Wordia
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Overview
Wordia launched in 2008 as the project of a television producer named Ed Baker who enjoyed the financial backing of Michael Birch.[1]
According to Wikipedia, Wordia is an "online visual dictionary which has the published aim of 'redefining the dictionary'. It asks members of the public and celebrity 'orators' to upload videos explaining what words mean to them. The videos are then published on the site alongside the traditional textual definition sourced from the Collins English Dictionary."[2]
The project has generated some discussion online and elsewhere. Some have claimed that there are "benefits of having different dictionaries for different audiences."[3] But "Some parties in the UK have argued Wordia's democratic approach will undermine the quality of the definitions."[4]
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Wordia can be found online on the Crunchbase website.[5]
The Wordia team maintains a helpful 'Who We Are' page where interested persons can learn more about the Wordia project and its history.[6]
TechCrunch has profiled Michael Birch's involvement in the Wordia project.[7]
