Built by the people who needed it.
PhonoLogic started with a teacher and a parent who kept running into the same problem: creating reading practice that truly matches what a child has been taught takes too much time. We built the tool we wished existed.
Our team.
Built by people who've lived the problem.
Stephen Robins
Stephen holds an MBA from IE Business School and leads PhonoLogic's strategy and go-to-market. PhonoLogic was born from watching his wife, a literacy interventionist, spend hours finding text that matched her students' phonics levels.
Joey Drury
Joey is PhonoLogic's founding engineer. He turned Stephen and Marysia's classroom problem into working software, and keeps it running day to day. His background is in analytics and technology strategy, and he comes from a family of educators.
Marysia Robins
Marysia is a special education teacher and literacy interventionist trained in Orton-Gillingham methodology. She has spent the past seven years in classrooms leading co-teaching and structured literacy projects, and supporting students who need extra scaffolding.
What we believe.
Reading is not a talent. It is a learned skill that quietly shapes almost everything else a child can do.
Children deserve access to knowledge beyond what's spoken in the room.
Reading protects against misinformation and exploitation.
Reading is a fundamental life skill, and the adults supporting it deserve tools that make good practice easier.
Who We Serve
Some kids have dyslexia. Others got inconsistent instruction, or texts that didn't match what they'd already been taught. Whatever the reason, every child deserves:
- Explicit, systematic instruction in how written language works
- Texts that match what they can actually decode, regardless of grade level
- Time to practise at their own pace
- Adults who treat a reading struggle as information about instruction, not a verdict on the child
How We Do It
Every story respects the scope and sequence teachers are working from. We validate each word against the phonics patterns a student has actually been taught, so skills transfer from structured lessons into real reading.
We treat story quality as seriously as phonics accuracy. A story might be about a new friend, a small problem at recess, or something that felt scary before it didn't. Phonics gives a story its shape, but the story is what gets kids to read the next one.
We give educators tools that reduce preparation time while improving the quality and precision of reading practice at home or in the classroom.
Recognition.
Programs and awards where PhonoLogic has been selected, shortlisted, or featured.
TMU Venture Zone — Incubee, 2025
Part of Toronto Metropolitan University's Social Ventures Zone, supporting ventures tackling social challenges.
IE Venture Contest — Finalist, 2025
Selected as a finalist in IE Business School's international venture competition.
EdTech Innovation Award — Finalist, 2026
Shortlisted by the EdTech Innovation Hub for innovation in literacy technology.
Where you might have seen us.
Media features and conferences where PhonoLogic has appeared or will be presenting.
Reading For The Love Of It — 2026 Conference
One of North America's longest-running literacy conferences for educators.
New Brunswick Teachers' Association — 2026 Conference
Province-wide gathering of K–12 educators where we shared PhonoLogic's structured-literacy approach.
Web Summit Vancouver — 2026
One of the world's largest tech gatherings, where PhonoLogic was featured among the education startups, May 11–14, 2026.
International Dyslexia Association — 2026 Conference
The leading global gathering for structured-literacy practitioners and researchers.