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| title: Dyslexic Engine
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| emoji: "⚡"
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| colorFrom: red
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| colorTo: yellow
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| sdk: gradio
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| sdk_version: "5.34.2"
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| app_file: app.py
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| pinned: false
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| license: mit
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| tags:
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| - build-small-hackathon
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| - track:backyard
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| - achievement:offbrand
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| - achievement:fieldnotes
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| - achievement:sharing
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| - gradio
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| # Dyslexic Engine
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| **Text should work for *your* brain. Not the other way around.**
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| A tool that transforms any text into dyslexic-friendly formats:
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| - **Color-Coded Syllables** — visual anchors so the eye can chunk words naturally
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| - **Bionic Reading** — bold word beginnings to guide fixation points
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| - **Phoneme Guide** — pronunciation spelled out the way it sounds, not the way it's written
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| - **Simplifier** — rewrites complex sentences into shorter, clearer ones
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| ## The Problem
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| 1 in 5 people have dyslexia. Standard text is optimized for fluent readers — not for the phonological processors who see language differently. The school system doesn't adapt. The textbooks don't adapt. So we built a tool that does.
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| ## The Science
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| Dyslexic brains process **phonemes** (sounds), not **graphemes** (letter shapes). They hear the word before they read it. Standard text gives no phonological scaffolding — it's a wall of identical-looking symbols with no auditory anchor.
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| This tool provides:
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| - **Syllable boundaries** via color coding, giving the eye natural chunking points
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| - **Phonemic pronunciation** using everyday letter combinations (not IPA)
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| - **Reduced cognitive load** through OpenDyslexic font, increased spacing, warm backgrounds
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| - **Bionic reading** — bolding the first portion of words to guide saccadic fixation
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| ## The Stack
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| - **Model:** MiniCPM5-1B (OpenBMB) via llama.cpp — 1 billion parameters
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| - **Syllabification:** pyphen (rule-based, fast, reliable)
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| - **Font:** OpenDyslexic
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| - **Framework:** Gradio
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| - **Cloud APIs:** Zero. Everything runs locally.
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| ## Bonus Quests
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| - 🔌 Off the Grid — no cloud APIs
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| - 🎨 Off-Brand — custom OpenDyslexic theme
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| - 🦙 Llama Champion — llama.cpp runtime
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| - 📓 Field Notes — blog post included
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| - 🐜 Tiny Titan eligible — 1B parameters
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| ## The Story
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| Built by a frustrated single father whose daughter has dyslexia. Homework shouldn't be a battlefield. Text should work for the reader — not the other way around.
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| *Heurémen — Build Small Hackathon 2026*
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| Part of [The Treehouse](https://huggingface.co/spaces/Wayfinder6/treehouse) — Build Small Hackathon 2026.
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| Free dev tools at [Hometree](https://heuremenforprofit.online): code analysis, AI agent monitoring, token-saving agreement scoring.
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| **Heuremen LLC** — Builder: Wayfinder6
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| ## Demo
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| - [Demo Video](https://youtu.be/aujiSHids4Y)
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