{
  "title": "Dyslexia Friendly Reader: Prototype, Designs, and Exploratory Study",
  "sections": [
    {
      "id": "section-1",
      "title": "Dyslexia Friendly Reader Prototype, Designs, and Exploratory Study",
      "level": 2,
      "headingHtml": "Slide 1",
      "html": "<h3>Dyslexia Friendly Reader Prototype, Designs, and Exploratory Study</h3><p><img src=\"/readers/dyslexia-friendly-reader-prototype-and-designs-iisa/media/img-baeb0f72001b5327.png\" alt=\"The iLearnRW project logo: the word “ilearn” in blue with “RW” in red above a curved line of stars.\" loading=\"lazy\"></p><p>Dominik Lukeš</p><p>Dyslexia Action</p><p>www.ilearnrw.eu</p><p><a href=\"/dyslexia-friendly-reader-prototype-and-designs-iisa?mode=originals&amp;page=1\">View original slide 1</a></p>"
    },
    {
      "id": "section-2",
      "title": "Outline",
      "level": 2,
      "headingHtml": "Slide 2",
      "html": "<h3>Outline</h3><ul><li>Difficulties to moderate</li><li>Reader research</li><li>Current state of reader apps</li><li>Towards and ideal reader app</li><li>Description of a reader prototype</li><li>Preliminary user study results</li><li>Future direction</li></ul><p><a href=\"/dyslexia-friendly-reader-prototype-and-designs-iisa?mode=originals&amp;page=2\">View original slide 2</a></p>"
    },
    {
      "id": "section-3",
      "title": "Dyslexic difficulties",
      "level": 2,
      "headingHtml": "Slide 3",
      "html": "<h3>Dyslexic difficulties</h3><ul><li>Decoding</li><li>Working memory</li><li>Rapid naming</li><li>Long, rare words</li><li>Focus</li><li>Vision (rare)</li><li>Speed</li></ul><p><a href=\"/dyslexia-friendly-reader-prototype-and-designs-iisa?mode=originals&amp;page=3\">View original slide 3</a></p>"
    },
    {
      "id": "section-4",
      "title": "Typical modification",
      "level": 2,
      "headingHtml": "Slide 4",
      "html": "<h3>Typical modification</h3><ul><li><strong>Font type</strong> – small impact</li><li><strong>Colours</strong> – only useful for small numbers</li><li><strong>Avoid</strong> underline, ALL CAPS, <em>italics</em>, justify, centre – <em>small-med impact</em></li><li><strong>Font size</strong> – big impact</li><li><strong>Line spacing</strong> – medium-big impact</li><li><strong>Small chunks</strong> – big impact<ul><li>Lists – medium impact</li><li>Structure/outline – medium impact</li><li>Small amount of text displayed – big impact</li></ul></li><li><strong>Audio</strong> – biggest impact</li></ul><p><a href=\"/dyslexia-friendly-reader-prototype-and-designs-iisa?mode=originals&amp;page=4\">View original slide 4</a></p>"
    },
    {
      "id": "section-5",
      "title": "Readers",
      "level": 2,
      "headingHtml": "Slide 5",
      "html": "<h3>Readers</h3><ul><li>Readers associated with well-known e-book shops (Amazon, Kobo, iBooks, Google Play Books)</li><li>Mainstream standalone readers not associated with a particular e-book repository (Aldiko Reader, Cool Reader, FB Reader, Moon+ Reader)</li><li>Alternative readers aimed at specific audiences or formats (Ideal Group Reader, AutoReader, SpeedReader, Repligo Reader, ezPDF Reader)</li></ul><p><a href=\"/dyslexia-friendly-reader-prototype-and-designs-iisa?mode=originals&amp;page=5\">View original slide 5</a></p>"
    },
    {
      "id": "section-6",
      "title": "Typical reader features",
      "level": 2,
      "headingHtml": "Slide 6",
      "html": "<h3>Typical reader features</h3><ul><li>Basic features for navigating the text. This includes page turning and outline navigation. However, the implementation of these features is not uniform across readers.</li><li>All readers also allow the user some level of customization of text display. The level of customisation varies by reader as does the interface.</li></ul><p><a href=\"/dyslexia-friendly-reader-prototype-and-designs-iisa?mode=originals&amp;page=6\">View original slide 6</a></p>"
