Good nwes for dsyexlics

[mbarrick]

Sent to me by tnkgrl:

Aoccdrnig to a rscheearch at Cmabrigde Uinervtisy, it deosn't mttaer in waht oredr the ltteers in a wrod are, the olny iprmoetnt tihng is taht the frist and lsat ltteer be at the rghit pclae. The rset can be a total mses and you can sitll raed it wouthit porbelm. Tihs is bcuseae the huamn mnid deos not raed ervey lteter by istlef, but the wrod as a wlohe. Aynnoe esle find tihs bzriare?

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[evilyn13.livejournal.com]

it may be bizarre, but i understood your post perfectly...

[seymour-glass.livejournal.com]

i had no problem reading it and barely realized anything was amiss until a few words in...but if you concentrate on the letters you can't read it...ha ha...

[bitogoth.livejournal.com]

heheheh- i've been reading this way for years... dyslexics of the world, untie! ;}

[mbarrick.livejournal.com]

I find that the statement isn't wholly accurate, though. There's more to it than just getting the first and last letter right. In looking at the concept I find that it is also important to get ascending and descending letters at least close to their proper positions so that the same general shape of the word is preserved.

[heevoling.livejournal.com]

agreed.

also, in the posted sample most of the words are relatively short. i would think
that the longer a word is, in letters as well as syllables, letter grouping becomes
more of a concern for the word retain its quick readability.

[mbarrick.livejournal.com]

Yes, I think you are right. The letters have to stay relatively close to their original positions to tweak the recognition of the word, especially "standout" letters and combinations - double letters, ascenders, descenders and such. "University" in the example keeps the "t" near the end. "Utsreviny" doesn't read as "Univerity" as easily as "Usrevitny". And since "Un" is a key combination. "Unrevitsy" is even more readable. Pretty interesting, really.

[sleeplessknight.livejournal.com]

D00000D!!! O_O
I can't believe I actually understood that! O_O

[mbarrick.livejournal.com]

Pretty neat, eh? I was impressed.

[navygurl.livejournal.com]

that is very bizarre, and yet, so very true!