See every word the way a phonics teacher sees it.
Snap a photo, upload a document, or type any text. SnapPhonics breaks every word into clear phonics segments — and maps them right onto the page you photographed, so students tap words on the original image. Color-coded breakdowns, IPA pronunciation, and natural audio in 9 languages. Built for teachers, homeschoolers, ESL students, and self-learners.
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Live in classrooms in the US and South Korea.
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Three ways to get started
However your text lives — typed, printed, or digital — SnapPhonics can analyze it in seconds.
Type or paste text
Enter any passage directly — a sentence, a paragraph, or a whole page. Instant phonics breakdown as you go.
Snap a photo
Point your camera at a worksheet, textbook, or whiteboard. Every word is mapped to its spot on the photo, so you can tap words right on the page you shot.
Import a document
Upload a PDF or image file from your device. Great for lesson materials, reading passages, and student handouts.
Everything you need, nothing you don't.
One workflow, every tool you reach for — built around what teachers and learners actually do, not a spec sheet.
Every letter, every rule, colour-coded.
Tap any letter to see every phonics rule it takes part in — short and long vowels, vowel teams, digraphs — each with example words. Vowels are amber, vowel teams green, so the pattern is visible before you read a word of it.
Turn any page into a tappable lesson.
Snap a worksheet or storybook page and SnapPhonics maps every word right where it sits. Students tap words on the original image — hear it, see its sounds — with the pictures and layout they already know. Free accounts get 3 a month; viewing one someone shared with you is always free.
See every phoneme, syllable, and stress pattern at a glance.
Tap any word for a color-coded breakdown that shows every phoneme, syllable, and stress pattern — at a glance.
Hear any word, any sentence, any time.
Natural text-to-speech on demand. Slow it down, repeat it, build the ear that the page can't teach alone.
Teach the why behind every word.
Tap any color in the breakdown to see which phonics rule applies. Silent letters, digraphs, vowel teams — they stop being mysterious.
Walk the whole class through a word together.
Presentation mode: dark theme, classroom-sized, projector-ready. Tap a word, everyone sees the breakdown.
Push documents to your class in one click.
No printing, no LMS hand-off. Type, snap, or upload — your students see it the moment you assign it.
Save words, then study them with flashcards.
Every word you look up goes into a personal word bank. Build study lists and review them with flashcards until they stick — free to start, unlimited on paid plans.
Look up any word. Free, no account, no catch.
A dictionary tells you what a word means. It won't tell you why “laugh” ends in an /f/ sound. SnapPhonics has a free, open word reference for every word in our library — the phonics breakdown, the syllables, the IPA, and natural audio, on a page anyone can open without signing up.
It answers “how do I say this?”
Every word is split into its phonics segments — vowel teams, digraphs, blends, silent letters — and each one names the rule that governs it, in plain language. Plus a syllable split, a pronunciation respelling, IPA, and spoken audio.
Browse all the phonics rules →Definitions written for learners, not lexicographers.
Senses are ordered the way a learner meets them, not the way a dictionary catalogues them. Look up “math” and the first thing you read is “the study of numbers” — not an archaic sense about mowing a field.
In 9 languages, including Korean.
Definitions and senses in English, Korean, Spanish, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Chinese, and Russian. Any word, any of the 9 — pick your language on the page.
Got a whole worksheet? Paste it in.
Type or paste a sentence and every word becomes tappable — tap one to hear it and see its breakdown, without leaving the text. Also free, also no account.
Open the free reader →Run a phonics-focused classroom without the prep.
Drop in any lesson text and push it to your whole class in one click. Walk through tricky words together on the projector. Spend your prep time teaching, not typing.
- Push any text to your class instantly. — Type, snap, or upload a passage — your students see it in their app the moment you assign it. No printing, no Drive links, no LMS dance.
- Presentation mode for the projector. — Dark-themed, classroom-sized display. Tap any word, the whole class sees the breakdown together.
- See who's working and where they're stuck. — Student word history and activity shows you which sounds the class is struggling with — so your next lesson writes itself.
- One semester of materials in one place. — Up to 150 documents on Teacher Pro. Organize by unit, by level, by class.
Read English like you've always wanted to read it.
Snap a photo of anything — a menu, a newspaper article, a chapter of a book — and SnapPhonics shows you exactly how every word works. Hear it, see the syllables, read the definition in your language.
- Definitions in your native language. — Set Korean, Spanish, French, Russian, Chinese, German, Italian, or Japanese as your home language. Every word you tap shows the definition in the language you actually think in.
- Hear every word, every sentence, as many times as you need. — Natural text-to-speech at the speed that works for you — start slow, speed up as you grow.
- The "why" behind every word. — Tap any color and see which phonics rule applies. Silent letters, digraphs, vowel teams — they stop being mysterious.
- Build your own word library. — Every word you look up is saved. Star the ones you want to come back to. Review them when you're ready.
Structured phonics for the kitchen table.
Whether you're teaching one child or four, SnapPhonics gives you a structured, rule-based approach to phonics — without a 300-page curriculum guide. Use it with any reading material you already have.
- Works with any reading material you own. — Photograph a page from your existing curriculum, a library book, or a printable — and instantly turn it into a phonics-aware lesson. No re-buying what you already have.
- Built on real phonics rules, not guesswork. — Over 176 phonics rules organized by category — short vowels, digraphs, blends, r-controlled vowels, silent letters. Every breakdown shows the rule, so your child learns the why.
- A pace that fits your family. — One child can work through it independently while you teach a sibling. Audio playback means even pre-readers can engage with text.
- Affordable for families. — Personal plan covers one parent doing phonics with their kids. Teacher Pro if you want classroom features for a co-op or multi-family group.
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SnapPhonics is live in English-language classrooms in South Korea — used daily by teachers running phonics-focused ESL lessons with students from elementary through high school.