    },
    {
      "id": "section-7",
      "title": "Typical reader features (cont.)",
      "level": 2,
      "headingHtml": "Slide 7",
      "html": "<h3>Typical reader features (cont.)</h3><ul><li>Access to the basic copy of text (unless prevented by digital rights management).</li><li>Management of books using a library and a file browser.</li><li>Highlighting, notes and bookmarks.</li></ul><p><a href=\"/dyslexia-friendly-reader-prototype-and-designs-iisa?mode=originals&amp;page=7\">View original slide 7</a></p>"
    },
    {
      "id": "section-8",
      "title": "Features of some readers only",
      "level": 2,
      "headingHtml": "Slide 8",
      "html": "<h3>Features of some readers only</h3><ul><li>Text to Speech<ul><li>Varied quality</li><li>Best implemntations (Moon+ Reader Pro, VoiceDream Reader, and ezPDF Reader)</li><li>Buggy implementations (FB Reader, Cool Reader)</li></ul></li><li>Online book repositories (Free, commercial, specialised – e.g. Bookshare)</li><li>Multiple format support</li></ul><p><a href=\"/dyslexia-friendly-reader-prototype-and-designs-iisa?mode=originals&amp;page=8\">View original slide 8</a></p>"
    },
    {
      "id": "section-9",
      "title": "Rare features",
      "level": 2,
      "headingHtml": "Slide 9",
      "html": "<h3>Rare features</h3><ul><li>Adobe ID (for library loans access)</li><li>Plug ins (FB Reader and Cool Reader)</li><li>Chunking and autoscroll (AutoReader and Speed Reader)</li><li>Rolling blinds</li></ul><p><a href=\"/dyslexia-friendly-reader-prototype-and-designs-iisa?mode=originals&amp;page=9\">View original slide 9</a></p>"
    },
    {
      "id": "section-10",
      "title": "Usability vs features",
      "level": 2,
      "headingHtml": "Slide 10",
      "html": "<h3>Usability vs features</h3><ul><li>Feature rich (FB Reader, Cool Reader)</li><li>Design and features</li><li>Minimalist</li><li>Design focused (Voicedream Reader, Bluefire reader)</li></ul><p><a href=\"/dyslexia-friendly-reader-prototype-and-designs-iisa?mode=originals&amp;page=10\">View original slide 10</a></p>"
    },
    {
      "id": "section-11",
      "title": "Illustration on slide 11",
      "level": 2,
      "headingHtml": "Slide 11",
      "html": "<p><img src=\"/readers/dyslexia-friendly-reader-prototype-and-designs-iisa/media/page-11.png\" alt=\"Two screenshots of reader apps. On the left, a tablet shows a page of text with some words highlighted in yellow and blue and playback controls at the bottom. On the right, a menu lists the fonts Default, Droid Sans, Tempora LGC, Charis SIL, Droid Serif and Cabin Regular, with Single, Dual and Scroll page options and White, Black and Sepia backgrounds.\" loading=\"lazy\"></p><p><a href=\"/dyslexia-friendly-reader-prototype-and-designs-iisa?mode=originals&amp;page=11\">View original slide 11</a></p>"
    },
    {
      "id": "section-12",
      "title": "Illustration on slide 12",
      "level": 2,
      "headingHtml": "Slide 12",
      "html": "<p><img src=\"/readers/dyslexia-friendly-reader-prototype-and-designs-iisa/media/page-12.png\" alt=\"Three screenshots of reader app controls. A wood-textured settings list includes “Enable document internal styles”, “Default paragraph formatting”, “Title”, “Subtitle”, “Preformatted text / code”, “Link”, “Cite / quotation” and “Epigraph”. A grid of icons is labelled Library, TOC, Bookmarks, Search, Night and More. A speech panel has Rate, Pitch and Volume sliders above previous, play, next and stop buttons.\" loading=\"lazy\"></p><p><a href=\"/dyslexia-friendly-reader-prototype-and-designs-iisa?mode=originals&amp;page=12\">View original slide 12</a></p>"
