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Winners announced for 2024 Milken–Penn GSE Education Business Plan Competition

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Seven finalists pitched their ventures live at the HolonIQ Back to School Summit in New York City. Media Contact:  Jackie Jircitano, Catalyst @ Penn GSE Communicationsjackie@alessicommunication.com *Note for TV and

ABOUT STUTTER STARS

Stutter Stars offers a 21st Century approach to work on fluency and naturalness techniques wherever and whenever you want.

Stutter Stars uses A.I and speech recognition technology to provide the most immersive and interactive learning experience.

Zumi Focused

Stutter Stars is packed with fascinating, random facts about stuttering, integrated into each scene transition. Players learn new insights on stuttering in a fun, interactive way as they play.

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Stuttering facts

Stutter Stars emphasizes the initiation of speech sounds, which is crucial for
improving speech timing and reducing block onset. This focus helps users develop
smoother, more fluent speech patterns over time.
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Easy Onset

Many people who stutter maintain a monotonous pitch, potentially sounding disinterested. Here, we exercise pitch variation to enhance vocal fold control.

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Pitch

Stutter Stars encourages frequent vocal practice, especially at the game’s start,
teaching users that activating the vocal cords can significantly reduce stuttering.
This aims to create positive, empowering vocal experiences.

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Controlling Vocal Cords

Story Mode is a narrative-driven game where players become Zumi, progressing through stuttering therapy techniques in a way that mirrors real fluency specialists’ methods, offering an immersive learning journey.

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Story Mode

Stuttering challenges speech timing; “light contact” techniques help manage this, especially with fast, “explosive” sounds (p, b, k, g, t, d) and non-voiced sounds (f, s, sh, h, ch).

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Light Contact

Stutter Stars integrates breathing and sustained phonation exercises with guided meditation, promoting relaxation and breath control. This gamified practice reduces stress while enhancing breath support, a vital skill in speech management.

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Mindfulness

Reciting nursery rhymes engages the brain’s rhythm-processing circuit, improving timing. Here, you’ll enhance fluency by pausing after each rhyme line, activating key brain areas.

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Chunking

Animated videos reveal the “why” behind each speech technique, illustrating its benefits and motivating players to practice effectively. Each video deepens understanding, making speech therapy engaging and purposeful.

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Science Of Stuttering Videos

Stutter Stars’ Game Stats monitors your progress, displaying practiced words, phrases, and techniques over time. Personalized suggestions highlight improvement areas and focus on where extra practice is beneficial.

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Progress Monitoring

Stutter Stars’ proprietary A.I. provides instant, relevant feedback, letting users
know immediately if they’re using correct techniques or need additional support enhancing learning with tailored, responsive guidance.

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Immediate Feedback

After a stutter, individuals often speed up to compensate. Maintaining a slow, steady speech pace helps ensure continuous vocal cord movement, reducing stuttering incidents.

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Slowness

Practice Mode lets players master speech techniques on demand, customizing practice by selecting specific sounds and setting goals by time or target count for a tailored, effective experience.

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Practice Mode

Stutter Stars transforms gameplay into clear, detailed reports for teachers, parents, or personal review. Each report summarizes practice, shows accuracy rates, highlights challenges, and lists words per technique in easy-to-read language.

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Automatic Reporting

Many people who stutter maintain a monotonous pitch, potentially sounding disinterested. Here, we exercise pitch variation to enhance vocal fold control.

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Loudness

Engaging in rhythm exercises can improve speech fluency by enhancing the brain’s timing and coordination, essential for smooth and natural speech patterns.

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Rhythm

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Speech Exercise App Highlights

  • Over 1000 unique speech exercises to help with speech development.
  • Engaging and colorful game-like environments to enhance learning.
  • Fun, interactive tasks that keep users motivated during practice.
Stutter Stars image of being able to play the video game by using your own voice

Play The Game With Your Voice

  • Control in-game actions using your voice for interactive gameplay.
  • Improve speech fluency while navigating fun and engaging scenes.
  • Practice vocal exercises in a creative and immersive environment.
Image of Zumi from Stutter Stars swinging through the jungle and zooming in a roller coaster showing real-time feedback

Get Real-time Feedback

  • Engage in personalized speech exercises designed to adapt and improve based on your progress.
  • Enjoy vibrant, game-like environments that provide instant feedback to refine your skills.
  • Stay motivated with interactive tasks that offer real-time corrections and guidance for effective learning.
Stutter Stars showing the data view so that users can automaticallhy monitor their progress

Track Your Progress

  • Work through tailored speech exercises that adjust based on your improvement.
  • Immerse in dynamic, game-like settings that allow you to visually see your development over time.
  • Stay encouraged with interactive activities that offer continuous updates on your success and highlight areas to focus on.

Download The App

Stutter Stars has been used by more than 3,000 unique users from over 190 countries.

Stutter Stars logo as depicted when opening up the video game developed by SAY IT Labs