Pearson's Spotlight uses AI text-to-speech to help turn complex academic results into user-friendly video reports, all in a family's home language.
Key takeaways:
- Pearson's Spotlight helps non-English speaking parents in the US better understand their child’s academic progress.
- AI text-to-speech helps voice our individualized student video reports in the family’s native language.
- Just another way Pearson is responsibly using AI to improve the learning experience for students, educators, and parents.
At Pearson, we are committed to building inclusive products that create equitable opportunities for all learners. We know parental engagement is crucial to children's academic success. However, for non-English speaking parents in the US, understanding their child's progress can be challenging. Assessment results are one way of gauging progress, but making sense of these can be complex.
Pearson's innovative tool, Spotlight bridges this gap. With the help of AI, it brings student academic results to life with personalized, easy-to-understand video and visual reports in the family's native language. In 2023, Spotlight delivered seven million reports in 27 languages across 17 states and territories; it was also recognized as a "Best Parent & Student Solution" finalist in the 2024 EdTech Digest Awards.
Joel Fischbein, Spotlight's Technology and Product Manager, highlights that AI has allowed the Spotlight team to serve more families and schools efficiently. "We use AI text-to-speech to create voiceovers for individualized student video reports. This means the team can accommodate more languages and generate content faster, more flexibly, and at a lower cost than traditional voice acting."
Spotlight can translate academic results and important information into convenient reports - from standardized and state assessment results to financial aid awards. The reports interpret scores, highlight student strengths and challenges, and provide resources for improvement. They are colorful, captioned, and explain academic results in a way that everyone can understand; empowering all parents to better support their children's learning journey.
Pearson is committed to investing in the responsible application of AI to advance product innovation and enhance the learning experience for students, teachers and families.