Support literacy development for AAC users through engaging stories and interactive reading. Look to Read from Smartbox is a fun and accessible reading program that enables children with disabilities to enjoy books independently. Designed for eye gaze, switch and touch access, it helps learners at all stages of their literacy journey – whether they are just beginning to explore cause and effect or developing early phonics and reading comprehension.

Look to Read from Smartbox – Accessible animated stories and literacy activities for early readers.

With 16 animated stories, 64 learning activities and built-in symbolised chat grids, Look to Read combines fun storytelling with structured literacy support. Each story builds on the last, helping learners recognise letter sounds, high-frequency words and sentence structure at their own pace.

• 16 original animated stories grouped into four progressive reading stages

• Accessible via eye gaze, switch and touch input

• 95 phonics-based letter sounds and 100 high frequency words

• 64 interactive learning activities, including:

  • Story Sounds – Listen to new phonics sounds

  • Building Words – Practise spelling and construction

  • Sentence Building – Create sentences using key story vocabulary

  • What Happened? – Recall and sequence story events

• Symbolised chat grids with core and story-specific words to support communication during reading

• Workbook for tracking progress and supporting teaching goals

• High contrast mode available for learners with visual impairments

• Encourages key early literacy skills, including:

  • Cause and effect

  • Left-to-right reading direction

  • Page navigation

  • Word recognition and phonics understanding

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Note: Your Single User Licence to activate the software will be provided to you after successful purchase.

Minimum Requirements:

• Operating system: Windows 10

• Processor: Intel Atom 1.44GHz

• Memory: 4GB RAM

• Storage: 2GB free space

• Suitable for communication aids and tablets, large and small

Look to Read is an engaging and accessible reading program that brings stories to life and helps children with disabilities build essential early literacy skills.