VOICE INTERACTIVE PORTABLE COMPUTING DEVICE FOR LEARNING ABOUT PLACES OF INTEREST

A system and method for assisted-learning with a portable computing device that includes converting an audio file into text, parsing the text to determine that a user is requesting information regarding a place of interest, in response to determining that the user is requesting information regarding the place of interest: obtaining a geographical location of the portable computing device, activating a camera of the portable computing device to capture one or more images of a surrounding, analyzing the one or more images using a visual recognition engine in combination with the geographical location to identify the place of interest, determining that an interactive option is available for the place of interest, and instructing the portable computing device to audibly output the interactive option to the user along with information about the place of interest.