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Capti Advance: A Curriculum-Aligned Reading Intervention for Students with Reading Disabilities

Award Number: 90BISB0026
ORGANIZATION: NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON DISABILITY, INDEPENDENT LIVING, AND REHABILITATION RESEARCH
OPDIV: ACL
AWARD CLASS: DISCRETIONARY
AWARD ACTIVITY TYPE: OTHER
PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE START DATE: 09/01/2022
PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE END DATE: 08/31/2024

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Capti Advance: A Curriculum-Aligned Reading Intervention for Students with Reading Disabilities - Charmtech Labs LLC, with assistance from ETS, Benetech/Bookshare, MyBlindSpot, as well as consultants from Universities of Buffalo and Memphis, will, in the course of this 2-year SBIR Phase II Project, fully develop Capti Advance – a curriculum-aligned reading intervention technology for students with reading disabilities. Capti Advance automatically composes personalized targeted exercises from any texts, enabling students to simultaneously improve their reading skills and better understand the curriculum. The Goal of this Project is to fully develop Capti Advance to meet the market demand for an assistive technology capable of simultaneously accommodating and advancing reading. The objectives are to: 1) Develop an intuitive UI to enable teachers administer the intervention and students to take it; 2) Evaluate the Usability of the UI to gather feedback that will inform subsequent R&D; 3) Design and develop UI for Student Engagement that would keep students motivated long term; 4) Develop exercise personalization capability to tailor exercises to the needs of specific students; 5) Conduct feasibility testing to evaluate the user interface prior to the longitudinal efficacy study; 6) Conduct a randomized controlled trial (RCT) determine the effectiveness of the intervention; 7) Refine Capti Advance to improve the quality of the intervention and meet user requests. Anticipated outcomes include: 1) improved foundational reading skills; 2) improved fluency/reading comprehension; 3) higher engagement in intervention activities; 4) improved language proficiency; 5) increased achievement in content areas; 6) higher graduation rates; and 7) better college/career readiness. The expected products are Capti Advance, professional development training for teachers, outreach materials, research papers, and reports.


Issue Date FY	Funding FY	Legal Entity Name	Legal Entity Address	Legal Entity City	Legal Entity State	Legal Entity Zip Code	Legal Entity COUNTY	Legal Entity COUNTRY	Assistance Listing	Award Code	Budget Year	Action Date	Action Type	Action Amount

Issue Date FY: 2025 ( Subtotal = $0 )
2025	2023	CHARMTECH LABS LLC	77 GOODELL ST STE 570C	BUFFALO	NY	14203	ERIE	USA	ACL National Institute on Disability, Independent Living, and Rehabilitation Research	01	1	3/24/2025	ADMINISTRATIVE SUPPLEMENT ( + OR - ) (DISCRETIONARY OR BLOCK AWARDS)	$0
2025	2022	CHARMTECH LABS LLC	77 GOODELL ST STE 570C	BUFFALO	NY	14203	ERIE	USA	ACL National Institute on Disability, Independent Living, and Rehabilitation Research	01	1	3/24/2025	ADMINISTRATIVE SUPPLEMENT ( + OR - ) (DISCRETIONARY OR BLOCK AWARDS)	$0
														Subtotal = $0

Issue Date FY: 2023 ( Subtotal = $287,500 )
2023	2023	Charmtech Labs LLC	77 Goodell St Ste 441	Buffalo	NY	14203	ERIE	USA	ACL National Institute on Disability, Independent Living, and Rehabilitation Research	00	2	5/31/2023	NON-COMPETING CONTINUATION	$287,500
2023	2022	Charmtech Labs LLC	77 Goodell St Ste 441	Buffalo	NY	14203	ERIE	USA	ACL National Institute on Disability, Independent Living, and Rehabilitation Research	00	2	5/31/2023	NON-COMPETING CONTINUATION	$0
														Subtotal = $287,500

Issue Date FY: 2022 ( Subtotal = $287,500 )
2022	2022	CHARMTECH LABS LLC	77 Goodell St Ste 441	Buffalo	NY	14203	ERIE	USA	ACL National Institute on Disability, Independent Living, and Rehabilitation Research	00	1	8/27/2022	NEW	$287,500
														Subtotal = $287,500

Grand Total All Awards = $575,000

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Capti Advance: A Curriculum-Aligned Reading Intervention for Students with Reading Disabilities

Award Number: 90BISB0026

ORGANIZATION: NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON DISABILITY, INDEPENDENT LIVING, AND REHABILITATION RESEARCH

OPDIV: ACL

AWARD CLASS: DISCRETIONARY

AWARD ACTIVITY TYPE: OTHER

PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE START DATE: 09/01/2022

PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE END DATE: 08/31/2024

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