Thank you for your many replies. One of the issues many of you have
raised is the problems with subject-specific terminology. We are often
asked questions about how electronic dictionaries and portable scanners
cope with these words. It is a difficult question to answer without
knowledge of what words students will want to look up. If any of you
were willing to share lists of words that you feel would represent the
needs of the students then we would appreciate it.
In a similar vein we are doing an on-going study (in conjunction with EA
Draffan at TechDis) into the ability of spell checkers to pick up
spelling mistakes made by dyslexic users, so again any examples would be
appreciated. Our results will be published on our website and through
the TechDis Ezine newsletter.
Could you reply directly to my colleague Abi James, who is actually
doing the work - [log in to unmask] - rather than clogging the list?
Thanks very much.
Regards
Ian Litterick
iANSYST Ltd
www.dyslexic.com
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