A very good point - some of our dyslexics have a "request" written into
their needs assessment for a list of such words to be supplied by the
lecturer. However I don't think this has yet happened, and it's a little
difficult to know how far this would / should go when there are "subject"
dictionaries on the market.
I'd value the sharing of any "lists" in agricultural subjects - and also
people's opinions .......
Dr. John S Conway
Disability Officer
Royal Agricultural College, Cirencester, Glos. GL7 6JS
Phone +44 (0) 1285 652531 ext 2234
Fax +44 (0) 1285 650219
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-----Original Message-----
From: Ian Litterick [SMTP:[log in to unmask]]
Sent: Thursday, February 13, 2003 11:26 AM
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: Re: Subjects studied by dyslexic students & spelling
errors
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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