Designing for Dyslexia
with Jean Alcock and Paul Griffiths
28thJan '09
About the event
As an introduction and insight into Designing for Dyslexia, Jean Alcock from JARCS discussed usability problems that dyslexia sufferers experience. This was followed by Paul Griffiths from Texthelp Systems Ltd* who spoke about the appropriate legislation, Disability Discrimination Act 1995. He also identified those people who have difficulty in using ICT and highlighted how adding audio to a web site can improve the user experience for people who may have dyslexia, mild visual impairments, English as a second language or low literacy skills.
* Texthelp have been developing software for helping ICT users improve their reading and writing skills for over 12 years. Industry leaders in assisting the 'print disabled community' with literacy and assistive technology solutions.
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