Sentences with phrase «dyslexic readers»

Kobo also includes a special font for dyslexic readers that weights each character a bit heavier toward the bottom.

«Progress has already been made in understanding first language reading problems — so we co-operated with psychologists who studied a group of dyslexic readers over many years.

SEATTLE --(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Kindle, the # 1 bestselling product across all of Amazon, has enabled many vision - impaired readers to enjoy books more easily than before, and has also helped dyslexic readers and those with learning disabilities improve their reading skills.

Dyslexic readers showed decreased connectivity within the visual pathway as well as between visual and prefrontal regions, increased right - hemisphere connectivity, reduced connectivity in the visual word - form area, and persistent connectivity to anterior language regions around the inferior frontal gyrus.

Additionally, young - adult dyslexic readers maintained high connectivity to brain regions involved in phonology, suggesting that they continue to rely on effortful «sounding out» strategies into adulthood rather than transitioning to more automatic, visual - based strategies for word recognition.

These pages from the Waterstones website include advice on what makes a dyslexia friendly book plus a list of dyslexia friendly titles and a downloadble guide to books for young dyslexic readers.

Dyslexic readers benefit from being able to listen with Kindle's text - to - speech technology while simultaneously reading along with the synchronized text.

A new study published in PLOS ONE reveals that e-reader devices help at least a third of dyslexic readers with comprehension, speed and ease of reading.

Technology isn't a fun extra at my school; it's a voice for dyslexic readers, an essential communication and social device for autistic students, a tool for the dysgraphic, and an organizational must - have for everyone.

SEATTLE — December 7, 2009 (BUSINESS WIRE)-- Kindle, the # 1 bestselling product across all of Amazon, has enabled many vision - impaired readers to enjoy books more easily than before, and has also helped dyslexic readers and those with learning disabilities improve their reading skills.

It could make the life of dyslexic readers a lot easier.

Finn and her colleagues then compared the whole - brain connectivity profiles of the dyslexic readers to the non-impaired readers, which revealed widespread differences.

«Compared to typical readers, dyslexic readers had weaker connections between areas that process visual information and areas that control attention, suggesting that individuals with dyslexia are less able to focus on printed words.»

Technology has already been lauded for the help it can provide to autistic students, dyslexic readers, and more.

Don't know if Kobo makes a difference between Europe and the U.S. or if it's an update but I actually have ten different fonts to choose from (Amasis, Avenir, Caecilia, Georgia, Gill Sans, Kobo Nickel, Malabar, Gothic MB101, Ryumin and, this is quite noteworthy, OpenDyslexic, which can help some dyslexic readers).

As for software, Amazon is promising several updates such as new font sizes and bold settings, a new accessibility option for dyslexic readers, left - aligned text and automatic light settings facilitated by built - in ambient light sensors.

Because even with the good - sounding elements of all those glad tidings in Kobo's announcements (including a font response for dyslexic readers), many folks were left wondering whether it's possible for a crop duster to fly too close to the sun.

While there are special fonts for dyslexic readers that can be installed on the iPad, there is limited research on their impact on reading speed and comprehension.