    },
    {
      "id": "section-13",
      "title": "5 General Recommendations",
      "level": 2,
      "headingHtml": "Slide 13",
      "html": "<h3>5 General Recommendations</h3><ol><li>Focus on usability and clean interface</li><li>Balance feature completeness with the accessibility of key features = presets</li><li>Use icons, sliders + steps.</li><li>Text-to-speech is essential to accessibility and must be implemented reliably and provide basic navigation features.</li><li>Controlling the amount of text displayed on screen + autoscroll</li></ol><p><a href=\"/dyslexia-friendly-reader-prototype-and-designs-iisa?mode=originals&amp;page=13\">View original slide 13</a></p>"
    },
    {
      "id": "section-14",
      "title": "Text to speech",
      "level": 2,
      "headingHtml": "Slide 14",
      "html": "<h3>Text to speech</h3><p><img src=\"/readers/dyslexia-friendly-reader-prototype-and-designs-iisa/media/img-5c0e762b23e50ec2.png\" alt=\"A wireframe of a row of playback controls: previous, pause, next, stop, and a circled upward arrow.\" loading=\"lazy\"></p><p><img src=\"/readers/dyslexia-friendly-reader-prototype-and-designs-iisa/media/img-043146b0db06956a.png\" alt=\"A wireframe of a speech settings panel with sliders for Speed, Pitch and Volume, a Voice menu showing “Amy - Ivona”, and previous, pause, next and stop buttons.\" loading=\"lazy\"></p><p><a href=\"/dyslexia-friendly-reader-prototype-and-designs-iisa?mode=originals&amp;page=14\">View original slide 14</a></p>"
    },
    {
      "id": "section-15",
      "title": "Chunking",
      "level": 2,
      "headingHtml": "Slide 15",
      "html": "<h3>Chunking</h3><p><img src=\"/readers/dyslexia-friendly-reader-prototype-and-designs-iisa/media/img-0a64568322a8461b.png\" alt=\"A wireframe of a control bar with a Paragraph menu, Next, Autoscroll and Next buttons, and Slower and Faster buttons.\" loading=\"lazy\"></p><p><img src=\"/readers/dyslexia-friendly-reader-prototype-and-designs-iisa/media/img-33213625235357c9.png\" alt=\"A wireframe of a chunking panel. “Chunks to show” offers Pages, Paragraphs, Sentences and Words; below are Auto scroll and Speed, currently Slower.\" loading=\"lazy\"></p><p><a href=\"/dyslexia-friendly-reader-prototype-and-designs-iisa?mode=originals&amp;page=15\">View original slide 15</a></p>"
    },
    {
      "id": "section-16",
      "title": "Guidance mode: Word support",
      "level": 2,
      "headingHtml": "Slide 16",
      "html": "<h3>Guidance mode: Word support</h3><p><img src=\"/readers/dyslexia-friendly-reader-prototype-and-designs-iisa/media/img-2cc0f791c7164521.png\" alt=\"A wireframe of a word support card for “leadership”, pronounced “lee-der-ship”, with two numbered definitions, related words, syllables, phonemes and spelling, a games button labelled “Play games with this and similar word”, and Previous word, Show in context and Next word buttons.\" loading=\"lazy\"></p><p><a href=\"/dyslexia-friendly-reader-prototype-and-designs-iisa?mode=originals&amp;page=16\">View original slide 16</a></p>"
    },
    {
      "id": "section-17",
      "title": "Guidance mode: Text highlighting",
      "level": 2,
      "headingHtml": "Slide 17",
