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Originally Posted by JSWolf
Has your sister ever tried colors? Sometimes someone with dyslexia can read better with colors then just B/W. I've heard that green text can be good for some.
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Colors does nothing for her. Bigger text works best for her. The so called dyslexic fonts don’t help her either.
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Originally Posted by Quoth
Urban myth. Actual studies show little (usually too small sample) or no advantage to special fonts or color.
Being able to chose Sans-serif or Serif (depending on person), vary size and spacing is best. Also no drop caps or small caps and no distractions.
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Font size is what works best for her. No distractions also helps, but that’s harder with her ADHD.
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Originally Posted by Apache
I agree. My wife is dyslexic and loves to read. Special colors and fonts do not help her.
Apache
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Yeah my sister spent so much time trying to get colors to work. But it did absolutely nothing.
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Originally Posted by lkmiller
The arrogance is implying that reading is always better than listening. Saying that listening isn't really reading. While I definitely prefer text (ebook or paper), I know other brains work differently. Some crafters talk about concentrating better on an audiobook while doing something with their hands (knitting, spinning, crocheting, etc.) than they would reading the text. And even I find some things easier to take in when heard out loud, like poetry.
I don't get the love for smell or feel of print books. My love of print books is purely as visual objects. Enjoy your petting and sniffing; I just wanna gaze at them.
I also found the description of these forums as harsh amusing. Maybe I've never really been on the receiving end of it here, but I've definitely seen more brutal behavior in other places online (and in person when I was a kid in school).
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This is so me. If I’m listening to an audiobook I’m almost always knitting or crocheting.
I also don’t get the smell of books. It just reminds me of my dust allergy.