Noah Text, Llc

What Noah Text, Llc does

Noah Text, LLC is a privately held, bootstrapped education technology company headquartered in Old Mystic, Connecticut, that develops a patented method of displaying text (U.S. Patents 11,935,422; 12,431,036; 12,482,373) which highlights linguistic rimes, syllables, and long vowels within words to help struggling, dyslexic, and multilingual readers decode text more easily. The company's product portfolio spans the core Noah Text® methodology and an expanding line of formatted books, a free web-based StrongReader™ Builder conversion tool, free Chrome and Firefox StrongReader™ browser extensions, an interactive reading intervention software co-developed with New Century Education Foundation and Michigan State University (a 72-lesson program for older dyslexic and struggling readers), and API and publishing licensing for third-party content providers. The business model combines freemium tools (as lead generation), unit-priced book sales through the Noah Text Bookstore and partner storefronts, software licensing through the New Century partnership, and API/licensing royalties from publishers and platforms such as Adaptive Reader, MackinVIA, Storyshares, and Readeezy.

The company serves three primary customer segments: schools and reading clinics working with struggling and dyslexic readers and English language learners, correctional education programs serving incarcerated adults and juveniles, and content publishers and educational platforms seeking accessibility differentiation. Its go-to-market is multi-modal: a product-led growth front end via free tools, sales-led direct engagement with schools, prisons, and reading clinics, and channel partnerships with publishers and digital platforms (including MackinVIA, which serves nearly 9 million students globally). Noah Text is recognized as a formal accommodation that can be specified on Individualized Education Plans (IEPs) and 504 plans, which provides institutional stickiness, and the company operates with a 1–10 person team without external venture or private equity funding.

Name

Noah Text, Llc

Legal name

Noah Text, LLC

Website

https://noahtext.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2016

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Noah Text, LLC develops a patented text-formatting method and tools that highlight syllable and vowel patterns within words to help struggling, dyslexic, and multilingual readers decode text more easily, selling books, software, and API licensing to schools, correctional facilities, and publishers.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Reading Accessibility Software

NAICS

Books Printing (323117)

SIC

Books: Publishing Or Publishing & Printing (2731)

akta.pro primary industry

Assistive Reading & Writing Tools (Text-to-Speech, Speech-to-Text, OCR, Dyslexia Support) (EDAFAKAA)

akta.pro secondary industry

Reading & Literacy Intervention Materials for Learning Disabilities (Dyslexia, Decoding, Comprehension) (EDAGAMAH)

Keywords

• Reading accessibility software
• Dyslexia intervention tools
• Educational text formatting
• Structured literacy solutions
• Literacy technology licensing

Headquarters

HQ city

Old Mystic

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B and B2C

Offering type

Software

Cost components

Personnel, Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales, Operations

Revenue model

1. Noah Text Books: Sale of Noah Text formatted books including the Mystical Years of Franklin Noah Peterson series, Adaptive Reader Classics, and titles from partners like Green Kids Club. Books are available through the Noah Text Bookstore and Adaptive Reader platform.
2. Software Licensing: Interactive software created in partnership with New Century Education Foundation and Michigan State University, providing specialized Noah Text lessons through an online intelligent tutoring system.
3. API Licensing: Publishing services and API licensing for content providers to convert their materials to Noah Text format, enabling publishers and educational content creators to make their materials accessible.
4. Free Tools (Lead Generation): Free StrongReader Builder conversion tool and browser extensions drive adoption and awareness, creating opportunities for software and book sales.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion3 records

Distribution channels7 records

Marketing channels7 records

Core offering

Noah Text develops and licenses a patented method of displaying text that highlights syllables, rimes, and long vowel patterns to help struggling, dyslexic, and English language learner readers decode words. The company sells Noah Text-formatted books directly through its bookstore, distributes free StrongReader™ conversion tools and browser extensions, and licenses its technology via an API and embedded software partnerships with publishers and educational platforms.

Product overview

Noah Text, LLC offers a unified reading accessibility platform centered on the patented Noah Text® method, which displays text with visual scaffolds (highlighted syllables, rimes, and long vowels) to help struggling, dyslexic, and ELL readers decode words. The core product portfolio includes: the foundational Noah Text® methodology and books; the free StrongReader™ Builder conversion tool for converting any text to Noah Text format; free StrongReader™ browser extensions for Chrome and Firefox that apply Noah Text to websites; the New Century Noah Text® Software (an interactive reading intervention developed with New Century Education Foundation and Michigan State University); and API licensing for content providers and publishers to integrate Noah Text into their platforms. The offering combines free tools with commercial publishing services, targeting educators, schools, correctional facilities, and reading clinics.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• StrongReader Builder: Free online conversion tool to apply Noah Text to uploaded text and documents
• StrongReader Browser Extension

Products and services

• StrongReader™ Builder Conversion Tool Free online tool that converts uploaded text and documents into Noah Text format with visual scaffolding, available directly to individual users and educators via the web.
• StrongReader™ Browser Extensions Free browser extensions for Chrome and Firefox that automatically convert any web page into Noah Text format, providing in-browser accessibility for struggling readers.
• Noah Text® Books A line of books formatted in Noah Text with visual scaffolds, including the Mystical Years of Franklin Noah Peterson series, Adaptive Reader Classics, and partner-published titles sold through the Noah Text Bookstore and partner platforms.
• New Century Noah Text® Software Interactive reading intervention software built with New Century Education Foundation and Michigan State University, embedding Noah Text lessons into an online intelligent tutoring system for dyslexic, struggling, and multilingual readers.
• Noah Text Publishing Services and API Licensing API and publishing services for content providers and publishers to convert their own books and educational materials into Noah Text format for distribution through schools, digital platforms, and partner channels.

