Breaking Barriers to Literacy
Noah Text® Helps Struggling Readers Read More Proficiently, Enabling Them to Move Beyond Decodable Text to Authentic Wide Reading Grounded in research, our patented evidence-based method of displaying text empowers striving, dyslexic, and EL readers by providing visual scaffolds for word-level accessibility and self-teaching.
Noah Text® builds reading skills by:
- Highlighting syllable and long vowel patterns, enabling readers to decode words accurately and independently by showing them easily recognizable chunks
- Reducing cognitive overload, helping readers focus on comprehension, while building fluency, confidence, and stamina
- Supplementing and bolstering explicit phonics by displaying the structure of words in higher-level authentic texts in any classroom or home setting
- Anchoring students to the text, eliminating the habit of guessing complex words, providing a built-in strategy to help facilitate orthographic mapping
- Providing an easy-to-use and intuitive method, requiring little to no instruction to get started
“I don’t skip words when I read now. I guess this is what it feels like
when normal people read.” - High School Student with Dyslexia
"I am a huge fan of your Noah Text® books and would recommend it
to any teacher of reading who is interested in getting remedial readers
into reading and enjoying books. Thank you so much!" – Structured
Literacy Specialist
Noah Text® has been successfully used in
schools, prisons, and reading clinics
since 2016, providing:
Noah Text® has been successfully used in
schools, prisons, and reading clinics since 2016, providing:
- Free online StrongReader Builder conversion tool to apply Noah Text® to uploaded text and documents
- Free StrongReader Builder browser extensions in Chrome and Firefox to apply Noah Text® to websites
- Expanding line of Noah Text® books
- Interactive software created in partnership with New Century Education Foundation and Michigan State University
- Publishing services and API licensing for content providers
"Noah Text is innovative and a real 'game-changer' for those who
struggle to read the printed word. Just like large-printed books, Noah
Text should be available for all printed materials to alleviate the pain
of reading for those with dyslexia. I think Noah Text would
revolutionize reading for kids learning to read and struggling
readers.” – Structured Literacy Specialist
Noah Text® Opens Up a World of Reading for Struggling Students
Noah Text® allows readers to see sound parts within words, making them easier to decode, thereby expanding readers' access to higher-level vocabulary and text.
To illustrate, we can take a word like "unbelievable" and write it in Noah Text® format as unbelievable. This system effectively breaks complex words into smaller and more familiar patterns (e.g., un + be + liev + a + ble) while keeping words intact. In turn, both resistant and striving readers begin to enjoy reading while simultaneously building reading skills.
Notably, Noah Text can be identified as a modification on Individualized Education Plans (IEPs) or as an accommodation in 504 plans.
Powerful Research Collaboration
Noah Text® is grounded in research and has been continually studied in collaboration with New Century Education Foundation and Michigan State University where we’ve developed specialized Noah Text® lessons for New Century's Online Intelligent Tutoring System. Consistently, students studied and observed have shown significant gains in reading fluency, comprehension, and vocabulary, which transfers to plain text reading. See The Research and International Dyslexia Association Webinars.
Grounded in the science of reading and utilizing cross-linguistic research to inform its design, Noah Text® was created to address the fact that the English writing system is one of the most irregular, complex writing systems in the world, requiring two to three times more reading instruction time and practice than most other languages, leading to much higher rates of dyslexia and struggle. Noah Text® is a patented method that simulates predictable writing systems by guiding the reader toward the most critical patterns in English, enabling developing and striving readers to practice reading independently, confidently, and with greater stamina.
Our Partners
Adaptive Reader
Correctional Education Association, Region One
Green Kids Club
Kids Discover
MackinVIA
New Century Education Foundation
Readeezy
Rhode Island Tutorial & Educational Services
Storyshares
The BLPS Group
The Mad Dash