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by Sean Herman

Doesn’t recognize suffix issues, doesn’t give enough time to sound out words, has really lame encouragements, gave credit for wrong answers that it recognized as wrong in comprehension test, tested comprehension only using explicitly provided information (like what kind of animal did X, not why did the animal do that), did not adjust text difficulty after updating students levels, didn’t explain the phonetics behind a word that was read incorrectly (I assume it wants the user to just memorize every word in the whole word memorization). Is it best of breed for what it does? Yes. Is it a tool for learning how to read? No. Does it test comprehension? Not really. Does it tutor in a way that improves reading (and not just sight word building)? No. I don’t think you’ll see any efficacy studies coming from them. It’s an app for reading with simple test to make sure you were paying attention (not comprehending) and an expensive one at that.

by Proudarmywife57

Homeschool mom here with a struggling reader. I love the concept of the app but the app needs a lot of work. It doesn’t give the reader enough time to sound out the words, when the reader does sound out the word the app would register the first letter sound of the word and the app would register the word as if the child said it when they didn’t and the app would move on to the next word. It would take sounds or noises and register it ad a word and then move on. The app didn’t give my child enough time to figure out the word and would give him the answer. Which I don’t mind but I would rather my child figure out the word himself and the app not give the answer unless my child taps on the word himself asking for assistance. The books also are not great quality. My son became frustrated with the app within 5 min of using it for the first time, and that is the worst thing for a struggling reader. I’m teaching my child to have grace with himself cause he has dyslexia and adhd so reading does not come easy for him and he can get discouraged and frustrated really fast, and I want him to love to read. If they get easily frustrated or bored then he won’t enjoy to read. Your asking way too much money for you app when it needs a lot of work.

by Lyss7

As a homeschool mom of a child with dyslexia, I really loved the idea of this app. It seemed like it would be something my son could independently do and build his confidence in reading. Instead, it left him incredibly frustrated and feeling defeated. The AI didn’t give him chances to sound out the words, there was delays in switching between the mic and speaker, and if he said something slightly close to what the word actually was it would just continue on and not correct. Even after messing with the settings in hopes of remedying the situation it’s still continued to be a problem. It would be really nice if this initially started helping children learn to sound out words versus just jumping in and reading the books in hopes that they’ll figure it out how to do so. I’m also incredibly disappointed that there isn’t a setting to make it properly fit on Chromebook screens. We will definitely be looking for something that doesn’t leave us both screaming at the Chromebook in hopes the AI will actually work.