A lecture app for students with dyslexia
Demist is a lecture app for students with dyslexia who find listening and writing at the same time hard. It writes the lecture down for you, explains new words in plain English as they come up, and can read everything back. You can set the whole app to Atkinson Hyperlegible or Lexend, add line spacing, and use a coloured tint.
How it helps
Listen instead of writing
Demist keeps the transcript, so you can follow the lecture without trying to get it onto paper at the same time. Afterwards there is a summary and a glossary of the words that came up.
Read aloud
Explanations and transcripts can be read back to you, so you can listen to your notes instead of reading them.
Reading settings
Choose Atkinson Hyperlegible or Lexend for the whole app, add extra line and word spacing, change the text size, and add a cream, blue, green or rose tint in light mode.
New words, spelled and explained
Unfamiliar technical words appear written out with a short explanation, and go into your glossary and flashcards, so you are not trying to spell something you have only heard.
What it will not do
- Demist is for lectures. For reading long documents or writing essays, a dedicated reading or writing tool will do more.
- Automatic transcription makes mistakes, so check anything important against your course materials.
- Demist is not a DSA approved supplier, though the core of it is free without any funding.
Questions
What is the best note-taking app for dyslexic students in lectures?
If the hard part is writing while listening, Demist takes that away: it keeps a live transcript, explains new words and can read your notes back. If you prefer to take your own notes alongside a recording, a tool built around that may suit you better.
Does Demist have a dyslexia-friendly font?
It offers Atkinson Hyperlegible and Lexend across the whole app, along with extra spacing, adjustable text size and coloured tints. People differ in what helps, so it is worth trying each.
Can it read my notes to me?
Yes. Explanations and transcripts have a read aloud button.
Do I need DSA funding?
No. Demist is not a DSA approved supplier, and the core of it is free for every student.
Where your lecture audio goes
In the Windows app, live lectures are transcribed and explained by software on your own computer, so the audio does not leave it. On iPhone, speech is turned into text on the phone, and only the words being explained are sent to our server. The browser version, and uploading a recording in any version, sends audio to our server to be transcribed. The privacy policy sets out exactly what goes where.
What it costs
Live explanations, translation, your glossary and your flashcards are free, with no advertising. Recording is free and unlimited in the Windows and iPhone apps; in the browser, free accounts get three recordings. Free accounts keep lecture history for seven days. Demist Pro keeps every lecture and adds unlimited summaries and Anki export for £4.99 a month. New accounts get Pro free for their first 30 days, with no card.
Also for students with ADHD, deaf and hard of hearing students, students studying in English as an additional language.
Made by Graceful Minds. Checked against the product on 4 November 2026.