Accessibility & support
Built for every kind of learner
Around 1 in 10 children has dyslexia and roughly 1 in 12 has ADHD, and many more simply learn differently. SmartKidz adapts to your child instead of asking them to keep up. These supports are included on every plan, and they’re never used to label your child.
Reading & display
Make the words comfortable to read and hear.
Read-aloud
Riley can read any text out loud.
Why it helps: Listening removes the decoding load for kids who find reading effortful, so they can focus on understanding and ideas, a core support for dyslexia.
Easy-read font & spacing
Switch to Lexend (a research-backed reading font) and widen the space between letters, words and lines.
Why it helps: Increased letter and word spacing has been shown to measurably speed up reading for children with dyslexia. No single font suits everyone, so it’s always a choice, never forced.
Text size
Make everything bigger (or smaller) to a comfortable size.
Why it helps: Comfortable, legible text reduces visual strain and keeps kids reading for longer.
Reading-voice speed
Slow Riley’s voice down (or speed it up) to match the child.
Why it helps: A slower pace gives processing time for kids with language or attention differences, and for English-as-an-additional-language learners.
Focus & calm
Lower distraction and sensory load when it’s needed.
Focus mode
Hides points, badges and streaks and keeps one thing on the screen at a time.
Why it helps: A single, low-distraction task lowers the “activation energy” to begin and protects limited working memory, one of the highest-impact supports for ADHD.
Calm visuals & reduce motion
Turn down movement, effects and stimulation for a quieter screen.
Why it helps: Most autistic children experience atypical sensory responses; calmer, more predictable visuals help them stay regulated and learn for longer. (A livelier mode is there too, for kids who need more.)
Pressure-free streaks
Motivation without the anxiety of an all-or-nothing chain.
Streak freezes & grace days
Miss a day and a freeze quietly protects the streak, no penalty.
Why it helps: For neurodivergent kids, all-or-nothing streaks create anxiety and avoidance, and losing one hurts about twice as much as gaining it. Forgiving streaks both protect wellbeing and actually improve how long kids keep going.
Flexible weekly goals
Aim for “3 days this week” instead of an unbroken daily chain.
Why it helps: A cumulative goal can’t be wiped by a single bad day, so progress feels safe and achievable.
Hide the streak
Switch the streak counter off entirely.
Why it helps: Some children focus better without any streak pressure at all, so it’s their choice to see it or not.
How Riley adapts
When you tell us what helps your child, Riley quietly changes how it teaches, and we set sensible reading defaults. Nothing is shown to your child, and nothing is framed as being “behind”.
- • ADHD / attention: shorter steps, visible checklists, gentle pacing and the offer of a quick break.
- • Dyslexia: less to read, read-aloud, and explicit sound-by-sound spelling help.
- • Dyscalculia: real objects and pictures before symbols, at a slower pace.
- • Autistic learners: literal, predictable, calm language with no surprises.
- • English as an additional language: simpler words, shorter sentences and patient explanations.
Where to find these
When you add a child
Tell us what helps during setup, we’ll tailor things from day one.
On your dashboard
Open Accessibility & support on any child’s card to adjust anytime.
In your child’s screen
The Reading & focus button lets them fine-tune their own comfort.
Every learner deserves to feel capable.
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