West Palm Beach, Florida and
Beijing, China ¨C November 10, 2008 ¨C Communicating
between Chinese, Spanish and English just got a whole
lot easier with today's launch of a multilingual chat
service for Skype, called Moka Chat. Moka, the leading
provider of mobile language translation and communication
services, today announced the release of its language
translation technology for Skype, which gives Skype
users the ability to chat in English, Spanish or Chinese
with other Skype users.
With over 2 billion people in the world
identifying English, Chinese or Spanish as their first
language, Moka is leading the way to provide mobile
language translation and learning solutions in support
of both the consumer and business markets for an increasingly
borderless world. Having recently partnered with China
Mobile to bring its mobile language translation service
to the Chinese market, Moka is now expanding its reach
across new markets and communication platforms with
Moka Chat for Skype. Using Moka Chat, English-speaking
Skype users can now easily send translated text messages
to Chinese or Spanish Skype buddies, enhancing their
Skype experience while at the same time improving
their language skills. In addition, Moka Chat for
Skype enables users to send translated SMS text messages
using Skype's built-in text messaging service.
Moka Chat for Skype is now available
for free during the beta period and can be downloaded
from http://www.moka.com.
After downloading and installing the Moka Chat for
Skype application and selecting a language pair, users
can easily enable real-time language translation for
any text messaging conversation with anyone on their
Skype buddy list. Because it allows the user to see
both the original and translated text every time a
message is sent, Moka Chat is also a powerful language
learning tool. Moka's learning-while-chatting feature
makes language learning fun and interactive for all
Skype users.
"Skype is one of the most popular
and effective services in the world today for global
communications, and we are excited to be adding a
high-value multilingual communication capability for
Skype users. Moka Chat for Skype is the ideal translation
solution for a community with such a vast multilingual
user base", said Diego Winegardner, President
and Co-founder of Moka.
Pioneering Language Translation
Moka is a pioneer in the field of translation
technology. With its proprietary artificial intelligence
system, the company's goal is to provide the most
accurate mobile and online translation service in
the world. Moka's state of the art translation technology
is perpetually learning, and the more Moka is used,
the more accurate it becomes. As a result, Moka is
perfectly suited for large multilingual communities
such as Skype where the viral nature of its service
can be leveraged to enhance the communication experience
for everyone.
Michael Donahue, CEO and Co-founder
of Moka adds, "With over 700 million people learning
English in Asia today and over half of the 45 million
Latino-Americans in the US seeking to improve their
English fluency, we are in a position to breakdown
language barriers and at the same time provide a completely
new paradigm for multilingual communications and language
learning."
In addition to Moka Chat for Skype,
Moka provides Moka Chat for SMS, Moka Translator for
SMS and other language learning products. Information
on all Moka products can be found at our web site
at http://www.moka.com.
About Moka, LLC
Headquartered in West Palm Beach, Florida
and Beijing, China, Moka is a privately held company,
which is removing language barriers by providing the
most accurate and accessible real-time language translation
service available in the world today. Moka has created
a global translator, which allows users the ability
to chat with friends, or business associates in different
languages using text messaging on their cell phones
(SMS) or Skype. Moka also enables language learning
on the go with real-time contextual language study
via a mobile phone or Skype. Moka¡¯s advanced translation
technology is able to adapt to text-messaging slang
terms and local expressions in order to provide the
most accurate machine translation possible. Moka's
products are currently available in three languages,
English, Spanish and Chinese, focusing on the most
widely spoken languages in the world today. Visit
http://www.moka.com
to find more information about Moka's mobile and
online language translation and language learning
products.
For PR inquiries in the US please contact
Diego Winegardner at +1.203.987.5806
For PR inquiries in China please contact
Vivian Fang at +86.138.0110.4796