Hello, it’s me, Jeff Ordway.
I am a creator, designer, and developer.
Imagine a world where creativity and functionality collide to craft digital products that make the ordinary extraordinary. I navigate life with boldness, joy, and honor mixed with a dash of adventure and whimsy, inspiring others to unearth and seize their greatness.
Axiel Reading App
Empowering dyslexic students to read with confidence.
Research Methodology
Multi-Sensory Reading
Multi-sensory reading is a scientifically proven method for improving reading comprehension skills. It uses audio and visual cues to help the reader comprehend the material.
Competitive Analysis
S.W.O.T. Analysis
Key Insights
Problem Statement
Dyslexia is a common but hidden disability. Students often do not want anyone to know about their disability due to fear of shame. While multi-sensory reading, which engages sight and hearing, is a proven method for increasing reading comprehension, most students do not find current resources stimulating enough to practice. As a result, they lack the motivation to work at improving their reading comprehension skills.
User Personas
Solution Statement
How might we create a tool that provides students with dyslexia the ability to practice multi-sensory reading with compelling and engaging reading prompts and track and measure their progress, so they do not lose hope in their reading ability?
Minimum Viable Product
A mobile application for dyslexic students to practice multi-sensory reading, which includes a library of curated prompts, quizzes to test reading comprehension, progress tracking, and reward incentives.
Site Map
User Flow
Typography
Colors
Logo
Iconography
Photos
Sketches
Basic layouts on paper with multiple design iterations.
Low-Fidelity
Wireframes are laid out in Figma with basic shapes using sketches as a guide.
Mid-Fidelity
Added additional design elements in grayscale.
High-Fidelity
Added visual design elements, including images, colors, and effects.
Usability Testing
Three potential users provided feedback on the design and layout throughout the design process. Their feedback provided new ideas for design iterations, resulting in a more straightforward user experience and an improved user interface.
Multi-Sensory Reading Tool
A multi-sensory reading tool that incorporates text-to-speech and visual cues using a prompt from curated library or one uploaded by the reader.
Curated Library
The curated Library provides a variety of reading prompts on subjects relevant and interesting to students to create a more enjoyable experience.
Reading Comprehension Quizzes
After reading through a reading prompt from the curated Library, students have the option to test their comprehension of the material with a quiz.
Award Incentives
After reading through a reading prompt from the curated Library, students have the option to test their comprehension of the material with a quiz.
