Top 4 AI Apps for Dyslexia for Children
What is dyslexia?
Dyslexia is an unforeseen challenge where a person finds difficulties with reading. Children with dyslexia find it challenging to recognize words, pronounce and write them. In recent years, AI has developed numerous applications that are useful across all aspects of childhood development to combat difficulties in phonetics, sound, reading and writing. These are the top four AI Apps which will assist to enhance learning skills of children with dyslexia.
KOBI is an AI learning app, designed for children with dyslexia. Ursula Lavrencic founded this AI app in 2019 by a start-up company, Holapai, in Slovenia. This software is being operated by 90 Slovenian schools, and a free trial is offered for individual users. It is accessible in the Netherlands, Austria, Spain, Ireland, and the UK. It is expanding to more countries.
This app is available on Android and recently, they are taking early registration for IOS.
Features:
- The AI software adjusts fonts and background color for maximum readability, it customizes, and challenges children based on their potential.
- The Focus Frame features auto adjusts for the child to stay stress-free and concentrate while concealing distractions.
- Kobi’s Word-To-Speech assists children to read unfamiliar and difficult words at ease. They only need to click the word and repeat what they hear to keep it in their memory.
- Automating the accurate identification of comparable forms is a challenging task for numerous children.
Price:
- Fee: Kobi offers complimentary/free weekly reading minutes.
- Subscriptions: ‘6-month commitment’ and ‘pay as you go’ plans. Plans start as low as $7.49/month.
App Ratings:
- App Store: 4.6
- Google Play: 4.5
- Amazon Rating: 4.2
- Microsoft Store: not available
Nadine Gilkison of Keep Indiana Learning released the Blending Board App for dyslexic children. With the help of an AI app, dyslexic kids can improve their reading comprehension and sound out syllables, contributing to their education.
This App is easily available on IOS, Android and Microsoft Edge.
Features:
- Educators and parents may teach young dyslexic learners the fundamentals of sound mixing and the multisyllabic English rules.
- Different blending activities are produced by manipulating and substituting several phonemes.
- The user receives personalized digital cards with letters on them that correspond to English sounds.
- After that, students can go through their deck of cards to practice combining sounds to form words.
- To support teachers and children in using blending boards for at-home instruction, this project was developed during the epidemic.
Price:
- Price: Completely free, no in-app purchase
- Useful for: Grade Level: K-1, 2-3
- Supported Devices: Android, iPad, iPhone
App Ratings:
- App Store: 4.7
- Google Play: 4.7
- Amazon Rating: not available
- Microsoft Store: not rated yet
The Eide Neurolearning Clinic was established in Seattle, USA, by two ambitious physicians and scientists who worked at a university: Dr. Brock Eide and Dr. Fernette Eide. Their struggling children at school were the reason for them to start with the Neurolearning: Dyslexia Screening App. The couple collaborated with technologist Nils Lahr, CEO of Orionswave to make it technologically sophisticated. They developed a score system with amazing precision and power using a highly inventive machine learning technique, and in 2019 they were able to release the initial screener to the public.
This app is available in IOS, Android and Microsoft Store.
Features:
- Users can take the screening test within 40–60 minutes with the help of their smartphones or tablet.
- They will receive two automated detailed reports with an overview and comprehensive information.
- They will receive a detailed summary letter along with remarks that the Neurolearning experts personally produced.
- With this detailed report, users can find their talents by taking the MIND strength tests and qualifying for LearningAlly or Bookshare.org materials.
Price:
Dyslexia Screening App offers three categories of services, and another category will be available soon.
- Personal: This category is accessible to individuals and families; it includes homeschoolers too. The age group for this plan is from 7-70. The price per test begins from US$ 79.95 to US$ 400, prices exclude sales tax.
- School & Pro: This category is for primary and secondary school personnel, assessment professionals, tutors, therapists and nonprofits. The age group for this plan is from 7-70. The pricing for:
- Professional ranges from US$ 49.95 to US$ 54.95, prices exclude sales tax.
- Registered Nonprofit Organization ranges from US$ 29.95 to US$ 32.95, prices exclude sales tax.
- Registered Primary or Secondary Schools ranges from US$ 29.95 to US$ 32.95, prices exclude sales tax. - Higher ED: This category is for higher education organization for colleges, universities, vocational or technological schools. The price ranges from US$ 199.75 to US$ 14,975 depending on the category selected.
App Ratings:
- App Store: 4
- Google Play: 2.1
- Amazon Rating: 3.7
- Microsoft Store: not rated yet
Dystech is an assessment tool that professionals who work with students aged five (5) and above can use. It’s widely used by speech therapists, teachers, and tutors globally. It is an Australian AI app, launched in 2018 by French-born Hugo Richard who suffered from dyslexia.
This app is available on IOS and Android.
Features:
- Children who have challenges with reading can receive individualized support and intervention by setting up effective tests.
- AI recognizes differences as a different and beneficial way of thinking. The app analyses the strengths and weaknesses, then empowers people to develop and use their abilities.
- The dashboard panel interface of this app makes it very comfortable for the user to view the statistics and assessments for fluency, phonics, phonological awareness.
- It identifies, comprehends, and supports learning differences by modifying teams that assist each member to reach their full potential by using technology to encourage people when support is necessary.
Price:
Dystech App offers four categories of services which contain free unlimited assessments, team members, reports and provides access to all the assessments and dystutor.
- For 10 students, it is free of cost
- For 20 students, it costs AUS$ 9
- For 100 students, it costs AUS$ 39
- For 300 students, it costs AUS$ 115
App Ratings:
- App Store: not rated yet
- Google Play: 3.7
- Amazon Rating: not rated yet
- Microsoft Store: not available
Conclusion
Technology has brought a favorable opportunity to our lives. Children who experienced dyslexia before had the minimal opportunity to receive a solid learning foundation, these apps are life changing opportunities for them. With the advancement of technology, more and more opportunities are created to make learning easier. These AI applications will continue to bring positive change to those who are facing challenging times in learning.