Thailand Stories

Thai Flash helps you to learn the Thai alphabet. Each character is displayed as a card ( flash card ). Create your own combination of cards and settings, and swipe left or right to move backwards and forwards in the deck. This new app called “Thai Flash” is probably all you need for learning…

Audioboo is an application for recording and sharing your voice with the world. There are quite a few apps that you can buy for the iPhone to record your podcast. Many of them are probably better than this one. But, I like the simplicity of Audioboo for making podcasts. It is great for amateurs…

If you’ve been learning the Thai alphabet, this app will take your reading ability to the next level. Practice reading Thai words and sentences in the Thai script. For the past few weeks I have been playing around with a new app for the…

Let the beautiful women of Thai Language Hostess accompany you on your travels and assist you with speaking and learning Thai whenever you desire. There are quite a few iPhone apps out there for people wanting to learn Thai. Many of them are quite similar. The…

Are you vacationing in Thailand? Do you love Thai food? If you answered, “yes”, to either questions, then this app is for you! The other day I was telling you about the Thai Food Flashcards that had recently been released for the iPhone. While I was busy doing a test run of that app on the street, another similar …

Learn Thai Squiggles makes learning the Thai alphabet easy. The latest iPhone app for learning the Thai alphabet is called “Learn Thai Squiggles” . It groups these consonants into the three classes which are important when it comes to learning the tone rules. The fourth section is for letters that are hardly used…

Learn Thai Pro is an easy to use mobile Thai Phrase Book that will give visitors to Thailand and those who are interested in learning Thai a good start in the language. A  month or so ago I reviewed an excellent Thai phrasebook for the iPhone called Learn Thai (see review ). I noted at the …

Learn Thai is a free, easy to use mobile app to give visitors to Thailand a good start to learning the language. It is starting to be a crowded market for iPhone apps for learning the Thai language. So many have been released of varying quality. I must …

Translate words and phrases between more than 50 languages using Google Translate for iPhone. For most languages, you can speak your phrases and hear the corresponding translations. There are already a number of apps for the iPhone and iPad that makes use of Google Translate. Some are…

Paiboon Publishing’s new iPhone app makes it easy to study your Thai lessons wherever you go with your iPhone or iPod Touch. The Thai for Beginners app for the iPhone is aimed at people who are using the popular book of the same name written by Benjawan Poomsan Becker  (buy book online here ).  Benjawan has a …

Thai Talkboard for the iPad for learning Thai is certainly interesting in it’s approach. Instead of categories and scrolling lists, it gives you a “talk board” where what you see is what you get. Click on any of the phrases and words to hear a native speaker. It is of course very limiting as you only get this one page…

With over 2,000 “survival” phrases and 10,000 words the Thai-English-Thai Collins Phrasebook & Dictionary will meet all your language needs and will make your trips more comfortable and fun. There must be several dozen phrasebooks by now for people who are learning…

Whether you’re on a short trip to Thailand or studying the Thai language in-depth, this iPhone app is the one dictionary you can really use. There are already quite a few Thai/English dictionary apps for the iPhone. Most are aimed at Thai people and so are not good if you…

These are five free iPhone apps aimed at helping Thai kids with learning Thai and English. Although they are for Thai children, adults learning Thai might find some of these apps useful because of the Thai commentary. I Know My ABC I Know My Shapes I Know my…

These are five bilingual books for children in Thai and English which are free for the iPhone. They are aimed at Thai children but adults learning Thai might find them useful as well. You can choose to listen to the narration in Thai or …

Speak Thai Sanuk is an easy to use talking Thai phrasebook for the iPhone. There have been quite a few iPhone apps for people learning Thai over the last year. Some have been better than others. From experience I have found out that …

Developed by a company with 20 years of experience in language learning and over ten million customers, uTalk HD gives you the key words you need and a fast, scientific way of remembering them. There are quite a few apps for…

The Thai Alphabet Helper app for the iPhone was designed to help you memorize the Thai alphabet, including consonants, vowels, tone marks, and pronunciation rules. You’ll also get a chance to practice reading some common Thai words. It is good to see more iPhone apps coming out recently that …

Learn to read and write the Thai alphabet the easy way with this app for the iPad. It is especially helpful for people learning the Thai language at beginner or intermediate level. Easy Thai Script for the iPad is a useful app…

Reading Thai is the first app for the iPhone to give a complete introduction to the Thai script. If you want to actually start reading real words in Thai, then this is the app for you. Learn how syllables are constructed and learn how each component of…