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http://www.amazon.com/Reading-Brain-New-Science-Read/dp/B004...
by a neuroscientist who has studied these issues for years and who is familiar with the difference that different scripts make in reading difficulties.
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I don't have much trouble with reading text but I am prone to transposing digits when I read numbers (particularly long numbers such as phone numbers, credit card numbers, account numbers). I wonder if there is a sub-type of dyslexia that is limited to numbers?
Dyscalculia. I've known other people have that same problem too; thankfully it's more annoying than demoralising like dyslexia can be.
Where do you get the font?
It appears to be licensed through http://www.lexima.nl/school-en-behandelaar/categorie/lettert... google translate: http://translate.google.ca/translate?js=n&prev=_t&hl...
My girlfriend is dyslexic and is struggling (even with reading lessons, etc.) through college because of it. I had her read the example in the video and some of the text on their site and she was able to do so much more efficiently. I'd love to be able to purchase this font for her so she can use it when reading/writing documents for her classes, but the amount they are asking is simply too much for me.
I wonder if we'd be able to convince her health insurance to reimburse us for the cost? I can dream. :)
Does the kindle support custom fonts? It would be cool if one could experiment with this and other modern fonts focusing on readibility
A few questions for dyslexics: 1) Is it consistent? Do you have have trouble with the same letters/letter pairings? Or do different words tend to have different effects? 2) Normal readers tend to read the "word" and not the individual letters. Do/Can dyslexics do the same? As an example, if for instance dyslexics commonly were to transpose the "o" and "u" combination "ou" to "uo" I'm wondering if dyslexics read the j…
I'm going to say no. I'm dyslexic and dysgraphic and I deal with it, but it's only after many years of practice and by doing most of my writing on a keyboard. (I'm still not so good with written numbers.) The best way I've heard it explained is that the word CAT doesn't look like a cat. A quick google search found this. http://dyslexiavictoria.wordpress.com/2011/02/25/dyslexic-pr... "Also the alphabet is a type of ab…
http://www.studiostudio.nl/en/project-dyslexie/ http://i.imgur.com/xhjKI.png
At least in comparison to the video.
Can anyone find a TTF/OTF on that site? Incidentally, the text on this page looks like utter shit: http://www.studiostudio.nl/en/project-dyslexie/ http://i.imgur.com/xhjKI.png At least in comparison to the video.
Desktop properties > Appearances > Effects > [x] Use the following methods to smooth edges of screen fonts: Select [Standard]
http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-YITsgCuHhUk/TgnPnR-FzUI/AAAAAAAAAB...
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It appears to be licensed through http://www.lexima.nl/school-en-behandelaar/categorie/lettert... google translate: http://translate.google.ca/translate?js=n&prev=_t&hl...
I appreciate the work they have done and have a great respect for the amount of research and effort behind this, but I really wish it was more affordable. My girlfriend is dyslexic and is struggling (even with reading lessons, etc.) through college because of it. I had her read the example in the video and some of the text on their site and she was able to do so much more efficiently. I'd love to be able to purchase…
Can anyone find a TTF/OTF on that site? Incidentally, the text on this page looks like utter shit: http://www.studiostudio.nl/en/project-dyslexie/ http://i.imgur.com/xhjKI.png At least in comparison to the video.
Regarding the font. If you are on Windows XP, enable Font Smoothing. Desktop properties > Appearances > Effects > [x] Use the following methods to smooth edges of screen fonts: Select [Standard] http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-YITsgCuHhUk/TgnPnR-FzUI/AAAAAAAAAB...
Interestingly, the much hated font Comic Sans is another good font for dyslexics because the letters look more different from each other than e.g. Times New Roman. Therefore, if you're making invitations to your son's 7-year old birthday, Comic Sans is a great font for the text.
