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IV School and accessibility

Once Upon a Time

The fairy tale where your child is the hero.

A parent enters age, interests and, if needed, a reading profile: dyslexia, ADHD, autism, low vision. In under a minute an original fairy tale arrives, starring the child, with an illustrated cover and a narrating voice.

IV ONCE UPON A TIME School and accessibility

01 The problem

Where it starts

About 6% of Italian pupils have a diagnosed specific learning disorder, and many children who struggle to read soon stop reading for pleasure. A story where they are the hero, written the right way for them, changes their relationship with reading.

02 What it does

How it works

  • A new tale every nightOriginal, in under a minute, starring the child. Several heroes are fine too.
  • Reading profileDyslexia, ADHD, autism, low vision: the profile changes how the text is written, not just how it looks.
  • Cover and voiceEvery story gets its own illustrated cover and a natural narrating voice.
  • Five languagesThe app installs on the phone and keeps the narrations.

03 Who it’s for and where it stands

Today

who it’s for

  • Families
  • Classes and teachers
  • Speech therapists

where we are

arcano@zero: ~/once-upon-a-time
$ arcano status once-upon-a-time
[ok] in production, free beta
[ok] five languages
[ok] cost per narrated story cut by 80%
# sector: school and accessibility

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