…we call him Mr. Swindel.
An interactive app for phone, iPad and web that teaches reading the way great teachers do — then goes further. Machine learning listens as you read and adapts to you; proven reading-teaching methods set the path; and Mr. Swindel — your companion, guide, mentor and teacher — walks beside you on every page, whatever your age or starting point.
How it works
The app combines machine learning, evidence-based reading pedagogy, and Mr. Swindel — a mentor with a name, a face and a memory, so learning to read feels like time with a favourite teacher, not time with software.
Speech recognition hears every word you read aloud, spots exactly where decoding breaks down, and adapts the next page to you — the right challenge, never a wall, never busywork.
the app learns you while you learn to read
Built on the science of reading: systematic phonics, decodable texts, fluency practice and comprehension strategies, sequenced the way reading specialists teach them — not gamification with a book skin.
pedagogy first, technology in service of it
Your companion, guide, mentor and teacher in one. He knows your name, remembers yesterday's chapter, chats about the story, answers "what does that word mean?", spins up new tales about whatever you love, and celebrates every win — endlessly patient, never judging.
a teacher's warmth, always in your pocket
Why the name
Every reader crosses a line where reading stops being the subject and becomes the tool for everything else. The app is built for both sides of that line — and for learners of any age crossing it.
Phase one
Cracking the code, with Mr. Swindel as teacher.
Phase two
Using the code, with Mr. Swindel as companion.
Young readers, adult learners, and English-language learners each get their own path and tone.
Hyperlegible type, adjustable size and spacing, and dyslexia-friendly options throughout.
Clear dashboards for learners, whānau and teachers — accuracy, fluency and books finished.
Phone in the queue, iPad on the couch, web at school — one account, progress synced.
Get started
Start on any device in under a minute — Mr. Swindel listens to one short passage, finds your level, and builds your first reading path with you. From then on he's there whenever you open a book: companion on the easy pages, guide on the hard ones, mentor across the pivot.
Free to start — no reading level required, finding it is Mr. Swindel's job.