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Upon the positive diagnsosis of dyslexia, a patient is prescribed a unique typefont which, when applied to plain text, results in a visual representation which is much easier for the individual to read.
For some, the letters 'E' and the numbers '3' would be reversed. For others, the letters 'b'
and 'd' would be swapped. Maybe '6' becomes '9'. This is all for the diagnostician to determine.
Armed with this new tool, the dyslexic returns home to apply the uniquely tailored typefont to any ASCII text using his or her favorite word processing package.
Text which previously proved difficult may now be read with facility.
Lexia typeface
http://en.wikipedia...exia_%28typeface%29
Something like this? [theleopard, Mar 01 2007]
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wouldn't that be counter-productive?? Wouldn't it keep them from getting better if you gave them such a crutch?? I am not dyslexic, so do not quite understand how that works, so...... |
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// wouldn't that be counter-productive?? Wouldn't it keep them from getting better if you gave them such a crutch?? // |
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Rather than force individuals into conforming to some societal norm this idea attempts to present textual information 'natively' to dyslexics in the hope that it facilitates comprehension. |
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I hope that wouldn't be counter-productive. |
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oh, ok..thanks. I know that if you have a lazy eye, or some other eye disfunctions that you can actually recover from them. But thanks for setting me straight on that. :) |
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Is there a timing thing that can be done as well? My wife is dislexic. Syllables out of order, which is a common issue, can probably be fixed by displaying the words in a stream |
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Dyslexia is a difficulty in recognising and writing character shapes. It can result in the reversal of certain letters. The letters are not deliberately reversed and I don't believe that anything is gained by reversing letters for a dyslexic. |
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Emphasizing the difference between similar letters and, strangely enough, changing the background colour behind text can help. |
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Rather than change the background of the paper, why not just have individually-tailored tinted reading-shades? |
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Welcome to the 'Bakery, Pernicious Wiles. |
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