Heshan Peiris, Kanchana Priyakantha & KReader (Sri Lanka)
Who Built It
Founders Heshan Peiris and Kanchana Priyakantha built KReader to solve a problem they saw clearly: Sri Lankan literature, educational material, and research existed, but most of it was inaccessible to people who could not read standard print or who needed it in a different format. https://www.kreader.lk/
The Gap They Saw
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Sri Lanka has two official languages, Sinhala and Tamil, plus a deaf community with its own sign language.
English
Most digital reading infrastructure was built for English.
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Local language content was offline, inaccessible to people with visual impairments or reading differences, and not available in sign language.
What They Built
A subscription-based reading platform offering
E-books
Audiobooks
AI-based text-to-speech with emotional expression
Working toward digitising educational material and research papers so they become accessible in real time & Text-to-sign language in Sri Lankan local languages.
Whom It Serves
People across Sri Lanka who need content in Sinhala or Tamil, including those with
Visual Impairments
Reading Differences
Deaf & Hard of Hearing community
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