Grant Macgregor and Jonny Kirkaldy (Image: Supplied)
Created by tech professionals and partners Grant Macgregor and Jonny Kirkaldy, the app uses artificial intelligence to reformat recipes imported from websites, social media, photos or cookbooks.
Rather than requiring users to constantly refer back to an ingredients list, Scran places ingredient quantities directly into each step and breaks recipes into single, manageable actions.
The Scan app. (Image: Supplied)
Users can also tick off completed steps, adjust serving sizes, generate aisle-sorted shopping lists and switch to dyslexia-friendly fonts.
The founders, who have a combined 15 years of experience in digital product design, developed the app with accessibility at its core.
Scran was co-designed with input from 200 people during a four-month pilot programme.
Grant Macgregor and Jonny Kirkaldy (Image: Supplied)
One pilot user with dyslexia described the app as “life-changing”, saying it removed the stress and overwhelm often associated with following recipes.
The development team says it will continue gathering user feedback to further improve the platform.
Jonny Kirkaldy, co-founder of Scran, said: “Standard recipe formats assume everyone processes information the same way.
“We’ve heard from so many people who blame themselves when a recipe trips them up, when really, it’s the recipe that’s failing them.
“We want to give people the confidence to cook whatever they want to.”
Grant Macgregor, co-founder of Scran, said: “For us, technology is at its best when it solves a specific, real-world accessibility issue.”