A foreign-language reading aid is a computer program that assists a non-native language user to read properly in their target language. The proper reading means that the pronunciation should be correct and stress to different parts of the words should be proper.
There are many language tutors available in market which help people to read the sentences in a language of their choice. By using this computer aid, user can improve their pitch and tone, thereby adjusting to the new language.
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“There are women in middle life, whose days are crowded with practical duties, physical strain, and moral responsibility ... they fail to see that some use of the mind, in solid reading or in study, would refresh them by its contrast with carking cares, and would prepare interest and pleasure for their later years. Such women often sink into depression, as their cares fall away from them, and many even become insane. They are mentally starved to death.”
—Ellen Henrietta Swallow Richards (1842–1911)
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—Plato (c. 427–347 B.C.)