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I had to change my mother tongue from Italian to Portuguese when I was 6 and it was kind of strange, but after a while it simply felt normal except for a couple

I had to change my mother tongue from Italian to Portuguese when I was 6 and it was kind of strange, but after a while it simply felt normal except for a couple of things. I'm not dyslexic but sometimes it is hard for me to focus on long texts, I keep skipping words and going back and forth... although I can read quite fast sometimes I read a word for another, when I was a kid it took me quite some time to correctly visualize that "already" is written like that and not "aldeary" and the same thing for a small number of other words. (thanks Baldur's Gate, thanks Ocarina of Time) When I first opened the site with www it simply felt like a normal sans-serif font (as it was), after reading luisroy comment I changed to the site without www and I must say that it is way easier to read... don't know if it's the spacing or something else, or maybe I'm dyslexic, who knows... Interesting though :)

tarkin2 6y ago
> I keep skipping words and going back and forth... Sounds like mild dyslexic symptoms. Have you tried reading with one eye closed? It could be mild convergence issues.
- 01acheru 6y ago
  I just tried, I read waaay slower with one eye closed so yeah I read the lines sequentially but it's kind of unpractical. Anyway I have that "eye skipping" thing not just during reading but also in average life situations, when talking to someone I keep changing focus: eyes, mouth, nose, hands, cheeks, right eye, left hand, dog on the background, etc. If I stare at something trying to keep the focus one of two things happen: - I loose myself in thoughts - My eyes get tired and I must stop staring
  - tarkin2 6y ago
    I imagine it’s slower but is it more accurate? I tend to think one of symptoms of dyslexia is poor eye convergence. I’d love to try it on people who find it incredible difficult to read; if you’re starting from the point of an near inability to see words without them (or your eye) jumping then it may be helpful.

tarkin2 6y ago

> I keep skipping words and going back and forth... Sounds like mild dyslexic symptoms. Have you tried reading with one eye closed? It could be mild convergence issues.

01acheru 6y ago
I just tried, I read waaay slower with one eye closed so yeah I read the lines sequentially but it's kind of unpractical. Anyway I have that "eye skipping" thing not just during reading but also in average life situations, when talking to someone I keep changing focus: eyes, mouth, nose, hands, cheeks, right eye, left hand, dog on the background, etc. If I stare at something trying to keep the focus one of two things happen: - I loose myself in thoughts - My eyes get tired and I must stop staring
- tarkin2 6y ago
  I imagine it’s slower but is it more accurate? I tend to think one of symptoms of dyslexia is poor eye convergence. I’d love to try it on people who find it incredible difficult to read; if you’re starting from the point of an near inability to see words without them (or your eye) jumping then it may be helpful.