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I saw a recent report whereby reading speeds could be dramatically improved
by putting a clear sheet of coloured acetate over the page - I think the
implication was that black-on-white is hard for some people to decipher.
Possibly coloured glasses might have the same effect?

paul


Oz <Oz@upthorpe.demon.co.uk> wrote in message
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> In article <gesn9DAGYQr4EwEc@bhfarm.demon.co.uk>, Alan J Webb
> <alan@bhfarm.demon.co.uk> writes
>
> >Dyslexia is quite a strange affliction affecting people, often very
> >intelligent ones, in many different ways.
>
> Absolutely correct. It's really a range of problems.
>
> >My wife is dyslexic but she
> >can write letters etc very quickly, accurately and in a much more
> >'chatty' way than I could ever do. However she reads *very* slowly and
> >has to re-read frequently to take it in.
>
> Common. My daughter had precisely this problem (as well as the spelling
> one). However it can be overcome by many with a lot of hard work. The
> trick for me (and my kids) was to read *sentences* and convert them 'on
> the fly' into visual images rather than try to decode individual words.
> Many dyslexics seem to have excellent concept-to-visual capabilities.
> The result is that I don't actually remember or read words, I see a book
> entirely visually rather like seeing a film. It's a sod for remembering
> quotes that aren't spoken by a character. It's also a sod in that a
> typical paperback only takes about 2 hrs to read.
>
> Reading a textbook this way can be hard work, particularly if it's
> dealing with abstract things, but it can be done. It involves some
> (often convoluted) model making.
>
> >I OTOH read very quickly but
> >take absolute ages to write a 'friendly' letter, possibly due to my love
> >of factual publications and total disregard for fictional literature.
>
> Huh. I bet you read catalogues and instruction manuals for fun too.
> Join the club. Sad, really.
>
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> Oz