A student uses BuddyBooks on a PC, Mac or Chromebook, using the Google Chrome browser, iPhone and iPad. The computer needs to have a microphone. In most cases, the student does not need a headset with microphone. You use the Teacher/Parent Dashboard in a browser, such as Chrome, Firefox or Safari.

BuddyBooks provides hundreds of books for children from 2nd grade to high school. If your child has dyslexia or another reading disability, there are over 1 million books (copyrighted fiction and non-fiction) available from Bookshare that are available in BuddyBooks.

You have many screening options including your local public school, a local university or a local hospital. A reading specialist can also provide documentation (for Bookshare) indicating a reading disability. You can also use the dyslexia screening app from NeuroLearning. Your child takes a series of tests on this iPhone/Android app, and a doctor analyzes the results and sends you a report. Find out more: Dyslexlia Screening App.

BuddyBooks is appropriate for students from grade school (about 2nd or 3rd grade) to high school. BuddyBooks provides access to over 1 million books for all age ranges. Children need to be able to read a five to six word sentence to benefit from BuddyBooks.

BuddyBooks will not teach your child the fundamentals of reading, but it can build their reading skills. BuddyBooks is a multi-modal system, that provides 3 alternatives to interacting with your child. The standard mode is alternating sentences. The computer reads one sentence, and your child reads the next, alternating as they progress through the book. A more advanced mode is alternating paragraphs. The computer reads one paragraph, and your child reads the next, alternating as they progress through the book. A simpler mode is "echo mode". The computer reads one sentence, and your child reads the SAME sentence. Then the computer reads the next sentence, and your child reads that SAME sentence. Parents have told us that their child learn from this activity. Many children will read the a book several times in echo mode and then attempt to read that book in alternating sentences. Echo mode is also effective for students with a learning disability, such as a teenager reading at a 2nd grade level.

There's a school version of BuddyBooks that many public, private and charter schools use. Contact us at info@objectiveEd.com

Please contact us at info@objectiveEd.com