San Diego, CA (PRWEB) April 10, 2014
First Floor Auditorium San Diego Central Library @ Joan Irwin Jacobs Common - Directors Harvey Hubbell V and Dusten Pecor will launch their new Kickstarter project, titled “2Heads App” a dyslexia-empowerment app. The launch will include a screening of “Dislecksia: The Movie” accompanied by a panel discussion with directors, actors, technology innovators, and literacy experts.
Key literacy statistics in the U.S.:
42 million adult Americans can’t read or are limited to 4th or 5th grade reading material. The healthcare industry estimates that $73 billion per year is spent on unnecessary healthcare expenses attributable to poor literacy.
60% of all prison inmates are functionally illiterate.
All star team of dyslexics and a vision expert include:
Sarah Joy Brown (Three-Time Emmy Winning Actress, General Hospital),
Jovan Haye (Former NFL Defensive Tackle, Tampa Buccaneers, Bigger Than Me),
Harvey Hubbell V (Itinerant Filmmaker, Dislecksia: The Movie),
Jeffrey Hunt (Director, CSI & H5O),
Sprague Theobald (Best Selling Author & Two Time Emmy Winning Filmmaker),
Dusten Pecor (Founder, 2Dual Inc.),
David Berry (Director, Qualcomm),
John Corcoran (Founder, John Corcoran Foundation),
Tony Martinez (Software Developer, Pulse Electronics & Rock Church Ironman),
Joe Booth (Founder, Vidya Gamer), and
Dr. Bill Takeshita (Chief of Optometry CPS & Dr. Bill Foundation.)
Actress Sarah Joy Brown said, “If you can change someone’s life before he/she gets into an embarrassing situation, then you’re changing the world in a very beautiful way.”
For additional information, contact: Dusten Pecor at 858.621.3925 or dpecor(at)2dual(dot)com.
About 2Dual Inc.: http://www.2dual.com, a non-profit mobile app company that creates assistive technology for dyslexics and people who struggle with decoding print text (vision impairments,
ESL, elderly, blind, injured military, literacy and other learning differences.)