Basic English is an Android app developed by Hello-Hello (3030 K Street, NW, Suite 102, Washington, DC 20007).

Basic English first became available on 01 Mar 2012. It is estimated that Basic English has been downloaded between 10000 and 50000 times from the Play Store.

Basic English 1.1 requires the following permissions:

Allows applications to open network sockets.

Allows an application to read from external storage.

Allows read only access to phone state, including the phone number of the device, current cellular network information, the status of any ongoing calls, and a list of any PhoneAccounts registered on the device.

Allows an application to record audio.

Allows an application to write to external storage.