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We have been at the forefront of on-device speech recognition solutions, supporting iOS and Android platforms for the past seven years. Today, we are excited to announce the launch of our latest offering, the KeenASR SDK for Web. This powerful JavaScript library allows developers to integrate on-device speech recognition capabilities into web applications, unlocking a new level of interactivity and convenience.

At Keen Research, we have been developing on-device speech recognition solutions for nearly seven years now. We started with supporting the iOS operating system, but soon realized the need for an Android version of our SDK. After years of providing support for both platforms, we are excited to announce the launch of KeenASR SDK for Web, a JavaScript library that performs speech recognition locally (“offline”) in the browser, just like its iOS and Android counterparts.

The value of literacy is far-reaching – for individuals and society. Literacy is good for your health, builds skills, improves the economy, promotes gender equality, strengthens democracy, and enhances quality of life.

And yet, for all its benefits, improving literacy is still a challenge. According to the U.S. National Center for Education Statistics, 34% of students score below reading level in fourth grade. And while most states have seen childhood literacy improve since 2003, five states have seen it decline

It all began about six years ago when a friend jokingly complained to me about the repetitive chore of helping his daughter practice her multiplication facts. “Why isn’t there an app for that?” he asked.