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 Lite App

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

The CogniLens™ Lite 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
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.

CogniLens Lite is designed to harness the power of OCR scanning directly on mobile devices, enabling users to instantly transform printed text into formats tailored to their individual preferences. Modify features such as font size, spacing, vowel colors, and syllabication to optimize readability and suit your individual preferences. Ideal for assisting those who struggle with traditional text formats, CogniLens Lite stands out for its simplicity and accessibility.

With no barriers such as signup requirements or passwords and at a low cost per month, it empowers readers of all ages to engage with text anywhere and anytime—much like picking up a personalized magnifying lens.

CogniLens App

The CogniLens™ app for iOS and Android devices shares the foundational OCR capabilities of its Lite counterpart but enhances the experience by allowing users to open and transform files, books, and notes. The app is designed for phones, tablets, and computers. It positively changes engagement with text and advances capacity to read with ease and to manage text.

CogniLens provides the efficacy of Cognition Labs’ text transformations, meeting the needs of dyslexic or struggling readers in a user-friendly manner. It strengthens educational engagement without the hassle, making it a versatile tool for learning and everyday life.

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.

DyslexiAR App

The DyslexiAR™ app translates the comprehensive features of CogniLens into the realm of augmented reality, specifically designed for AR glasses and head-worn devices. This innovative application inherits all the transformative text capabilities of the CogniLens suite but optimizes them for an immersive AR/VR/XR experience.

DyslexiAR works by overlaying transformed text in real-time onto a user’s field of vision through AR glasses or head-worn devices, creating a seamless and personalized reading experience tailored to the viewer’s specific needs. Modify features such as font size, spacing, vowel colors, and syllabication to optimize readability and suit individual preferences.

DyslexiAR offers real-time text transformations and individualized perception support, making it a pioneering solution in educational and professional contexts for users with dyslexia or similar learning differences.

Join Our Pilot Program

We delivered our app 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.

“…[The app] 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

“It 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.

CogniLens™, CogniLens™ Lite, and DyslexiAR™ are trademarks of Cognition Labs.