The Dyslexia Code

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Zarove got me to thinking about some kind of solution to the spelling problems dyslexia causes.

Zarove

I've been thinking about dyslexia. I wonder if a spell checker that was color coded would work. If a person types in a word the spell check could spell it back in a color code. For example: red-verb, blue-noun, green-adjective, etc. The colors could also be subdivided further. Example: yellow-inanimate, purple-animated, olive-plant, silver-mineral, etc. And, subdivided colors as to the highest level a person could understand and apply. It might relieve the user from relying on the letter order, but instead give the user a more accurate clue as to the words closest correct spelling. It could be refined to a fool proof system.

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-- rod (elreyrod@yahoo.com), May 08, 2004

Answers

black

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-- rod (elreyrod@yahoo.com), May 08, 2004.


The correct word would be displayed as one correct color. If the word intended was spelled incorrectly or not the correct usage, the word would be displayed as a multi-colored word. The user would know imediately that the intended word and spelling was incorrect.

It sounds like a nightmare having to figure out how to input a word, but the display would show a selection of words to choose from. The user would simply pick the word that would best fit in the sentence.

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-- rod (elreyrod@yahoo.com), May 08, 2004.


Grammar Color Key

PREPOSITION

CONJUNCTION

VERB

NOUN

ADJECTIVE

ADVERB

Grammatical Word Selection

Reed

read

ready

readily

readiness

Object Color Key

ANIMAL

PLANT

INANIMATE

Object Word Selection

gazelle

violet

rock

duck

duck

Violet

violin

Sample Sentence

The duck readily read as Violet played violin !

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-- rod (elreyrod@yahoo.com), May 08, 2004.


The first problem:

Who is gonna write the program for this color code?

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-- rod (elreyrod@yahoo.com), May 08, 2004.


Another solution would be a speech program that would pronounce the words exactly the way they were spelled. The user would make corrections by monitoring the speech playback. A help key would then spell the word and give a definition of the word.

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-- rod (elreyrod@yahoo.com), May 08, 2004.



(sorry, I don't know how to turn off the color)

rod,

This is quite clever. I can tell you're an educator :) lol. I wonder if it would really work?

As for the speech program, my family tried one of those one time. (I think it was mainly due to the fact that my dad types (no, pecks) really slowly on the keyboard and he thought it might help. Well it didn't work too well at all - it really botched up what you said.

-- Emily ("jesusfollower7@yahoo.com), May 08, 2004.


It is difficult to imagine what it is like to have dyslexia. You know, sometimes we get a little dehydrated and our speech gets all messed up. We know what to say, but the words just won't come out correctly. That's the only hint that I have on dyslexia.

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-- rod (elreyrod@yahoo.com), May 09, 2004.


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