      "html": "<h3>Guidance mode: Text highlighting</h3><p><img src=\"/readers/dyslexia-friendly-reader-prototype-and-designs-iisa/media/img-4dcedc6962199963.png\" alt=\"Sample text, “Jane really likes reading books on her tablet. She sits by the window every afternoon and reads a story. One afternoon her brother John fell over their cat. He ran into Jane’s chair and she dropped her tablet.”, in which some letters such as suffixes and silent letters are shown in lighter colours.\" loading=\"lazy\"></p><p><img src=\"/readers/dyslexia-friendly-reader-prototype-and-designs-iisa/media/img-68ba6cd00e699eb7.png\" alt=\"A wireframe of text highlighting settings. “How much highlighting” is a slider; options cover Open/Closed syllables, Suffixes, Silent letters and the letter “a”, each with a colour and an on or off switch.\" loading=\"lazy\"></p><p><a href=\"/dyslexia-friendly-reader-prototype-and-designs-iisa?mode=originals&amp;page=17\">View original slide 17</a></p>"
    },
    {
      "id": "section-18",
      "title": "Guidance mode: Pre-reading activities",
      "level": 2,
      "headingHtml": "Slide 18",
      "html": "<h3>Guidance mode: Pre-reading activities</h3><p><img src=\"/readers/dyslexia-friendly-reader-prototype-and-designs-iisa/media/img-e65a780ffc9d43bb.png\" alt=\"A wireframe of a Pre-reading activities panel listing Tricky words, Most common words and Tricky patterns, each with a Review button, and a games button labelled “Play games to help prepare for reading this text”.\" loading=\"lazy\"></p><p><img src=\"/readers/dyslexia-friendly-reader-prototype-and-designs-iisa/media/img-c4c4ccac85ff6c02.png\" alt=\"A wireframe of a Fluency and accuracy check asking “Which of these words were in the text you just read?” over a box of words, with 5 mins and 200 words settings and Continue checks and Stop checks buttons.\" loading=\"lazy\"></p><p><a href=\"/dyslexia-friendly-reader-prototype-and-designs-iisa?mode=originals&amp;page=18\">View original slide 18</a></p>"
    },
    {
      "id": "section-19",
      "title": "Structure and navigation",
      "level": 2,
      "headingHtml": "Slide 19",
      "html": "<h3>Structure and navigation</h3><p><img src=\"/readers/dyslexia-friendly-reader-prototype-and-designs-iisa/media/img-2047fdc9e6c52600.png\" alt=\"A wireframe of a table of contents with Expand all and Collapse all buttons and four parts of a book, each with chapters, and buttons labelled Add current page to outline and More.\" loading=\"lazy\"></p><p><img src=\"/readers/dyslexia-friendly-reader-prototype-and-designs-iisa/media/img-4d55880041a3b96a.png\" alt=\"A wireframe of a Bookmarks, Notes and Highlights tab listing Note 1, Highlight 1 and Bookmark 1, each with its position and section, and a Bookmark current page button.\" loading=\"lazy\"></p><p><a href=\"/dyslexia-friendly-reader-prototype-and-designs-iisa?mode=originals&amp;page=19\">View original slide 19</a></p>"
    },
    {
      "id": "section-20",
      "title": "Reader prototype",
      "level": 2,
      "headingHtml": "Slide 20",
      "html": "<h3>Reader prototype</h3><p><img src=\"/readers/dyslexia-friendly-reader-prototype-and-designs-iisa/media/img-555611ca5e261c6e.png\" alt=\"A tablet screenshot of the prototype reader on a pale yellow page, titled “01 Foxes”, showing large widely spaced text: “We think that foxes have been living in England for a very long time. Fossils tell us that they were alive at the time of the mammoths. They can be spotted by their…”, with playback buttons at the bottom.\" loading=\"lazy\"></p><p><a href=\"/dyslexia-friendly-reader-prototype-and-designs-iisa?mode=originals&amp;page=20\">View original slide 20</a></p>"
    },
    {
      "id": "section-21",
      "title": "Prototype presets",
      "level": 2,
      "headingHtml": "Slide 21",
