Methods and systems for providing reading assistance to a user are provided. One or more written words are transmitted for display to a user's computing device, for the user to read aloud. An audio segment is received from the user's computing device. The audio segment comprises the user's spoken (audible) words as the user read aloud the one or more written words. The audio segment is processed by utilizing speech recognition to determine if the user's spoken word or words match with the one or more written words.

A method and system provide a device-based multi-sensory therapeutic game, or learning development tool. A component provision module, in communication with a database, is configured to provide game components and a game generation framework. A generator module is configured to generate, in real-time and using the game generation framework and the database, scenes and assets including auditory game objects and visual game objects based on personalized user parameters. A display module is configured to display, in real-time to the user, a game that concurrently challenges the user's visual pathway, auditory pathway and cognitive pathway to create neuroplasticity, the game including the game components, and the auditory and visual game objects. The methods and systems can provide one or more of the following advantages: improve auditory processing speed; improve visual processing speed; bond auditory and visual functions; increase working memory capacity; improve attention; improve motivation; and improve eye movement control.

Embodiments of the present disclosure relate to a method and apparatus for outputting information. The method includes: outputting a to-be-read audio in response to receiving a reading instruction from a user; acquiring an actually read audio obtained by reading the to-be-read audio by the user; performing speech recognition on the actually read audio to obtain a recognition result; calculating a similarity between the actually read audio and the to-be-read audio based on a character string corresponding to the recognition result and a character string corresponding to the to-be-read audio; determining, from a predetermined set of similarity intervals, a similarity interval to which the calculated similarity belongs; and outputting a reading evaluation corresponding to the determined similarity interval. The embodiment may help a reader to improve the learning efficiency and learning interest, thereby improving the rate of a user using a device.

Method, modules and a system formed by connecting the modules for controlling payloads are disclosed. An activation signal is propagated in the system from a module to the modules connected to it. Upon receiving an activation signal, the module (after a pre-set or random delay) activates a payload associated with it, and transmits the activation signal (after another pre-set or random delay) to one or more modules connected to it. The system is initiated by a master module including a user activated switch producing the activation signal. The activation signal can be propagated in the system in one direction from the master to the last module, or carried bi-directionally allowing two way propagation, using a module which revert the direction of the activation signal propagation direction. A module may be individually powered by an internal power source such as a battery, or connected to external power source such as AC power. The system may use remote powering wherein few or all of the modules are powered from the same power source connected to the system in a single point. The power may be carried over dedicated wires or concurrently with the conductors carrying the activation signal. The payload may be a visual or an audible signaling device, and can be integrated within a module or external to it. The payload may be powered by a module or using a dedicated power source, and can involve randomness associated with its activation such as the delay, payload control or payload activation.

Methods and systems for delivering personalized learning material are disclosed. A method includes providing, by a computer device, current learning material and advance learning material to a plurality of students; monitoring, by the computer device, a reading performance and a complexity of the advance learning material for a student of the plurality of students; determining, by the computer device, a student comprehension score for the student based on the monitoring the reading performance and the complexity of the advance learning material; and providing, by the computer device, additional learning material to the student based on the student comprehension score being above a threshold.

Method, modules and a system formed by connecting the modules for controlling payloads are disclosed. An activation signal is propagated in the system from a module to the modules connected to it. Upon receiving an activation signal, the module (after a pre-set or random delay) activates a payload associated with it, and transmits the activation signal (after another pre-set or random delay) to one or more modules connected to it. The system is initiated by a master module including a user activated switch producing the activation signal. The activation signal can be propagated in the system in one direction from the master to the last module, or carried bi-directionally allowing two way propagation, using a module which revert the direction of the activation signal propagation direction. A module may be individually powered by an internal power source such as a battery, or connected to external power source such as AC power. The system may use remote powering wherein few or all of the modules are powered from the same power source connected to the system in a single point. The power may be carried over dedicated wires or concurrently with the conductors carrying the activation signal. The payload may be a visual or an audible signaling device, and can be integrated within a module or external to it. The payload may be powered by a module or using a dedicated power source, and can involve randomness associated with its activation such as the delay, payload control or payload activation.

Systems and methods for providing a reading engine for enhanced and adaptive narratives are provided herein. In an example, a system may include instructions to receive, from a first client device, an indication to start a narrative and generate, by a reading engine, a first chapter of the narrative based on the first client device. The reading engine may generate the first chapter to include a first set of challenge words. The reading engine monitors a reading of the first chapter by the first client device and determines one or more low fluency words based on the reading by the first client device. The reading engine may also provide narrative options for continuing the narrative present in the first chapter. Responsive to receiving a selection of a first narrative option the reading engine may generate a second chapter of the narrative based on the first narrative option.

A phonics learning system, comprising a letter identification board and letter manipulatives that may be placed on the letter identification board by a child, and a computing device connected to the letter identification board that identifies the letters placed on the board, generates a phonetic pronunciation for the combination of letters, and identifies any words or misspelled words.

A reference acoustic input is processed into a quantization representation such that the quantization representation comprises acoustic components determined from the reference acoustic input, wherein the acoustic components comprise amplitude, rhythm, and pitch frequency of the reference acoustic input. A visual representation is generated that simultaneously depicts the acoustic components comprising amplitude, rhythm, and pitch frequency of the reference acoustic input. A user spoken input may be received and similarly processed and displayed.

A game and a method for making it, according to certain disclosed embodiments, may include a playfield for allowing a rollable device for moving along its surface. Playfield guides may direct the rollable device along a path of travel. Three or more target goals on the playfield may receive the rollable device as its final destination. Decision making devices mounted movably on the playfield may adjust manually selectively the path of travel, and each have an entrance structure and two or more exit structures. Decision making device guides direct the rollable device from the entrances to selected ones of the exits. Wherein the rollable device moves along a selected path of travel including user selected entrances and user selected exits of a series of decision making devices to a user selected target goal.