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Google, Yahoo, etc. - are they designed with dyslexics in mind?
I was just wondering whether anyone else finds it difficult (or has children who find it difficult) to read - well to dicipher - searches on the internet.
My son had a homework based on the internet last night, and he seemed to find the screen rather stressful to work out of (as opposed to the mindless surfing he usually does).
Does anyone know any programs/tools that make this sort of thing more dyslexic-friendly?
26/11/2008 18:30:46
Tom
Some sites such as the British Dyslexia Associations have a thing called Textic build into their site so you can change the background colour, text size etc...
I'm not sure if there is a tool that individual users can use. Would love to hear if there is?
15/06/2009 17:38:08
TimB
Thanks TimB; I've just followed up your recommendation - very useful - and shall make enquiries as to whether one can be bought to use across one's computer as a whole. I shall let you know!
18/06/2009 12:38:19
Tom
This reply may be too late but anyway..........
There is something called Tofu programme that can be used on Mac computers and Stanza for use on other computers. These programmes are free and divide the pages in columns, like they do in newspapers, which makes it easy to read by both dyslexics as well as non dyslexics.
09/05/2010 00:13:25
Luqman Michel
Again this may be a bit late but there is product called Chloe that is aimed at supporting Dyslexics on the computer. It has a text overlay tool which can be used to change the background colour and text colour. It also has a feature whereby you can select text from a website and have it read back to you. Here is there website, I think that you can download a demo for free and try it out yourself.
[url=http://www.nevolve.com/Chloe]Dyslexia Software - Chloe[/url]
good luck!
18/05/2010 16:11:07
Ian
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