KAPolyglott

SUMMARY

Khan Academy is not only a unique website to learn just about anything! There is probably no other e-learning websites which has been translated into so many languages ​​and more are still actively beeing translated to. Out of this we create KA Polyglott, a unique tool for refugees to close their gaps in mathematics and at the same time learn the any other language. We develop an Webbrowser Extension for khanacademy.org where a foreign language speaker can simply see and watch the translation of texts and videos to his native language. The current prototype is a technology demonstrator. And demonstrates the following functions on the following tutorial: https://de.khanacademy.org/math/arithmetic/addition-subtraction/basic_addition/v/basic-addition 1. Title and descriptions of videos can be viewed with just a mouse click in various languages. Thanks to a text-to-speech engine, this can also be played audibly. 2. Trough Flags, displayed at the right side, the learner which did not understand a video in German, can easily switch to the the video in his native language or any other language which he understands. Note: This is not an official Khan Academy application!

The latest version of KAPolyglott is available on the Chrome web and is currently being used by 22 active users. The initial version was launched on 2016-11-06.

HOW TO INSTALL KAPolyglott FROM A CRX FILE

1. Download KAPolyglott CRX file
2. NOTE: Sometimes the browser may block downloading / installing CRX file from outside the Chrome Web Store. If so, you may need to download the ZIP file instead
3. In the URL bar, go to chrome://extensions
4. Enable Developer mode

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