On Dec 9, 2013 10:41 AM, "Gerard Meijssen" <gerard.meijssen(a)gmail.com>
wrote:
Hoi,
Between 7 and 10% of a population is dyslexic. For them reading takes much
more effort than it does for the rest of us. As it is, the English
Wikipedia has a font available for people who are dyslexic. It is the
OpenDyslexic font.
It is possible to configure en.wp and many other Wikipedias by clicking
somewhere... There are a few questions I would like to ask:
- did you know this many people have a problem reading Wikipedia
Yes, though severity of dyslexia varies. I myself have a mild case.
- did you know these people can be helped with a
different font
Yes, I even have a browser plugin to be able to override fonts
- do you know how to configure Wikipedia to read
with the OpenDyslexic
font
Not from within Wikipedia itself
- do you agree that this should be more obvious and
easy
It would be especially nice if it were easy to toggle on and off. The open
dyslexic font is visually horribly unappealing, and while it significantly
reduces reading effort and increases reading speed for me, I prefer to only
make the trade off when reading large bodies of text. For smaller bodies of
text I prefer to use default typography, as the absolute gain is not that
large to me personally.
- what can we do to raise awareness for usability
in MediaWiki in
general and for dyslexia in specific
Thanks,
GerardM
http://ultimategerardm.blogspot.nl/2013/12/the-best-sinterklaas-gift-ever.h…
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