What is ReadClear?
ReadClear was a prototype reading-assistance app for android tablets designed to help people with posterior cortical atrophy (PCA) and other degenerative conditions that impair vision.
ReadClear helps with:
- Visual disorientation – getting “lost in the page”
- Visual crowding – words becoming cluttered together
- Oculomotor apraxia – difficulty in following text along a line
How do I know ReadClear works?
The app went through a clinical trial in which we tested its effectiveness for supporting reading in people with visual impairments. The results of this study were positive and have now been published in the Journal of Alzheimer’s Disease.
Who worked on this?
ReadClear was Developed in collaboration with researchers from University College London, people living with PCA, and their relatives and was funded by the Dunhill Medical Trust.
More information about the project is available in a paper hosted by UCL Discovery.