PITTSBURGH, Dec. 8, 2016 /PRNewswire/ -- WeSpeke announces an
innovative partnership with Dow Jones & Company to provide
English lessons to language learners around the world, a market
estimated at over one billion people. WeSpeke will use its
proprietary and patent-pending Natural Language Processing (NLP)
technology to create English lessons using world-class content from
The Wall Street Journal and other Dow Jones brands. The lessons
will be sold through subscriptions to Newsmart, a Dow Jones website
powered by WeSpeke technology.
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"Dow Jones and The Wall Street Journal are the leading
source of business news and information in the world," said
Almar Latour, Publisher and
Executive Vice President for Dow Jones Media Group. "Busy
professionals around the world want to learn or improve English to
advance in their careers. WeSpeke provides an innovative and
cost-effective solution to help them accomplish their professional
goals by learning from The Wall Street Journal. We are always
looking for innovative ways to grow our business internationally
and the partnership with WeSpeke is an exciting opportunity."
"Dow Jones has recognized the disruptive power of the WeSpeke
NLP technology to automatically create and deliver English lessons
organized around The Wall Street Journal articles," said
Michael Elchik, WeSpeke CEO.
"Millions of people across the globe read The Wall Street Journal
for its trusted content. The Newsmart lessons enable busy
professionals to combine the daily habit of reading
business-focused news with the benefit of learning business
English."
Elchik continued, "Our NLP technology allows organizations with
digital assets to repurpose content in the form of articles, audio
podcasts and video to support English learning in the U.S. and all
around the world. We can create lessons derived from content such
as online media, corporate training manuals, and instructional
materials. The end result is a personalized, effective, and
very affordable experience that enables learners to accomplish
their personal and professional goals."
About WeSpeke
WeSpeke is a language learning
technology company located in Pittsburgh,
PA, USA and founded in 2010 by technology entrepreneur
Michael Elchik and Jaime Carbonell, Ph.D., Director of the Language
Technologies Institute at Carnegie Mellon
University, also located in Pittsburgh. WeSpeke
develops innovative and disruptive language learning solutions that
focus on helping learners achieve their personal and professional
goals.
About Dow Jones
Dow Jones is a global provider of news
and business information, delivering content to consumers and
organizations around the world across multiple formats, including
print, digital, mobile and live events. Dow Jones has produced unrivaled quality content
for more than 130 years and today has one of the world's largest
newsgathering operations globally. It produces leading publications
and products including the flagship Wall Street Journal, America's
largest newspaper by paid circulation; Factiva, Barron's,
MarketWatch, Financial News, DJX, Dow Jones Risk & Compliance,
Dow Jones Newswires, and Dow Jones VentureSource. Dow Jones is a division of News Corp (NASDAQ: NWS,
NWSA; ASX: NWS, NWSLV).
Media and Partnership Contact
Cathy Wilson
partners@WeSpeke.com
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