Project name - NovaLingua

Information about the project (which process is digitalized) – NovaLingua has revolutionized the process of language proficiency assessment and preparation by fully digitalizing exam simulations and evaluations. We address a critical need in Azerbaijan, where there is a growing demand for internationally recognized language certificates like IELTS, TOEFL and so on. With the increasing number of students and professionals seeking these certifications for study, work, or immigration, the traditional process of exam preparation and evaluation has become time-consuming, costly, and inefficient. Our platform fully digitalizes the exam preparation process by automating mock exams and evaluations for speaking, writing, reading, and listening tasks, *with only Speaking being available for public use yet*. By using AI, we provide instant, accurate assessments and personalized feedback, eliminating the need for manual grading. This not only saves time for teachers and institutions but also offers students a more accessible and affordable way to improve their language skills and certify their proficiency. Our goal is to digitalize the entire language proficiency journey, from beginner to advanced levels. NovaLingua is building a community where learners can access a wide range of courses and materials tailored to their needs, and institutions can reach a large, engaged learner base within the platform, expanding their impact and enhancing the learning experience for everyone.

Name of the organization that implemented the project – NovaLingua

Was the project implemented with an end-to-end process approach? – yes

Was the project implemented within the past 12 months? – yes

What are the main take aways or achievements of the project? –  One of the most valuable achievements is the assistance from the Technical University of Munich and their language center, which gave us technical insights and the security of staying up to date with the rapid development of AI today, so that our AI technology constantly increases in accuracy, currently reaching 97% and being the most accurate tool even in the global market backed by IELTS/TOEFL instructors. - We have gained valuable partnerships and seamless integrations with institutions from all over the world, most valuables being Germany, Qatar and obviously Azerbaijan itself, with Institutions such as Inlingua, DreamLanguage.az, QIS and so on. These partnerships gave us the opportunity to create a closed community to collect data, improve the tech and gather feedback from the customers directly, to provide the best customer-centered solution. The closed community allowed us to get all the necessary information to finally kickstart the global launch of the platform. - Attending Incubations and Accelerations from established Incubators such as UnternehmerTUM/Xplore, Microsoft StartupHub, SabahHub and ABB gave us the expertise and connections based on their respective regions to start the market introduction as effective as possible. After which we also got selected as the winner of 4th ABB Startup Hackathon Challenge and got grants from Microsoft StartupHub, ABB and AWS.

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