Reed is a conversational learning app designed for neurodivergent individuals, including those with ASD, dyslexia, TBI, and stroke. The app transforms spoken or typed language into a multisensory experience, allowing users to process and learn on their own terms through everyday interactions with family, therapists, teachers, and friends.
Funding
Funding not disclosed
Founders
Product
Problem
Neurodivergent individuals, including those with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD), dyslexia, Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI), and stroke, often face challenges in processing and understanding language through traditional methods. Existing tools and resources may not adequately address their unique learning and communication needs, leading to difficulties in everyday interactions and learning.
Solution
Reed is a collaborative natural language learning application designed to bridge the gap between neurodivergent learners and their environment. The platform transforms spoken or typed language into a multisensory experience, enabling users to process and learn on their own terms. By tailoring visual, phonetic, auditory, and haptic feedback, Reed supports comprehension and retention for learners with diverse needs. The application facilitates everyday conversational learning and connection with families, teachers, and friends, creating new pathways for shared understanding. Reed also allows users to capture activities of daily life on their camera roll and have the application reveal the steps, sequence, and vocabulary for learners to engage and reference.
Target Audience
The primary users are neurodivergent individuals, their families, therapists, and educators seeking to enhance language comprehension and communication skills.
Features
- Multisensory feedback: Tailors visual, phonetic, auditory, and haptic feedback for each learner
- Natural language processing: Translates typical speech into shared understanding
- Conversational learning: Creates new pathways for everyday conversational learning and connection with families, teachers, and friends
- Personalized learning: Progressively supports and personalizes literacy growth through customizable symbols and automatic cataloging of all language shared
- Reinforcement learning: Grounded in therapist-trusted IEP Objectives and evidence-based methods, like Orton-Gillingham and Dubards® Association Method
- Adaptive Translation of Speech: Translates natural speech into a multisensory output for kids to engage with, in the moment