Ask HN: Engineers with Dyslexia, how do you best deal with learning new tech?

5 points·agleason··3 comments

I am dyslexic, and unfortunately most new tools and technologies are all documented in huge walls of text. Some have videos to explain what they do, but not a ton. Besides hands on experience, how do you learn new things?

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>Dyslexie font is a typeface – specially designed for people with dyslexia – which enhances the ease of reading and comprehension.

https://www.dyslexiefont.com

Dyslexie Font : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dyslexie

OpenDyslexic : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OpenDyslexic

The wiki page you mentioned clearly states that research found no evidence of this actually working.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OpenDyslexic

>Scientific studies Two small studies have investigated the effect of specialized fonts used with students with dyslexia. Rello and Baeza-Yates (2013) measured eye-tracking recordings of Spanish readers (aged 11–50) with dyslexia and found that OpenDyslexic did not significantly improve reading time nor shorten eye fixation. In her master's thesis, Leeuw (2010) compared Arial and Dyslexie with 21 Dutch students with dyslexia and found Dyslexie did not lead to faster reading, but may help with some dyslexic-related errors. The British Dyslexia Association recommend “plain, evenly spaced sans serif font such as Arial and Comic Sans. Alternatives include Verdana, Tahoma, Century Gothic, Trebuchet”.

>>'but may help with some dyslexic-related errors.'

To be precise.

Edit: Add >> Dyslexia : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dyslexia

For a more complete understanding of the reading disorder.

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