Improve Reader Mode for dyslexics
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(Toolkit :: Reader Mode, enhancement, P5)
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(Reporter: sblin, Unassigned)
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(Depends on 1 open bug)
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(Keywords: access, Whiteboard: [reader-mode-firefox-integration])
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Comment 5•3 years ago
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I just want to bump this. It is very important to some one like me to have.
I simply need the ability to choose a font that works with my brain in reader mode.
Also I wanted to share a few examples of why this is important for the neuro divergent community to have access to: bellow are two examples of what its like to try and process text on a screen or a book.
- https://www.dyslexia.com/question/what-dyslexics-see/
- https://geon.github.io/programming/2016/03/03/dsxyliea
One of the challenges of dyslexia is that we have a hard time staying on the line we are reading, as lines can seem like they are curving or moving.
A common mistake of mine is that critical but short and similar not
and now
are confusing and visually interchangeable to my weird brain.
Once can very quickly realize
What makes a font like https://www.dyslexiefont.com/en/typeface/ or open dyslexic work is that the heavier bottom helps keep my brain on the right line.
I know they are visually un appealing and no marketer would ever want use them but I need them. Right now I enter reader mode select all (which works most times. and then paste into a word pad that lets me choose the font.
Updated•2 years ago
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