Transparent Language adds Free Byki® Mobile to Library and Schools Online Language Learning System

Nashua, N.H., June 22, 2010 - Transparent Language, Inc. today announced the release of Byki Mobile Community Edition - an extension to Byki Online for Libraries and Byki Online for Education. Byki Community Edition is now available as an iPhone application, and will soon be available for Android devices. Both iPhone and Android device users, who have access to Byki Online through their public library or school, can use these apps for free and continue language learning away from the computer.

"It's very exciting that Byki Online language learners can now do their learning on their computers or their mobile devices," said Michael Quinlan, CEO of Transparent Language. "By extending learning to the iPhone and other Mobile devices, Byki users will find it easy to make language learning part of their daily lives".

Available through subscribing public libraries and schools, Byki Online is a rapid instructional system for learning foreign language. Byki Online's familiar flash card based learning system takes you through a series of simple steps to memorize words and phrases in a new language, including their meanings and proper pronunciation, in the shortest possible time. Byki Online provides blogs, words of the day, language overviews, active social language communities that make the user part of a worldwide learning community, and is available in over 70 languages. Best of all, Byki Online can be accessed anytime, anywhere there is an internet connection.

Byki Mobile is a free application that can be downloaded to iPhone®, iPod touch®, or iPad® devices from the iTunes® store and will soon be available for Android devices from Google's Android Market. After download, the Byki Mobile application is activated using a code that users obtain for free from their Byki Online account. Once activated, Byki Mobile can be used to learn over 2,000 words and phrases in over 30 languages.

Byki Mobile apps for iPhone and Android include innovative features such as:

• Twitter™ Integration - This unique feature delivers a real-time Twitter search of words and phrases the user is learning so they can see real-world examples of how people use them in actual conversations.
• SlowSound™ - This audio control slows down the pronunciation of the word or phrase. Combined with native speaker recordings, this feature lets Byki users hear every nuance of a language so they can reproduce and master its proper pronunciation.
• Searchable Phrasebook - The search feature provides users with a quick reference in their native language so they can easily find the foreign language words and phrases they need.

Byki Mobile Community Edition supports the learning of 34 languages including: Afrikaans, Arabic, Brazilian Portuguese, Bulgarian, Croatian, Czech, Danish, Dutch, European Portuguese, French, Finnish, German, Greek, Haitian Creole, Hausa, Hebrew, Hungarian, Irish, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Mandarin Chinese, Norwegian, Polish, Romanian, Russian, Serbian, Slovak, Spanish, Swahili, Swedish, Tagalog, Turkish, and Zulu.

Byki for iPhone and Byki for Android applications generally sell for $7.99 per language. As a free extension to the Byki Online system, Byki Mobile offers library patrons and students access to the same great learning material.

Libraries and schools interested in adding Byki Online to their resources should contact Transparent Language or Recorded Books, LLC. for more information. Recorded Books, a leading provider of audio books to libraries and schools, is Transparent Language's authorized reseller for the Library and Education markets. Librarians attending The American Library Association (ALA) 2010 Annual Conference, June 24-29, 2010 in Washington DC, can receive more information, see demonstrations, and try Byki for iPhone Community Edition and Byki Online for Libraries in the Recorded Books booth (#1513).

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, especially at a beginning level, is to first build a strong lexical foundation - a ready supply of words and phrases locked into one's working memory. Byki is the fastest, most direct path to that goal. Byki takes users through three simple learning steps to memorize words and phrases in a new language, including their meanings, representation, 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.