Quantifiable outcome

• Students showed an average 22% gain in oral reading fluency in a 2-week summer school study with 8 middle school students
• +4 more outcomes

Named customers6 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

Yes

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature4 records

Partnerships

Twelve partnerships are on record, tiered major, supporting and core.

• Adaptive ReadermajorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 9 September 2025AI-powered platform that transforms books into leveled, multilingual, and audio-enhanced formats. Adaptive Reader launched Decode Mode featuring Noah Text integration to support striving and dyslexic readers. Winner of Harvard's President's Innovation Challenge.
• ReadeezymajorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 19 December 2024Online platform of books with illustrations, animations, text-to-speech, and interactive questions for reluctant and challenged readers. Partnership to create accessible books for adolescents and young adults.
• StorysharesmajorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 30 April 2024Platform focused on supporting teens and adults who struggle with reading by creating accessible content. Partnership to create Noah Text formatted books for adolescents who struggle to read grade-level text.
• Green Kids ClubsupportingChannel Partner/ Reseller/ Distributor · 2 February 2021Publisher of environmental-themed children's books that has released dyslexia-friendly editions using Noah Text format. GKC works with schools across the USA and internationally.
• New Century Education FoundationcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner501(c)(3) not-for-profit that designs educational software for underperforming students. Since 2019, has partnered with Noah Text and Michigan State University to develop specialized Noah Text lessons for New Century's Online Intelligent Tutoring System. Joint work has produced a 72-lesson intervention program for older dyslexic and struggling readers.
• Michigan State UniversitycoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerResearch partnership conducting controlled studies validating Noah Text effectiveness. Research team including Dr. Troy Mariage has conducted multiple studies with middle school students, incarcerated adults, and other populations demonstrating significant gains in reading fluency, comprehension, and vocabulary.
• Rhode Island Tutorial & Educational Services (RITES)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerConsortium of educators providing 1-to-1 multi-sensory tutoring and small-group classes. Has been using Noah Text since 2016 with success, providing Orton-Gillingham and Wilson trained reading specialists for pilot programs and research studies.
• Kids DiscoversupportingGTM or Marketing PartnerEducational content company creating nonfiction digital and print products for kids in science and social studies. Conducted joint webinar with Noah Text on supporting striving, dyslexic, and multilingual readers.
• MackinVIAsupportingChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorDigital content management system providing schools access to eBooks, audiobooks, databases, and more. Noah Text books distributed through the platform which serves nearly 9 million students globally.
• Correctional Education Association, Region OnesupportingStrategic or Co-development PartnerProfessional association of educators and administrators in adult and juvenile corrections settings across NJ, NY, PA, MA, NH, VT, ME, CT, and eastern Canada. Provides training and networking to deliver effective education to incarcerated populations.
• The BLPS GroupsupportingImplementation/ SI/ Consulting PartnerPremier provider of educational website and application development, instructional design, project management, and educational publishing services. Main initiative is Gateway2Achieve learning solution.
• The Mad DashsupportingChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorPublisher of healing-themed books including Lumpy Bones, available in Noah Text format for struggling readers.

Scale indicators4 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Broad incumbents

• Microsoft Immersive Reader: Immersive Reader is Microsoft's free reading accessibility feature embedded across Office, Edge, and Teams, offering text decoding and read-aloud for struggling readers. Comparable as a broad incumbent that bundles free assistive reading functionality, pressuring paid tools like Noah Text on price and distribution.
• Lexia Learning (Cambium): Lexia provides Core5, PowerUp, and Lexia English — structured literacy and reading intervention platforms widely adopted in K-12. Comparable as a broader incumbent literacy intervention vendor that Noah Text must partner with or compete against for district reading budgets.

Emerging players

• Speechify: Speechify is a consumer and enterprise text-to-speech platform used by dyslexic and struggling readers. Comparable as an emerging assistive reading tool with overlapping end users but a different underlying mechanism (audio vs. visual scaffolding).

Direct peers

• Learning Ally: Learning Ally provides human-narrated audiobooks for students with dyslexia and reading disabilities. Comparable as a literacy accommodation service competing for the same school district and parent purchasing decisions.
• TextHelp: TextHelp produces Read&Write and Equatio, widely-used assistive reading and writing tools that serve dyslexic and struggling readers in K-12 and higher ed. Directly comparable to Noah Text as a literacy accessibility platform with overlapping customer base and IEP use cases.
• Claro Software: Claro Software develops ClaroRead and related assistive reading/writing tools for dyslexic and visually impaired users. Comparable as a direct assistive reading software peer targeting the same individual and institutional customers.
• Don Johnston: Don Johnston builds Snap&Read, Co:Writer, and Read:OutLoud — assistive reading software targeting dyslexia and learning disabilities in schools. Comparable as a direct competitor serving the same special education and reading intervention market with similar software-led GTM.
• Kurzweil Education: Kurzweil 3000 is a long-established assistive literacy platform used widely in K-12 special education for dyslexia and reading support. Directly comparable as an enterprise literacy accessibility tool competing for the same district IEP/504 budgets.
• Bookshare (Benetech): Bookshare provides accessible ebooks (audio, highlighted text, large print) for people with print disabilities including dyslexia. Directly comparable as an accessible content platform addressing the same struggling reader population through different delivery formats.

Others

• New Century Education Foundation: New Century is the 501(c)(3) co-developer of the interactive Noah Text tutoring software with Michigan State University. Comparable as a strategic software partner and adjacent literacy intervention provider serving the same struggling/dyslexic reader market through intelligent tutoring systems.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks7 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Number of profiles

Profiles3 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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