[NOBE-L] iTalki / Duo Lingo / Varsity Tutors

[Rachel Newland]

hello,

I am a foreign language educator and I don’t have any experience with iTalki, but I can vouch for the accessibility of the Varsity Tutors app and website. Currently, I am both a tutor and instructor for Varsity Tutors and, with the exception of the draw feature, I am able to access my tutoring sessions much like a zoom meeting.

I have also started learning French using The Duolingo app and find it relatively accessible, with the exception of being able to right special characters without some finagling of the keyboard.

please feel free to reach out if you have additional questions or run into issues on either do a lingo or varsity tutors.

Thanks,

Rachel

Rachel Newland, Ph.D.

Secretary, 20 Chestnut Condominiums Board of Directors

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   1. Italki Question (Irina Anisimova)
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Date: Sun, 6 Jun 2021 15:00:08 +0200
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Hi, I have a question on accessibility of the language learning app
Italki.  I am currently trying to use the app to take some lessons,
but I find the app not accessible both in online version and on my
IPhone. I am wondering if anyone found workarounds with the app.
Potntially I could ask a friend to book my lessons, but I am not sure
whether it would work after that.
I am also curious if anyone tried to use the app as a language teacher.  -Irina



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Date: Sun, 6 Jun 2021 12:37:49 -0700
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Subject: Re: [NOBE-L] Italki Question
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Hi, Irina,
I have not used the app, but Duolingo is good.

> On Jun 6, 2021, at 6:01 AM, Irina Anisimova via NOBE-L <nobe-l at nfbnet.org> wrote:
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> ?Hi, I have a question on accessibility of the language learning app
> Italki.  I am currently trying to use the app to take some lessons,
> but I find the app not accessible both in online version and on my
> IPhone. I am wondering if anyone found workarounds with the app.
> Potntially I could ask a friend to book my lessons, but I am not sure
> whether it would work after that.
> I am also curious if anyone tried to use the app as a language teacher.  -Irina
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