As AI-powered tools become more advanced, they offer one of the most promising paths to real inclusion for individuals with dyslexia and other neurotypes who experience written language differently. These innovations don’t just serve those with formal diagnoses, they support anyone who finds reading and/or writing challenging. They are essential tools of equity, helping dismantle systems that have long excluded many people who process or see things differently.

1. Let AI Read First (LARF): Reimagining the Reading Experience

• What it does: This cutting-edge AI reads complex documents and then annotates them in a more digestible, dyslexia-friendly format, without altering the core meaning.
• How it helps: Improves comprehension, reduces cognitive fatigue, and maintains user dignity by preserving the integrity of the original text.
• Where it fits: Perfect for schools, universities, and workplaces where dense documents (e.g., exam papers, reports, policies) are the norm.

2. Atlas Primer: Voice-First Learning for All Ages

• Overview: Atlas Primer is an AI-powered app using voice as its main interface. Users can speak to it and receive information back in a conversational, accessible way.

• Educational Value:

  • In early education, it supports children learning to read by letting them listen, ask questions aloud, and explore ideas through talk rather than just text.
  • In secondary and higher education, it offers an alternative way to take notes, understand materials, and prepare for assessments.
  • In professional learning, it can assist with Health and Safety protocols, continuous development and onboarding and many other things.

3. AI Speech Tools: Access Without Stigma

1. Text-to-Speech (TTS): Converts any written material into natural-sounding speech, ideal for learners of all ages.
2. Speech-to-Text (STT): Allows individuals who struggle with writing or spelling to express their thoughts freely and fluently through voice.
3. Who benefits: Students with dyslexia, ADHD, DLD, or any learner who processes written language differently.
4. Individuals with visual impairments, who may struggle with small text, poor contrast, or screen-based learning.
5. Multilingual learners, those with trauma-related processing issues, and anyone who learns better through auditory or interactive formats.

4. Adaptive Learning Platforms with Built-in AI

• Platforms like Lexia, Glean, and ClaroRead now include smart algorithms that adapt to how each student learns.
• These tools personalise content delivery, scaffolding difficult words, adjusting reading speed, or switching formats based on preference.
• Most offer high-contrast modes, larger fonts, and full screen-reader compatibility, making them invaluable to users with low vision as well.

Call to Action!

Integrate These Tools from Early Education to Employment

For too long, educational systems and workplaces have punished people for not reading or writing in a standard way. This has led to widespread underachievement, anxiety, and exclusion, especially among dyslexic, other minority neuro types processing differently, and individuals with vision difficulties.

It’s time to replace outdated, one-size-fits-all systems with inclusive-by-design technology, starting from the earliest years.

In Schools

•  Every child should have access to AI reading and writing tools as standard, not only after an assessment or diagnosis.
• These tools should also be available to children with vision issues, enabling participation through auditory interaction and screen customisation .
• Let students choose how they consume and express knowledge: by voice, by visual cues, by typed or spoken word.

In Workplaces

AI tools should be part of standard onboarding and daily practice.

• Critical content—like health and safety protocols, training manuals, and internal communications—must be accessible in formats everyone can understand.
• No employee should be disadvantaged because of how they see or process letters and words.

Leave No One Behind—At Any Stage of Life

This is about more than access, it’s about dignity, fairness, and progress. We must recognise that reading and writing are not universal skills that come naturally to everyone. They are cultural tools, and like any tool, we can design better versions that fit more hands and more minds.

Whether a person is 5, 55 or 105, a neurominority or visually impaired, AI-assisted tools open doors that have been closed for too long. If we start now, integrating these technologies into education, workplace systems, and daily life, we can finally build a society where nobody is held back by invisible barriers of text or screen.