Cliff Weitzman

Key arguments & positions

• Argues reading should be a choice of format, and that listening is reading for many dyslexic people.
• Frames text-to-speech as an education equity issue rather than a productivity hack.
• Says assistive tools should be built with disabled users rather than retrofitted for them.

Accomplishments

• Founded Speechify while at Brown University, after building a reader for his own dyslexia.
• Speechify grew into one of the most-used text-to-speech apps, with tens of millions of users.
• Named to Forbes 30 Under 30 for consumer technology.

Papers & key writings

Publishes practical guides on dyslexia and reading through the Speechify blog rather than research papers.

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