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#8 | Kyle Wallgren | Edsoma - Restoring The Joy Of Reading
Kyle Wallgren | Edsoma - Read, Learn, and Grow Together with Edsoma.
Edsoma is an application designed to improve literacy through an AI reading assistant while tracking real-time data. The application's real-time scoring system is used to identify strengths and weaknesses in children's reading. With live follow-along technology, Edsoma can ensure that children's reading will no longer be incorrect.
Our mission:
We believe that literacy is the pathway to opportunity. Our goal is to provide everyone access to literacy. Our purpose is to give everyone a reading chance.
What makes us different?
Edsoma is constructed with patent pending Artificial Intelligence (AI) software that helps the reader properly pronounce words using a proprietary syllable breakdown technology. Edsoma includes adolescent speech pattern recognition to provide accurate enunciation of each word in every book in the Edsoma Library.
Over 1.1 billion people around the world read below the standard, with 130 million in the United States reading below the sixth-grade level. Nationwide, only 35% of students are reading proficiently by the fourth grade. Without proficient literacy skills, students have fewer higher education and career options. Raising the average reading proficiency to the 6th grade level would add $2.2 trillion to the GDP in urban and rural economic development.
Kyle Wallgren, President and CEO originally created Edsoma in 2021 to foster a better reading culture between parents and children despite their geographical locations. “I wanted to continue reading with my children even when I could not physically be with them. I created this app not just for myself but for other parents in a similar situation. As I researched and learned of the global need to raise literacy levels, it became my mission to help.”
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About Kyle:
Kyle is a dad of 4 kids and a serial entrepreneur that moved to America five years ago. He's already built and sold two businesses since being in the USA. He was kicked out of school in the 9th grade. Later in life, he saw the need for the Edsoma product because he couldn’t read to his kids. Edsoma was his Daughter's idea and she was 6 at the time.
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🎵 Intro song by: Dyve
@onlyDyve on Instagram
https://www.youtube.com/c/Dyve-Team
🎥 Video edit by: Umar Brimah
@umarbrimah on Instagram
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The Why We Strive Podcast sits down with successful startup founders, investors, and professional athletes to learn about what they strive for and why. Visit us at whywestrive.com to read watch interviews, learn more about the companies, and check out discounts from our sponsors.
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Twitter: twitter.com/whywestrive
Instagram: instagram.com/whywestrivepod
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By Cory McKaneKyle Wallgren | Edsoma - Read, Learn, and Grow Together with Edsoma.
Edsoma is an application designed to improve literacy through an AI reading assistant while tracking real-time data. The application's real-time scoring system is used to identify strengths and weaknesses in children's reading. With live follow-along technology, Edsoma can ensure that children's reading will no longer be incorrect.
Our mission:
We believe that literacy is the pathway to opportunity. Our goal is to provide everyone access to literacy. Our purpose is to give everyone a reading chance.
What makes us different?
Edsoma is constructed with patent pending Artificial Intelligence (AI) software that helps the reader properly pronounce words using a proprietary syllable breakdown technology. Edsoma includes adolescent speech pattern recognition to provide accurate enunciation of each word in every book in the Edsoma Library.
Over 1.1 billion people around the world read below the standard, with 130 million in the United States reading below the sixth-grade level. Nationwide, only 35% of students are reading proficiently by the fourth grade. Without proficient literacy skills, students have fewer higher education and career options. Raising the average reading proficiency to the 6th grade level would add $2.2 trillion to the GDP in urban and rural economic development.
Kyle Wallgren, President and CEO originally created Edsoma in 2021 to foster a better reading culture between parents and children despite their geographical locations. “I wanted to continue reading with my children even when I could not physically be with them. I created this app not just for myself but for other parents in a similar situation. As I researched and learned of the global need to raise literacy levels, it became my mission to help.”
--
About Kyle:
Kyle is a dad of 4 kids and a serial entrepreneur that moved to America five years ago. He's already built and sold two businesses since being in the USA. He was kicked out of school in the 9th grade. Later in life, he saw the need for the Edsoma product because he couldn’t read to his kids. Edsoma was his Daughter's idea and she was 6 at the time.
--
🎵 Intro song by: Dyve
@onlyDyve on Instagram
https://www.youtube.com/c/Dyve-Team
🎥 Video edit by: Umar Brimah
@umarbrimah on Instagram
---
The Why We Strive Podcast sits down with successful startup founders, investors, and professional athletes to learn about what they strive for and why. Visit us at whywestrive.com to read watch interviews, learn more about the companies, and check out discounts from our sponsors.
---
Twitter: twitter.com/whywestrive
Instagram: instagram.com/whywestrivepod