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Augmenta11y: A Reading Assistant Application for Children with Dyslexia

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Tushar Gupta,

Leila Aflatoony,

Lynette LeonardAuthors Info & Claims

ASSETS '21: Proceedings of the 23rd International ACM SIGACCESS Conference on Computers and Accessibility

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https://doi.org/10.1145/3441852.3476530

Published: 17 October 2021 Publication History

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We designed Augmenta11y, a cross-platform application that aims to provide ubiquitous reading and learning companionship to children with dyslexia. This paper presents the iterative user-centered design process and implementation details of the application and offers suggestions and guidelines for designing future assisted reading applications. We foresee the opportunity for Augmenta11y to be an accessible, low-cost assistive reading solution for dyslexic children with little to no access to educational specialists or after-school practices. The Augmenta11y application is available on iOS and Android.

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ASSETS '21: Proceedings of the 23rd International ACM SIGACCESS Conference on Computers and Accessibility

October 2021

730 pages

ISBN:9781450383066

DOI:10.1145/3441852

Editors:
Jonathan Lazar
University of Maryland, USA
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Jinjuan Heidi Feng
Towson University, USA
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Faustina Hwang
Towson University, USA

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