Amira Learning
AI reading tutor that listens to a child read aloud
The Four Mismatches · Amira Learning
Fits on everything we could check
For a student in the United States, the country it was built for.
CurriculumNo exam claimed
It names no school exam, so this counts neither for nor against it.
- The maker names no exam
LanguageFits
Teaches in the classroom languages of the United States.
- The maker lists: English, Spanish
- Classrooms in the United States use: English
PriceBought by schools
Only schools can buy it, so there is no family price to compare.
DeviceFits
Works on a laptop or tablet, what most students in the United States use.
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What it does
What the AI actually does — Genuine speech-recognition AI — Amira listens to a child read aloud, detects mispronunciations and decoding errors in real time, and coaches fluency. Built on ~20 years of Carnegie Mellon (Project LISTEN) research.
Why it was built — Give every young child a one-on-one reading tutor that listens as they read aloud — at classroom scale.
Who built it
- Company
- Amira Learning
- Founders
- Mark Angel · Pete Jung
- HQ / origin
- California, USA (technology rooted in Carnegie Mellon reading research)
- Founded
- 2017
- Model
- B2B / B2G
- Ownership
- Merged with Istation (2024)
- Languages
- English · Spanish
We record durable facts only — no funding-raised or user-count figures. Unverified fields are marked [TBD] rather than guessed.
Where it sits
Amira Learning is on the Learning Tools Index, in early years & literacy, built in United States.