It’s not a technology problem.
It’s a confidence crisis.
When Kim founded Fonetti, she thought she was solving a technology problem. She soon realised the real challenge was confidence.
When a child hesitates to read aloud, something shifts. They stop practicing and start protecting themselves from embarrassment and judgement. And once reading becomes a source of anxiety, learning quietly stops.
Fonetti was built to break that cycle. By giving every child a private, patient Personal Reading Coach that listens without judgement, we turn reading aloud back into something safe, rewarding and even fun.
Our Brand Ambassador
“Reading is fuel for our imaginations and reading aloud is all about confidence… So let’s get reading!”
Clare Balding CBE, National Read-Aloud
Challenge & Fonetti Brand Ambassador
Our Values
Reading for Life
We believe reading is the foundation for success – not just in school, but in life. By inspiring a positive relationship with reading, we help children build lasting habits that drive confidence, unlock learning, and shape brighter futures.
Teach a child to read, and you give them the power to learn for life.
Available for All
1 in 4 children in England leave primary school without the reading fluency they need. We exist to change that.
Fonetti is designed to support every child who struggles with reading, helping them build read-aloud skills, express themselves clearly and grow in confidence, at home and in school.
Practice, Practice, Practice
The only way to become a confident reader is to read. Yet many children stall at the practice stage, once decoding and comprehension are done.
Fonetti creates a safe, supportive space where children build their Reading Miles independently, without pressure or judgement.
Tech to Empower, Not to Replace
Our patented speech recognition helps schools and parents support children’s confidence, it doesn’t replace one-to-one guided reading.
Fonetti frees up valuable teacher and TA time and can listen to a whole classroom reading at once, individually and accurately.
Our Team
Kim is the Founder and CEO of Auris Tech, the company behind Fonetti.
After seeing how reading struggles hold children back, she invented the world’s first speech recognition built specifically for reading aloud, so every child could have a Personal Reading Coach of their own.
“My mission is simple: to help every child find the confidence, meaning and joy in reading that changes lives. Through Fonetti and the National Read-Aloud Challenge, I want to reach thousands more.”
Kim Antoniou,
CEO and Founder of Auris Tech and Fonetti
is the AI-powered
Personal Reading Coach.
We’ve brought our reading platform to life through a fun, engaging and encouraging character: the Personal Reading Coach.
Like a fitness tracker for reading, Fonetti encourages, measures and celebrates progress, helping every child build fluency, confidence, and a stronger voice.
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Research and Results
Stop summer reading regression in it’s tracks!
Sign your school up for the National Read Aloud Challenge to save catch-up time in September. It’s free to join!
Technology to support, not to replace
Fonetti doesn’t replace schools’ reading schemes or digital libraries. It listens to children read and gives teachers real-time insight into reading progress.
