CCRLS Mobile vs Squatch Aphantasia

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Squatch Aphantasia is a learning tool for students who can't picture things in their mind — or just understand better when the information stays in front of them. Textbooks and teachers say "picture the scene," "visualize the molecule," "imagine the graph moving." If you have aphantasia or weak mental imagery, those instructions don't work. Squatch turns that material into a form you can understand without creating a mental image. HOW IT WORKS Type or paste text, photograph a page, scan it live, or open a PDF. Press I CAN'T PICTURE THIS. Squatch identifies what the material expects you to hold in your head and externalizes it: • The Main Idea in plain language • What You Need to Know — the facts, kept visible • Step by Step — processes as ordered steps • How Things Connect — explicit relationships, on screen • The Visual — a persistent diagram you can keep looking at • Concrete examples • A Learning Board of people, places, concepts, vocabulary, dates, formulas and steps KEEP THIS VISIBLE Important information never has to be memorized just to keep going. Pin anything to your Learning Board and keep it on screen while you ask questions or take a quiz. My Board collects your pinned items across every lesson. ASK SQUATCH A tutor that explains again, makes it simpler, gives another example, or breaks it into smaller steps — one question at a time, always grounded in your material, never asking you to "just picture it." LISTEN Every explanation can be read aloud. QUIZ ME Active recall without mental imagery: multiple choice, short answer, and put-the-steps-in-order. Need Help shows you the relevant Learning Board item before the answer. WORKS OFFLINE Saved lessons, Learning Boards, quizzes and audio work without a connection. An internet connection is needed only to create a new explanation. PRIVACY FIRST No account. No ads. No tracking. Your lessons stay on your device. Only the text you choose to have explained is sent, securely, to create the explanation. Squatch Aphantasia is an educational accessibility tool. It does not diagnose or treat aphantasia. Part of Sasquatch for Good — free apps from SaaSquatch Lab that help people.