PICOFON

Interactive and personalized program that allows improving phonological awareness in children

PICOFON is a serious video game that serves as a tool for speech therapists, therapists and teachers to help children learn and practice phonological awareness. 

PICOFON offers an interactive and personalized program that incorporates advanced technologies, such as audio-to-text conversion guided by Artificial Intelligence and dynamic detection of body movements, to improve phonological awareness in children. 

Phonological awareness is the ability to identify and manipulate phonemes and syllables, something related to reading ability. The acquisition of this awareness is crucial for development and academic success, as it is one of the most important pre-reading skills. The detection of problems and the early treatment offered by PICOFON helps to improve the acquisition of reading and writing.  

Project IP: Llorenç Andreu Barrachina 

Research Group: Cognition and Language Research Group (GRECIL) 

Group IP: Mònica Sanz-Torrent 

Institution: Open University of Catalonia (UOC) – University of Barcelona (UB) 

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