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Dyslexia Friendly Reader
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Neuro - Dyslexia Friendly Reader

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Neuro is a comprehensive cognitive reading companion for dyslexia, ADHD, and visual differences. Built as an Apple Swift Student Challenge project (2026 winner), it combines customizable text transformation, high-accuracy camera OCR scanning, and 8 gamified training exercises. It features Lexi, a private AI reading coach. Neuro operates with a 100% private, on-device philosophy—no accounts, no trackers, and all computations (including AI & OCR) run entirely locally.

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Neuro started as my Apple Swift Student Challenge 2026 (SSC26) project. My goal was to explore how on-device artificial intelligence could be leveraged to solve cognitive accessibility challenges for readers with dyslexia and ADHD. By implementing Apple's native on-device FoundationModels, I created "Lexi"—a built-in AI coach that provides vocabulary support and dyslexia-friendly reading tips completely offline. Because the model runs locally on the neural engine, user conversations and scanned documents never leave the device, ensuring complete privacy. Alongside the AI coach, Neuro integrates: • On-device Vision OCR to scan and digitize paper books. • A customizable reader engine supporting OpenDyslexic typography, color filters, and dynamic layout scaling. • 8 interactive learning games targeting word decoding and phonological awareness. I'd love to get the community's feedback on the app, the UX, and the on-device AI integration.

Congrats on the win. One thing that would make this really useful for me: let Lexi read highlighted passages aloud with adjustable speed and word-by-word highlighting synced to the audio. It would bridge the gap between scanning a page and actually following along during longer readings.

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 Thanks a lot for the congrats and the great suggestion!

Synced text-to-speech with word-by-word highlighting is a perfect feature for Neuro. I've added this directly to the product roadmap for upcoming updates. Appreciate you taking the time to share this feedback! 🙌

Congrats on the win. One thing that would actually help a lot is cross-device syncing that stays on-device, like syncing your reading profiles and progress between iPhone and iPad through your own iCloud, no server needed. Would make it way easier to keep training consistent when you switch between devices.

Maker

 Thank you! That’s an excellent suggestion. Being able to seamlessly continue reading and practice across iPhone and iPad while keeping everything private would definitely make the experience much more consistent. Added it to the roadmap.

Tried the text transformation and was surprised how much the spacing adjustments actually helped with focus, not just readability. Lexi felt surprisingly useful for quick clarifications without feeling like another chatbot.

Maker

 Thank you so much for trying it! I’m really happy to hear the spacing adjustments made a noticeable difference. It’s often those small typography changes that can have the biggest impact on focus and reading comfort.