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Multilingual and Multimedia Phrasebook for Balkan languages http://vapa.mk Black Canyon Resources (US) and Advanced Informatics (MK) Dr Paul Foster Dr Vladimir Radevski

iBalkans presntation @ Mobile Monday Macedonia

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Multilingual and Multimedia Phrasebook for Balkan languages

http://vapa.mkBlack Canyon Resources (US)

and Advanced Informatics (MK)

Dr Paul FosterDr Vladimir Radevski

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Ideas

Impressed by Apple Store concept Guaranteed security, reliability and global

presence Clear business model 70% - 30% Accessibility – registered developer

Expertise Multilingualism and multilingual capacities Computer Science and Linguistics

Content and Usability (iPhone based)

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Product values Over 850 original phrases in

eleven languages (and still counting) Macedonian, Albanian, Turkish,

Roman, Bulgarian, Serbian, Greek, Croatian, Slovene

AND English and French Ready to go with Roma,

Russian, German and Arab Organized in sections (“Food and

Drink”, “Conflict – what conflict?”, “Romance” etc.)

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Product values (2) High quality human voice studio recordings by native speakers Relevant transliteration (for non roman alphabets) Additional features - in App purchase and Quiz

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Outcomes iBalkans Full (14.99$) – From

Any L to Any L (at the moment 11)

iBalkans (4.99$) – The same over 5 selected languages Possibility of additional inApp

purchase Bilingual Phrasebooks (1.99$)

At the moment possible 55 On sale only MK-AL, MK-EN,

AL-EN, MK-GR, FR-TR, GR-TR, EN-FR, EN-TR

iBalkans Lite (free)

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Market experience

Free / Paid = 3 / 1 Bilinguals are better sold than

multilingual Best selling markets:

USA Germany (we do not offer German) Switzerland France Australia UK Turkey Canada Austria Sweden

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Next steps

iBalkans Add new languages Create new Bilinguals Modernize usability

Other

Other Multilanguage products