can let it run like a radio while you commute or do the housework.

You can pick a voice for each language and change the speaking speed. You can choose articles yourself, go through them oldest first, or shuffle, and the app counts how many times you've studied each one. You can also limit the languages you study.

There is also a daily study reminder. Choose a time, and you'll get that day's recommended article (the least-studied one, or a random pick). You can turn off the days you don't want a reminder, or study different languages on different days.

The articles are the same as on this site, and new articles are added to the app automatically when they're published.

Read-aloud needs a text-to-speech engine on your phone (such as Google Speech Services) with voice data for each language. For some languages you may need to download the data in your phone's settings. The app is free and shows ads. Start by listening to just one article that catches your eye.