Adaptiverse Live Demo Recap – January 2025
Thanks to everyone who joined our live demo with Lisa Mihalich Quinn (Founder & Executive Director, Reach Every Voice; co-founder, Communication for Education) and Jefferson Stovall (Captain Tomorrow, co-founder of Adaptiverse). We brought together parents, educators, and practitioners—spanning from Maryland to Arizona, California, New York, and beyond—to see firsthand how Adaptiverse creates accessible, rigorous lessons for non-speaking learners in real-time.
Why Adaptiverse exists
Lisa shared her journey from special education teacher to founder, explaining the challenge that drove this innovation: adapting grade-level curriculum for non-speaking learners is essential but exhausting. After over a decade in Maryland public schools and creating extensive adapted content through Reach Every Voice, she partnered with technologist Jefferson Stovall to encode REV’s approach into an AI-powered tool that produces consistent, scaffolded lessons in minutes—not weekends.
What we showed (live demo)
Generate by image: We uploaded a textbook page on medieval Japan to demonstrate how Adaptiverse extracts concepts from visuals and builds structured lessons around them—perfect for homework assignments that come home on paper.
Generate by topic: We created a lesson on the identity of the subject in the Mona Lisa painting, exploring how the tool adapts complexity based on age and customizable settings. Each lesson produced:
- Clear explanatory paragraphs with bolded keywords
- Predictable scaffolded question sequences: two-choice reasoning, expected completion with probability percentages, reasoning with a range of answers, and open-ended prompts
- Credible sources cited at the end
- Generation time displayed (58 seconds vs. 30-45 minutes by hand)
Customizable question counts (NEW!): We demonstrated how you can now specify exactly how many of each question type you want—two choice questions, two predictable answers, one range of responses, and two open-ended questions, for example. This was our most requested feature.
Advanced Lexile controls (NEW!): We showed the new disaggregated complexity sliders that let you adjust text complexity and question difficulty independently. Perfect for older students who need grade-level text but scaffolded questions, or learners having a dysregulated day who need questions taken down a notch.
Image integration (NEW!): We demonstrated both Unsplash (stock photo library) and DALL-E (AI image generator) options, clearly marked so you can choose whether to use AI-generated images or not.
Revi, the AI assistant (NEW!): We showed Revi in action:
- Increasing question difficulty on the fly (“increase the difficulty of the language”)
- Adding paragraphs to existing lessons
- Replacing questions you don’t like
- Adjusting Lexile levels by specific points
- Providing navigation help
- Filing bug reports with automatic screenshots
Full lesson editing: We demonstrated the edit-in-place capabilities for making tweaks, reformatting, and customizing lessons after generation.
Version control (NEW!): Go back to a prior version if you made changes you didn’t want.
Dashboard & organization: All lessons automatically save to your dashboard where you can view, edit, copy, and access your lesson history.
What makes it different
Consistency by design: Unlike general chat tools that give unpredictable results, Adaptiverse uses deep prompt engineering and product guardrails to reliably produce research-aligned, scaffolded lessons matching REV’s approach every time. As Jefferson noted, getting consistent format out of the AI took significant engineering effort—and Adaptiverse was one of the first to achieve this.
Reasoning-forward: Questions are structured to build thinking—not just recall—matching how non-speaking learners are taught to express ideas and demonstrate understanding. Predictable answer questions now include probability percentages to help parents and practitioners anticipate likely completions.
Transparency: Every lesson cites sources so you can verify facts, extend learning, and build confidence in the content. As Jefferson joked, “I’m not sure if anybody’s ever clicked these links, but they’re there if you want to dig into it.”
Student-driven learning: Instead of choosing from pre-made lessons on topics we find interesting, learners can explore their passions—from safety glass to the real subject of the Mona Lisa to comb jellies.
Web search capability: At Essentials and Advanced tiers, lessons can now pull current information—perfect for current events, recent news, or topics beyond the AI’s base knowledge.
Real-world impact
Becky Griffin from Advancing Life Learners (Arizona) shared: “What I love most is that my staff can immediately use these lessons. They don’t need to be content experts. The questions are already structured, which helps them support students at every level of communication.”
Pearl Castro, instructor at the Autism and Communication Center at the University of Miami, noted: “It’s incredibly useful when you need to adapt on the fly. My client wasn’t connecting with our planned lesson. I generated new content in seconds and their engagement completely changed.”
What’s available today
- Web app accessible worldwide (desktop & mobile)
- Topic- and image-based lesson generation
- Age-based complexity control (ages 6-21)
- Advanced Lexile controls for text and questions separately
- Customizable question counts
- Image integration (Unsplash + DALL-E)
- Revi AI assistant for editing, navigation, and support
- Full lesson editing with version control
- Sources for every lesson
- Dashboard with lesson history
Coming soon
- Educator and learner profiles: Save your preferences and learner settings so you don’t have to adjust dropdowns every time. Share information across teams working with the same learners.
- Open as Google Doc: Export capability (in development)
- Expanded section limits: Currently limited while we optimize costs from new features—will return to 10 sections soon
- Lesson templates: New question types with customizable formats
- Sensory/tactile activity suggestions: Based on lesson content (on the roadmap)
- Learning loop: Record learner responses and progression to enable more targeted lessons over time
- Shared lessons: Share across your organization
Pricing
We’ve overhauled and simplified our pricing—everything is now based on lessons, no more tokens:
- Free: 1 lesson/month
- Pay as you go: $6/lesson with most features
- Essentials: $16/month for 10 lessons—best for families. Includes Revi support, DALL-E images, enhanced formatting, web search, and full editing.
- Advanced: $39/month for 20 lessons—full feature set including features in testing
- Custom: For educators and small schools with multiple learners and classrooms. Includes shared lessons, learning loop, and lesson templates.
Funding note
Adaptiverse qualifies for ESA (Education Savings Account) and EFA (Empowerment Scholarship Account) funding in states that offer these programs. We’re also willing to work through alternate funding pathways including SDP plans—reach out if you need help navigating this.
Quality, safety, and sustainability
We engineer the system to prioritize accuracy—not speculation—relying on provided or sourced content with multiple levels of validation to prevent AI “hallucination.” We’re mindful of AI’s environmental footprint and use the technology purposefully for high-value curriculum adaptation that replaces hours of manual work.
Stay connected
Questions or want a personal walkthrough? Email info@adaptiverseapp.com, lisaq@adaptiverseapp.com, or jeffersons@adaptiverseapp.com
You can also report bugs or request features directly through Revi in the dashboard.