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Byki for iPhone App Goes Global with FREE App Version

New Byki Global available for FREE on the iTunes App Store! Learn the basic essentials in 15 languages!

Nashua, N.H., September 1, 2009 - Transparent Language, Inc. today announced the availability of Byki Global for iPhone, the latest version of its highly acclaimed Byki product line. Byki Global provides iPhone and iPod touch users with a fast and effective way to learn over 50 essential words and phrases in 15 languages. The languages currently offered include Chinese, Danish, Dutch, French, German, Irish, Italian, Japanese, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese (Brazilian), Russian, Spanish, Swedish, and Tagalog. Over 3 million language-learners have used Byki, and Byki for iPhone has proven to be an essential tool to help on-the-go people expand their speaking and listening skills. Experience a new language today for FREE by downloading Byki Global for your iPhone or iPod touch.

"We've been thrilled with the reaction to Byki for iPhone, which is now available in 15 languages," says Michael Quinlan, CEO of Transparent Language. "Byki Global for iPhone is our first free app and our first multi-language app. Folks who care about language will love it, I'm sure."

Byki Global Features:

  • Price: FREE.
  • Twitter Integration " see how the words and phrases you are learning are used in real-time, real-world communication, including slang and colloquial usage.*
  • Flash Card Interface: Experience the fun, effective, and curiously addictive flash card system for learning language.
  • Byki Quizzes - Test your newly acquired knowledge.
  • Statistics - Track your progress with statistics on the number of items you have learned.
  • Perfect Recall - The proprietary presentation algorithm recognizes which items of vocabulary you are struggling with and presents these more often while showing you known items less frequently.
  • SlowSound " slow down the native speaker sound to hear every nuance and master proper pronunciation.
  • Searchable Phrasebook " search in English or any available foreign language to quickly find meanings for words and phrases you are unsure of.

*This feature is not available for all languages, and requires a network connection to run.

About the Byki System

Byki, formerly "Before You Know It", is a 3-Step, rapid learning system employing spaced interval repetition. Experts agree that the key to language learning is to first build a strong lexical foundation - a ready supply of words and phrases locked into one's memory. Byki is the fastest, most direct path to that goal. Byki takes users through three simple steps to memorize words and phrases in a new language, including their meanings and proper pronunciation, in the shortest possible time. Millions of people around the world already use Byki, which currently comes in more than 70 languages. Download a free version of Byki.

About Transparent Language, Inc.

At Transparent Language, we leverage our expertise in technology and in the research and practice of language learning and teaching to build unique capabilities for use by US Government agencies and organizations, as well as hundreds of public libraries, thousands of schools, and millions of individuals. We care about all languages, regardless of commercial value. We believe that language technology needs to work for all courses and curricula, not just a few courses. It needs to benefit not only individuals, but entire programs. We believe that great language technology not only changes the user experience; it transforms the economics, logistics, and reliability of language learning.