她很快就明白了每張色彩鮮豔的卡片都對應著不同的歌曲。身為爸爸,我感到無比自豪,因為女兒最喜歡的樂團是披頭四。 (說實話,我已經聽膩了Spotify自動推薦的那些兒歌,比如《Baby Shark》。)最重要的是,我很高興她能從自己用Yoto選的歌裡學到一些新詞,比如“生日”和“陽光”。
She immediately grasped that each colorfully labeled card was associated with different songs. This dad felt proud that his little girl’s favorite band was the Beatles. (Truth be told, I was getting tired of listening to the children’s songs automatically recommended by Spotify, like “Baby Shark.”) Above all, I loved that she was adding new words to her vocabulary, like “birthday” and “sunshine,” from songs she was choosing herself on the Yoto.
這款音樂盒為頹廢的科技產業帶來了一線希望
在人們對令人沉迷的螢幕和應用程式普遍產生「科技反彈」情緒之際,兒童音訊播放器 Yoto 表明,在做有益的事情的同時,仍然可以賺錢。
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This Music Box Is a Ray of Hope for a Decadent Tech Industry
Amid widespread “techlash” over addictive screens and apps, the Yoto, an audio player for children, shows there’s still a way to make money while doing something nice.

當本·德魯裡在倫敦一家百貨公司為剛出生的寶寶挑選禮物時,他看到了一樣東西,讓他感到十分不適:一輛展示的嬰兒車上裝有一個iPad支架,用來讓嬰兒玩耍。
「我記得當時我本能地對此感到反感,心想,『不行,這太糟糕了,』」他說。那一刻,德魯裡先生開始思考,他是否可以創造出一種既能豐富孩子的生活,又不會讓他們沉迷其中的科技產品。
那是12年前的事了。大約在同一時期,身為數位音樂企業家的德魯裡先生也意識到,隨著磁帶和CD早已被淘汰,父母給孩子播放音頻最簡單的方法就是在手機或平板電腦的觸控螢幕上打開應用程式。而更適合孩子發展的設備應該配備實體按鍵,幫助孩子學習使用雙手。
“I remember having this visceral reaction against that, saying, ‘No way, this is really bad,’” he said. In that moment, Mr. Drury wondered whether there was a technology product he could create that was enriching for children but not addictive.
於是,現年 50 歲的德魯裡先生和他的商業夥伴,49 歲的菲利普·登克爾(當時也是一位新晉父親),開始著手創造一款他們認為父母迫切需要的產品:一款兒童音樂播放器。
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