FrontRow

FrontRow’s mission is to make every learning environment accessible in real time by bringing the board to the student. Built from lived experience, we use computer vision and seamless note integration to ensure that no learner is limited by where they sit or what they can see. We are redefining accessibility as a universal design standard, not a niche accommodation, so all students can engage, retain, and perform at their highest level. Our goal is to improve educational outcomes, increase graduation rates, and expand access to opportunity by solving the root issue: access to information.

Imagine sitting in a classroom where the most important information is just out of reach. You are trying to focus, but instead of learning, you are straining to see, rushing to copy notes, and constantly playing catch up. Over time, that gap compounds. This is not an edge case. 60% of students report struggling to see class notes on a chalkboard, and 84% say they waste time copying professor notes instead of actively engaging. The current classroom experience is built around visibility being assumed, not guaranteed. For students with disabilities, the consequences are far more severe. Visually impaired students have a graduation rate of just 15%, and disabled adults are significantly underrepresented in the workforce. Education is the gateway to economic mobility, and when students cannot access information in real time, it limits both their academic performance and long-term earning potential. If we improve accessibility at the education level, we can directly increase graduation rates, workforce participation, and income. Despite this, institutions continue to spend resources on solutions that do not solve the core issue. Universities commonly pay around $50 per class for peer note-takers, yet students consistently report that this is not their preferred accommodation. These systems are reactive and delayed, providing secondhand information after the moment has already passed. More importantly, they are often designed without deeply understanding the real experience of the students they aim to support. FrontRow exists to solve this at the source. By using real-time computer vision to detect and stream exactly what is being referenced in class, we make content visible, interactive, and personalized in the moment it matters. This shifts students from passive transcription to active learning, improving both engagement and comprehension. We have already validated this need and impact. Through interviews with over 40 students, 20 disability offices, and 30 professors, we built our product directly from user insight and continuously refined it during our pilots. At the University of Texas and Copenhagen Business School, with 40 active users, we saw that students using FrontRow performed better in interactive assignments and were more willing to participate in class. When students can clearly see and follow along, they engage more and learn more. The opportunity extends far beyond higher education. Learning environments exist in K-12 classrooms, training programs, museums, and large venues like stadiums, yet visual accessibility remains a widespread challenge across all of these spaces. There is a clear and growing market for a solution that improves how people access and interact with visual information in real time. FrontRow is necessary because this is not a problem of effort, it is a problem of access. And access is the foundation for opportunity. By solving this, we are not just improving note-taking, we are unlocking the ability for more people to learn, graduate, and fully participate in the workforce.