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"Beelinguapp" is a free language-learning mobile application. It works by showing a text to the user in two languages simultaneously, allowing the users to use their native language as a reference. It works also as an audio book, users listen to a recording of a voice reading a text while at the same time a karaoke style animation moves through the text in both languages.The app offers different kinds of texts across 12 languages; with additional languages in development. The app is available on Android and will be available on iOS in 2017.

Learning Method
Beelinguapp works under two concepts it calls "Side by Side Reading" and "Karaoke Reading". The "Side by Side Reading" shows the user a text in a split screen in two languages side by side, the idea being that the user reads a text in the language being practiced but can always use their native language as a reference. "Karaoke Reading" means that the audio will be playing while the user is reading and a karaoke-style animation will be shown in both the learning and reference languages.

History
Beelinguapp’s creator, David Montiel, born in Mexico and located in Berlin, Germany, had been having difficulties reading texts and listening to audio books in German. When confronted by a word he still did not know, he realized it was too much of a problem to look for it in the dictionary and figure out which of the definitions suited better in the text. This is how the idea of a text in two languages simultaneously was born. One year after its conception, in September 2016, Beelinguapp went live.

Initial financing and early recognition
In December of 2016, Beelinguapp opened a Kickstarter campaign to receive financing for the development of the iOS version of the app and the translation of more stories. By January 2017 the campaign was successful and the development of the iOS version started. In February, 2017 it was featured in the Huffington Post as one of the best 10 Kickstarter project of 2016. It gainer international recognition after being featured in an article from Google Play in which it was named one of the best 5 language learning apps in the market.

Business model
Beelinguapp has several texts of different kinds, such as Fairy Tales, Science Texts, Excerpts from Novels, Short Stories, Popular Stories, and every week more texts are added. Some of these texts can be unlocked by in-app purchases or by subscribing to the service.