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The current state of the research suggests that Open Dyslexic is not much if any of an improvement for the majority of dyslexic readers. The British Dyslexia Association appears to have dropped their recommendation for it.
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I tried my Kobo with a young woman who professed to have severe dyslexia.
She hated Open Dyslexic and found that simply adjusting the size and line spacing of Georgia was best, and better than any book she'd tried to read. Only a useless sample of one.
However when I first saw "Open Dyslexic" I was surprised to discover it was just an idea with no actual real research to back it up. It's too busy.
However every other positive aspect that people have mentioned of eInk over the last 7 years or so is absolutely true.
My father died last month and was a total snob about books. Spent a fortune on special editions, like the Folio Society, yet he loved his Kindle PW and read under the bedclothes! Same birthday as C.S. Lewis but 32 years younger.
I wonder what Lewis would have thought of an eInk ereader?
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One day, you will be old enough to start reading fairytales again.
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No book is really worth reading at the age of ten which is not equally – and often far more – worth reading at the age of fifty and beyond
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I was surprised to learn that Lewis imported US "pulp magazines", Fantasy and SF titles. So he wasn't an Edition Snob. Stories need to be read.
I started reading "Classic" works from Gutenberg back before 2006, on the laptop. That's what motivated me to get a Kindle eventually. I'd I have bought the terribly grey Sony I saw in Dublin before the 1st Kindle was even released, but I couldn't afford it. Work had bought me the laptop in 2002.