With a particular focus on pro-actively moving academic research into something closer to in-use condition, since 2010 Charmtech Labs has involved various computer science professors and PhD students from Stonybrook. With the effort initially to bring to market their screen-reading technology for the blind, the firm subsequently expanded from assistive technology to the mainstream market, and from the consumer to the institutional sales. The firm now organizes around development of universally accessible tools that can personalize reading experience, make reading more interactive, and improve productivity. The firm's lead product is Capti Voice: a personalized reading support tool using a number of innovative reading supports: Machine Learning, Artificial Intelligence, and Natural Language Processing, including adaptive vocabulary games, contextual translation, language detection, etc. Capti is universal in that it works across content sources, content formats, devices, student abilities, age groups, instructional goals, and subject areas and is used by students, educators, auditory learners, busy professionals, visually impaired, avid readers, commuters, travelers, dyslexic, athletes, The Charmtech R&D Network enables organizations engaged in nanosciences, materials, pharma, biotech and chemical research; to increase the cost-effectiveness and innovation potential of their R&D by tapping into scientific resources from India through contract, collaborative research projects. Capti Voice is a universally accessible literacy tool enabling teachers to support, monitor, and assess students with diverse needs and abilities within a single classroom. Armed with years of cutting-edge research and software development experience, they set out to remove barriers between people and information. Initially inspired by helping people with vision impairments to overcome information accessibility problems, they are now bringing their screen-reading technology to the mainstream market. Their flagship product, Capti Narrator, revolutionizes the way people consume digital content.
