Android Dyslexia Reading Aid
Budget: $30 – $250 USD
I’m building a small showcase app for a school contest and need a polished Android solution that makes printed text friendlier for students with dyslexia. The flow is straightforward: the user opens the camera, points it at a page, and the app instantly recognises the words (OCR). As soon as the text is captured, each word is spoken aloud in sequence while that same word is highlighted on-screen in real time. The result should feel like a karaoke-style guide that lets the reader follow along word by word without losing their place.
Must-have fundamentals
• Android only — Kotlin or Java is fine, as long as it runs smoothly on common mid-range phones.
• Real-time OCR (Google ML Kit, Tesseract, or any on-device library you prefer) with no dependency on an active internet connection once installed.
• Android TextToSpeech API (or equivalent) for clear, natural narration.
• Perfect synchronisation between speech and a moving word-level highlight; no line-level or sentence-level fallback.
• Simple, clutter-free interface with large, adjustable font and high-contrast highlight colours.
Nice touches that will help us in judging
– Adjustable speech rate and pitch.
– Play / pause / restart controls.
– A quick demo mode that ships with a sample paragraph in case no printed material is handy.
Deliverables
1. APK ready for installation on Android 8.0+.
2. Complete, well-commented source code.
3. A short README covering build steps, libraries used, and how the word-sync logic works.
Acceptance criteria
✔ Captured text is spoken aloud with word-by-word highlighting that tracks the audio in real time.
✔ No internet required during normal use.
✔ App stays responsive on devices with only 3 GB RAM.
Once tests confirm these points, the project is done and I can submit it for the contest.
Must-have fundamentals
• Android only — Kotlin or Java is fine, as long as it runs smoothly on common mid-range phones.
• Real-time OCR (Google ML Kit, Tesseract, or any on-device library you prefer) with no dependency on an active internet connection once installed.
• Android TextToSpeech API (or equivalent) for clear, natural narration.
• Perfect synchronisation between speech and a moving word-level highlight; no line-level or sentence-level fallback.
• Simple, clutter-free interface with large, adjustable font and high-contrast highlight colours.
Nice touches that will help us in judging
– Adjustable speech rate and pitch.
– Play / pause / restart controls.
– A quick demo mode that ships with a sample paragraph in case no printed material is handy.
Deliverables
1. APK ready for installation on Android 8.0+.
2. Complete, well-commented source code.
3. A short README covering build steps, libraries used, and how the word-sync logic works.
Acceptance criteria
✔ Captured text is spoken aloud with word-by-word highlighting that tracks the audio in real time.
✔ No internet required during normal use.
✔ App stays responsive on devices with only 3 GB RAM.
Once tests confirm these points, the project is done and I can submit it for the contest.