I Can Read's mobile/tablet application titled "Champs" was designed as a companion to the company's learning programmes including Literacy (Reading) and Discovery (English as a Second Language). The APP was also in a pilot phase for an Initial Assessment feature placing students in a recommended starting level based on a coefficient-calibrated Rubric. Powered by Carnegie Speech's Audio Analyser, the APP presented various content (sounds, vocabulary and interactive storybooks) to which the student spoke aloud into the device microphone while the APP analysed their performance, providing immediate feedback (Excellent, Great, Good, Hmm - try again) and rewards (5-star rating).

First developed between February 2018 till October 2019 (Version 0.9.0), Champs was released on the App Store®, Google Play® Store, Tencent, UC (Alibaba) and Amazon Appstore for Android. The final release was Version 1.4.2 in August 2022. The APP was used by almost 10,000 students enrolled in I Can Read’s learning centres. Meeting the international challenge, the User Management System (UMS) and API service was hosted on Alibaba Cloud in Singapore and Shenzhen, China.

Team: Executive Producer (IDD - Aroon Tan ), Lead Engineer (Jeremy Roh), Client/Server Engineer (Pang Li Sim), Game Designer (Cheah Chee Seng).

Partners: Elemost - a.k.a. Hangzhou Wuji Network Technology Co., Ltd. (backend UMS and API), Carnegie Speech Company (Audio Analyser API service) and Practicle (Rubric).

Out Sourcing: DMC Creative (Philippines), Art Director (Muhammad Firdaus) and 3D Artist (Hong Zhi Hao).

Features:

• Multi-Platform: App Store, Google Play Store, Tencent, Alibaba (UC) and Amazon Appstore for Android

• Multi-SKU design supporting pedagogy variations for different markets

• User Management System (user accounts, student progress, course enrolment, SKU design and structure, student performance in assessments, Rubric calibration)

• Customer Support Help Desk with User Guides, Manuals and Frequently Asked Questions

• Literacy Programme: 80 interactive storybooks

• Discovery Programme: 300 activity sessions covering 60 topics

• Activity Types: New Words, Practice Words, Challenge Words, Mini-Games, First Sounds, Letter Names, Letter Sounds, Blending, Segmenting, Nonsense Words, Reading Passages (Read with Narrator, Read Alone and Listen)