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The World's First Intelligent
Reading Assistant

Amira allows students to choose from several appropriately difficult and engaging texts to read. As students read out loud Amira listens, assesses, and when they struggle provides feedback and support.

In-the-Moment, Personalized Tutoring

Amira marries speech recognition and artificial intelligence with the Science of Reading to deliver personalized and in-the-moment tutoring to students as they practice.

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Accelerated Reading Growth

Multiple independent analyses demonstrate that students who read with Amira for just 10 minutes a day experience reading growth at a rate 2X the national average.

Revolutionary Insights for Educators

With each reading session, Amira provides reports with detailed data on students' progress. The focus on reading skills provides teachers with the most up-to-date and effective instructional tools.

Every Child Deserves a
Personalized Tutor.

Independent evaluations and program impact data consistently demonstrate the ability of Amira's tutoring to match or exceed the impact of a human reading tutor.

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Built on Research

Amira is the culmination of a 30-year research and development project launched at Carnegie Mellon University that partnered literacy experts with artificial intelligence scientists to create the first intelligent reading tutor.

More than 100 peer-reviewed studies were conducted during development.

Highlighted Studies

Significant Effect Sizes

A study by Carnegie Mellon found that students working with Amira for just 30 minutes a week experienced effect sizes that generated nearly two years of learning over the course of one school year.

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Matches Human Tutoring After 30 Sessions

A recent study by Columbia University found that students who used Amira for 30 or more sessions experienced learning gains on par with human tutoring programs.

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