Entrepreneurship of Tomorrow 2024 Award: Sopra Steria Foundation honors Glaster

Artificial intelligence will help dyslexics. Glaaster is an app that adapts to all types of dyslexia and evolves over time. Invented by two students, this particularly useful tool to help people with writing difficulties drop out of school received the Entreprendre pour tomorrow 2024 award from the Sopra Steria-Institut de France Foundation yesterday, Thursday 25 April. For more than 20 years, it has annually awarded projects of young people who put digital innovation at the service of social, community and environmental issues.

“Of the 75 applications submitted this year, many related to both ecology and solidarity, and we are very pleased said Laurent Giovachini, Deputy General Manager of Sopra Steria. We believe that collectively we can create a more responsible vision for technology that serves the common good. »

Glaaster, an AI-powered app for “dys”

The Glaaster app was developed by two computer engineers and EM Lyon graduates, Antoine Ozimur and Baptiste Bréjon. The idea came from Antoine, who himself suffers from dyslexia. This writing disorder was very difficult for him at school, especially when he was learning to read and write. Moreover, no one knew about his difficulties.

To prevent other children from facing the same difficulties, Antoine Ozimur, together with Baptiste Bréjon, developed a customizable educational assistance platform. In fact, there are various specific cognitive disorders, and each dyslexic will require solutions tailored to their case.

Create “personalized” products tailored to all forms of dyslexia.

To be able to create “customized” text content for school, two young engineers came up with the idea of ​​​​developing their own artificial intelligence. Artificial intelligence that will then adapt to each child’s needs, offering unique solutions that will evolve over time. As the child grows, he learns to compensate for this and needs less help. In particular, a child or his parents can send photos of books, lessons or homework to the platform.

Artificial intelligence automatically extracts text and applies adaptations such as colors to specific graphemes and phonemes, for example. Much easier to read. “If I can help a child not have the aversion to reading that I had as a child, I’m happy.”– explains Antoine Ozimur.

Entrepreneurship of Tomorrow 2024 Award: a long-awaited boost

The winning project from the Fondation Sopra Steria-Institut de France has received multilateral support. This includes, first of all, a financial grant of 10,000 euros, as well as long-term support from a Sopra Steria mentor. The project also benefits from a placement in the Planetic Lab solidarity incubator for a period of 6 months, support from Vianeo, a specialist in the development of innovative startups, or even an annual subscription to the France Digitale startup community.

This year, the Sopra Steria-Institut de France and prize sponsor Maya Noël, CEO of France Digitale and an entrepreneur herself, wanted to celebrate a second project. This favorite is Captimed. It is a digital application for integrating quality of life into the work of caregivers in hospital organizations. It was invented by Thomas Soczatzky, a graduate of the École Normale Supérieure and a medical trainee. The idea began when he began his internship and was able to see the suffering of caregivers. Its app should allow fault reporting to help hospital management quickly find pragmatic solutions.

This article was prepared with the support of the Sopra Steria-Institut de France Foundation.