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Having dyslexia, I would say this is rather extreme, I can't speak for everyone but reading isn't like this for most dyslexics. Usually it is a pair of letters

Having dyslexia, I would say this is rather extreme, I can't speak for everyone but reading isn't like this for most dyslexics. Usually it is a pair of letters being swapped, or numbers order reversed. They don't jump around/change randomly, you just misread it. http://dyslexia.learninginfo.org/symptoms.htm http://dyslexia.learninginfo.org/symptoms.htm The new font for dyslexics also goes into this some more: http://www.scientificamerican.com/article/new-font-helps-dyslexics-read/ http://www.scientificamerican.com/article/new-font-helps-dys...

mgrennan 11y ago
Dysgraphia is a part related to dyslexia. This can be a problem, b d p q 9, W M N, O 0 o e, E 5 S R B and more.
- thenipper 11y ago
  Did the parent originally talk about dysgraphia? Because while I have pretty serious dysgraphia I'm not really dyslexic. While related they're pretty significantly different. One of my best friends growing up had dyslexia and with my dysgraphia we always joked about being one 'normal' person.
  - mgrennan 11y ago
    No. At age 60, when I was 12 they really didn't have a name for any of this. For years my school records had be as retarded. It was not until I taught myself calculus and trig in the 8th grade that my parent new something was wrong and sent teaching specialists at OU. They a used the word dyslexia. This was all very new in the 60s.
- geon 11y ago
  I was experimenting with character substitution too, but it won't work well with a variable width font, since the words at the end of the page moves a lot.
  - mgrennan 11y ago
    There are fonts to help with dyslexia. They try to make like letter different. They also remove a lot of the variable spacing. https://www.dyslexiefont.com/en/dyslexie-font/ https://www.dyslexiefont.com/en/dyslexie-font/
tekromancr 11y ago
I feel like if you wanted to properly simulate dyslexia, you would need really precise eye tracking, and make changes to the words while you are not looking at them. Then, if you glance back at the word, it is corrected. I don't have dyslexia (at least not seriously enough that I have ever thought about it) so I was wondering if such a thing would be more accurate to your experiences.
self_taught_ 11y ago
That was crazy, I was able to read the article in the dyslexic font way faster than before. I wish I could change all fonts to be this.
- dragonwriter 11y ago
  > I wish I could change all fonts to be this. This is one thing I miss of "Web 1.0": the default to providing information and respecting the client's preference for presentation.
- mkesper 11y ago
  There's some browser addons, for ex https://addons.mozilla.org/de/android/addon/mobile-dyslexic/?src=search https://addons.mozilla.org/de/android/addon/mobile-dyslexic/...
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mgrennan 11y ago

Dysgraphia is a part related to dyslexia. This can be a problem, b d p q 9, W M N, O 0 o e, E 5 S R B and more.

thenipper 11y ago
Did the parent originally talk about dysgraphia? Because while I have pretty serious dysgraphia I'm not really dyslexic. While related they're pretty significantly different. One of my best friends growing up had dyslexia and with my dysgraphia we always joked about being one 'normal' person.
- mgrennan 11y ago
  No. At age 60, when I was 12 they really didn't have a name for any of this. For years my school records had be as retarded. It was not until I taught myself calculus and trig in the 8th grade that my parent new something was wrong and sent teaching specialists at OU. They a used the word dyslexia. This was all very new in the 60s.
geon 11y ago
I was experimenting with character substitution too, but it won't work well with a variable width font, since the words at the end of the page moves a lot.
- mgrennan 11y ago
  There are fonts to help with dyslexia. They try to make like letter different. They also remove a lot of the variable spacing. https://www.dyslexiefont.com/en/dyslexie-font/ https://www.dyslexiefont.com/en/dyslexie-font/

tekromancr 11y ago

I feel like if you wanted to properly simulate dyslexia, you would need really precise eye tracking, and make changes to the words while you are not looking at them. Then, if you glance back at the word, it is corrected. I don't have dyslexia (at least not seriously enough that I have ever thought about it) so I was wondering if such a thing would be more accurate to your experiences.

self_taught_ 11y ago

That was crazy, I was able to read the article in the dyslexic font way faster than before. I wish I could change all fonts to be this.

dragonwriter 11y ago
> I wish I could change all fonts to be this. This is one thing I miss of "Web 1.0": the default to providing information and respecting the client's preference for presentation.
mkesper 11y ago
There's some browser addons, for ex https://addons.mozilla.org/de/android/addon/mobile-dyslexic/?src=search https://addons.mozilla.org/de/android/addon/mobile-dyslexic/...

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