Cognition Labs – Technologies for Empowerment

Technologies for Empowerment

Cognition Labs, recognizing the wide neurodiversity of the human population, designs and creates software to enhance, support and supplement reading skills for the millions of people with differences in visual, auditory or other perceptual domains.

CogniLens App

Did you know that 15-20% of the population has a language-based learning disability?

The CogniLens app for iOS and Android transforms text from everyday environments. It provides a simple, lightweight way to get started with text transformations. Whether you are “dyslexic,” a second language learner trying to read English, or just feel better when text is bigger or looks different, this app will help you.

Sample uses for CogniLens include:

Signage
Anyone can use the app to help read signs, anywhere and in the moment.
Classroom worksheets
A student can scan any worksheet text for assistance at school.
Menus
Grab a phone to scan, transform, and read restaurant menus.
Books, brochures, and mail
Scan, transform, and read any printed text. No publisher or copyright issues.

The Cogni-Lens app allows you to scan text and customize the text format in real-time to meet your needs. You can modify features such as font size, spacing, vowel colors, and syllabication to optimize readability and suit your individual preferences.

The CogniLens app can be used anytime, anywhere—like picking up a personalized magnifying lens.

DyslexiAR App

The DyslexiAR app transforms written text into a format that suits an individual’s visual perceptual needs. The app is designed for tablets, computers, and augmented reality glasses. It positively changes engagement with text and advances capacity to read with ease and to manage text.

Historical research and treatments have focused on dyslexia through its physiological causes with interventions that emphasize multi-sensory language techniques and cognitive training. Until now, no comprehensive solution could exist for transforming text to suit the unique visual perceptual requirements of the individual dyslexic learner.

Join Our Pilot Program

We delivered DyslexiAR for iPad to a number of Learning Specialists who work with dyslexic students. A pilot was conducted to test and refine the application for use in supported and independent, at-home, environments. The Specialists and their students were provided with the application and access to a number of grade-leveled books with the student’s commitment to read for 20 minutes daily using the app. The students and Learning Specialists assessed the app’s usability and the students’ engagement.

“…[DyslexiAR] has allowed him to increase his comprehension and fluency… he’s excited to read… he feels there is no longer a roadblock.”

Lisa Mackey, M.A.Phd.

Learning Specialist

“…that’s the transformational experience that I’m so grateful for because now we have readers that want to read…”

Jennifer Larson

Founder, My City School

“DyslexiAR gave him the tools to put his foundation of remediation to use and really connect with something and feel successful… self-esteem was increased and motivation to try increased.”

Betsy Drobish Joyce, M.S.

Learning Specialist

Our Research

For the millions of people who struggle with perceptual differences, there is often a life-long and generational impact. Communication and connection with one’s community and the world are largely based on the ability to see, read, and comprehend. When this ability is impaired, there often follows a destructive and emotional wake which can be measured in the isolation, financial aid given, school drop-out rates, prison rates, and poor health outcomes. Our research and product development efforts focus on three areas:

1: Dyslexia

Applying algorithm breakthroughs, text transformations and real time processing to insure more effective readability. The DyslexiAR app is our first product to address the needs of learners with perceptual differences.

2. Vision, Deafness

Exploring low vision improvements (zoom, image clarity, image to text) and navigation for the blind and/or dyslexic in visual and spatial fields. Using computer vision, machine learning and real time avatar animation to assist those with hearing loss.

3: Comprehension

Implementing Hi-Lo reading, language translations and automated text abstraction/simplification to improve comprehension.

Our Team

Cognition Labs brings together educational specialists, product designers, and technology innovators. Our partners and advisors include educators, content specialists, researchers, strategists, and engineers.

Current partners include content providers such as Learning Ally and educational institutions such as Charles Armstrong School and My City School in the San Francisco Bay Area.

Let’s work together.

We can work together to change the possibilities for those with perceptual differences. Join us in this opportunity.