Emotional Twitter Client ‘Feel On!’ Releases English-Supported Android App
‘Feel On!‘ was introduced as an iPhone app last year, and it allows you to see someone’s tweet with an emotion by using a cartoon illustration according to the context of the tweet (some readers may recall that we’ve previously wrote about the app back in April). There has been no version so far for tweets in a non-Japanese language, but finally the English version of the app for Android was introduced last week, and it is available for download on Google Play. The English supported iOS version will be coming up very soon.
‘Feel On!‘は昨年iPhone向けアプリとして紹介された。‘Feel On!を使うと、つぶやきの文脈と照らし合わせて、つぶやきにアニメのイラストを使った感情が付いたものを見ることができる。（読者の中には、4月にこのアプリについて書いた記事を思い出す方がいるかもしれない。）これまでは日本語以外のつぶやきに対応するバージョンはなかったが、ついに先週、アンドロイド向けの英語版が紹介された。ダウンロードはGoogle Playで利用できる。英語対応のiOSバージョンも間もなく登場する。
「Feel On!」は昨年i発表されたPhoneアプリで、ツイートの文脈に合わせたキャラクターを表示することで、ツイートの感情も見ることができるようにするものである（読者の中には、私たちが4月に書いたこのアプリに関する記事を思い出すかもしれない）。日本語以外のツイートについてはこれまでのところ未対応だったが、、ついにアンドロイド向けの英語版アプリが先週発表され、現在Google Playでダウンロード可能である。英語対応のiOS版は、近々発表される予定である。
The app was created by Tokyo-based startup L is B Corporation, whose name stands for ‘Life is Beautiful.’ The startup’s CEO/founder Taisuke Yokoi was previously working with Just Systems which is known for having developed one of the most used pronunciation-based Chinese character input systems for the Japanese language. His experience at that company contributes a lot to developing the SEE (social emotion engine) which makes it possible for the app to understand what kind of emotion a user has by analyzing the words in his or her tweet.
The engine previously could only handle Japanese tweets, but to tackle the English language, the startup set up a new lab in Montreal, Canada, a city that sits on two language communities in English and French. With the English version, they are planning to expand their business in the South East Asia region, and I’ve heard that Mr. Yokoi would like to set up another local office in Singapore to develop a Chinese version which may attract the large number of Twitter users in the region.
Last year in June, Feel On was given the first prize at SF New Tech Japan Night, which is a one-night pitch event in San Francisco for Japanese startups who want to be more global.
Note: Mr. Yokoi’s father passed away last week. Our thoughts are with him and his family.
最初の「感状」を「感情」に訂正してください。失礼致しました。