The man who wants to translate the Web

January 9, 2012 | Source: CNN

Most of the Web is inaccessible to most people in the world. This problem is pressing, now more than ever, with millions of people from China, Russia, Latin America and other quickly developing regions entering the Web.

In this TED talk, Luis von Ahn introduces his new collaborative project, called Duolingo, which aims at breaking the language barrier and making the Web truly “world wide.”