BookBox

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BookBox, a social enterprise located in Pondicherry, India has created ‘AniBooks’, animated stories for children with the narration appearing on-screen as Same Language Subtitles (SLS).^[2] Every word is highlighted at the exact timing with the audio narration, thus strengthening reading skills, automatically and subconsciously.^[3] BookBox has their videos on their YouTube channel,^[4] with over 45 stories in 40 languages.^[5] The business was born in 2004 from a student-driven competition, Social e-Challenge, at Stanford University.^[6]

Key Information

BookBox Logo (2016)
Created by	Brij Kothari[1]
URL	bookbox.com
Current status	Online
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SLS’ pedagogical sound and proven technique has won many international awards. ^[7] Their non-profit partner, PlanetRead, created by Brij Kothari, has also been widely implemented on film song based TV programs in India.^[8]