Features and Requirements

Functional Requirements

• Synesthesia Reading (SR) app allows people who have grapheme-color synesthesia to read text in their personal color associations.

• Users must be able to create a color profile.

  • The user must assign their color associations with letters and numbers.

• The user must be able to read PDF files with text color modified based on their color profile.

• Synesthesia Reading (SR) app must allow the user to login via Google across multiple devices.

• The user must be able to assign colors to words that do not follow the coloration rules.

  • The SR app must save these preferences
  • The SR app must adjust the color-generating algorithm based on these changes.

• The user must be able to add new PDF files to their account by uploading them.

Nonfunctional Requirements

• The user must be able to download PDF files for offline reading in their synesthetic colors.
• The user must be able to select their font and font size preferences for ease of use.
• The user must be able to change font size, boldness, and line spacing as they read.
• The system should have a user interface that fits mobile devices of at minimum iPhone SE size and up to 16" monitor
• Account login actions must be fast and secure, completed within 3 seconds.
• The response time for web app actions must be under 500 milliseconds maximum.
  • Color a several hundred word document
• The user must be able to turn Dark Mode on and off as they read.
  • Dark Mode must not interfere with the display of word colors and shading.