Amid the fast-spreading coronavirus pandemic in India, an English language proficiency app ELSA —(English Language Speech Assistant Corporation) on Tuesday announced free access for all students from class 3rd to 12th and college students in the country.

A digital App which uses speech recognition technology and artificial intelligence (AI) to help language learners improve their English pronunciation, provides more than 1600 English lessons and a comprehensive pronunciation training curriculum that covers all sounds in English.

"We all are aware of how the pandemic situation has caused a major disruption in the education system. We believe it's our responsibility to support and encourage students to utilize this valuable time, especially students from tier-2 & 3 cities who always look for easily accessible and affordable opportunities to be fluent in English," said Manit Parikh, Country Head India, ELSA Corp.

Starting this Tuesday, any school and college student with any valid email address will have free access to an 'ELSA PRO' three-month subscription, registration closes on 15 April 2020.

According to the company, all free 'ELSA PRO' accounts include a comprehensive assessment of all your phonetic challenges, including feedback on individual sounds, rhythm and intonations, access to over 1,600 English lessons and conversations covering more than 40 different topics.

"It's important that we support students around the world during this time of hardship as schools go through extended periods of school closure. Our hope is that students are able to continue their English education through our mobile application ELSA Speak," said Vu Van, Co-founder and CEO of ELSA.