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San Pablo Middle College students demonstrate 'Redefine', a dyslexia‑support app
Summary
Three seniors from Middle College High School in San Pablo presented 'Redefine', a prototype app that uses OCR and text format changes to improve readability for students with dyslexia; district leaders encouraged pilot discussions with special‑education staff.
Three seniors from Middle College High School, Emma, Lola and Arthur, presented a prototype accessibility app called Redefine at the West Contra Costa Unified board meeting on Jan. 28.
The students said their Mesa (STEM) program research and interviews with district special‑education staff led them to build an app that scans printed pages or uploads PDFs, runs optical character recognition (OCR) and applies text‑based formatting to support readers with dyslexia (font, color, spacing…
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