PlaySay of DC Raises $570k of Funding from Disrupt NYC
Washington, D.C. – PlaySay, a language learning Facebook app which uses images in order for people to learn new language has officially been launched at the Tech Crunch Disrupt in San Francisco and it bagged a $570K seed funding from Kevin Yu of Paypal Japan, Sean Glass and Novak Biddle Ventures.
PlaySay’s theory in its language learning platform is that people will learn aggressively in an environment where they are surrounded by people they are comfortable with like the Facebook friends. The method of learning in PlaySay is that it allows Facebook users to restructure Facebook status updates word by word or image by image without English translation.
“Your Facebook friends are your new classmates. Checkins, status updates and pictures are your course materials.” Said co-founder Ryan Meinzer who also said that the company is planning to expand its language database aside from its current offering which is Spanish in the near future.
One of PlaySay’s method is by popping out a random Flickr photos (under the Creative Commons license) and tagged photos of your Facebook friends and then PlaySay will ask you a question in Español whether if it is your friend or if you can identify the person. With the question itself in Spanish, you will learn a word or two. It is also backed up by an audio platform for better delivery of learning. The platform also allows you to compete with a Facebook friend and Playsay user through status or display message translation.
The future is bright for PlaySay for it is getting positive buzz in the social network industry.
Visit PlaySay Facebook page and hit “like” for they well deserve it.
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