NEW DELHI: Google has launched an app to help Indian children to read and write.  Bolo, an online reading tutor, was availed to Indian users of Google’s Android operating system, company said.

The app mimics teacher-student interactions, using artificial intelligence to guide children and give them feedback as they read aloud. The app is geared towards native speakers of Hindi. The app includes 40 Hindi stories and 50 English stories that children can choose from. The company is mulling to add more languages. In India, more than 580 million people use internet. Nearly 60% of the country’s population is still to have access to the internet, presenting a huge potential market for major tech companies.

Bolo is the latest of several India-first features that Google has rolled out to try and attract hundreds of millions of users. The new reading app will also be available offline.