      "html": "<h3>Prototype presets</h3><p><img src=\"/readers/dyslexia-friendly-reader-prototype-and-designs-iisa/media/img-91652c4eaeeb46d2.png\" alt=\"A tablet screenshot of a Presets dialog listing Black on White, Black on White (low contrast), White on Black, White on Black (low contrast), Dark on Cream, Dark on Cream (low contrast), Dark on gray, Green on Black, Green on Black (low contrast) and Green on Cream, above Basic options for Text, Background and Highlight colours.\" loading=\"lazy\"></p><p><a href=\"/dyslexia-friendly-reader-prototype-and-designs-iisa?mode=originals&amp;page=21\">View original slide 21</a></p>"
    },
    {
      "id": "section-22",
      "title": "Preliminary study",
      "level": 2,
      "headingHtml": "Slide 22",
      "html": "<h3>Preliminary study</h3><ul><li>Presented to 60 students 9-11 in 5 English schools and two through Dyslexia Action centres</li><li>Prototype reader pre-loaded with short texts</li><li>Reading in class (groups of 5)</li><li>Tablet home use</li><li>Some students progressed to Moon+ Pro</li></ul><p><a href=\"/dyslexia-friendly-reader-prototype-and-designs-iisa?mode=originals&amp;page=22\">View original slide 22</a></p>"
    },
    {
      "id": "section-23",
      "title": "Preliminary study results",
      "level": 2,
      "headingHtml": "Slide 23",
      "html": "<h3>Preliminary study results</h3><ul><li>Overall positive reactions from students</li><li>Playback functionality immediately utilised by students</li><li>Most students claimed to have used the reader at home, some regularly. This is an increase over their regular reading patterns.</li><li>During sessions, students were able to answer questions about the text they read, some volunteering more information.</li></ul><p><a href=\"/dyslexia-friendly-reader-prototype-and-designs-iisa?mode=originals&amp;page=23\">View original slide 23</a></p>"
    },
    {
      "id": "section-24",
      "title": "Preliminary study results (Cont.)",
      "level": 2,
      "headingHtml": "Slide 24",
      "html": "<h3>Preliminary study results (Cont.)</h3><ul><li>Students varied in the mode they preferred to access text. Most used text-to-speech at least part of the time. Some before or after reading without it. Several only read without sound.</li><li>During sessions, sometimes students would switch from playing games to using the reader. Several calling it the ‘reading game’.</li><li>Several students admitted to listening to the texts in bed, one to falling asleep to them.</li></ul><p><a href=\"/dyslexia-friendly-reader-prototype-and-designs-iisa?mode=originals&amp;page=24\">View original slide 24</a></p>"
    },
    {
      "id": "section-25",
      "title": "Preliminary study results (Cont.)",
      "level": 2,
      "headingHtml": "Slide 25",
      "html": "<h3>Preliminary study results (Cont.)</h3><ul><li>One student described taking the tablet when visiting family members and listening while they watched “boring shows”.</li><li>Several students attributed their reading improvements to using the reader.</li><li>Many students appreciated the factual nature of the texts included but some asked for fiction.</li><li>One student admitted that even though he preferred Audible, he still listened to the texts.</li></ul><p><a href=\"/dyslexia-friendly-reader-prototype-and-designs-iisa?mode=originals&amp;page=25\">View original slide 25</a></p>"
    },
    {
      "id": "section-26",
      "title": "Preliminary study results (Cont.)",
      "level": 2,
      "headingHtml": "Slide 26",
      "html": "<h3>Preliminary study results (Cont.)</h3><ul><li>Several students asked for more texts having read all those provided (the reader came bundled with about 80 texts of 300-500 words). When asked, students in one school generated a list of over twenty books they would like included with the reader.</li></ul><p><a href=\"/dyslexia-friendly-reader-prototype-and-designs-iisa?mode=originals&amp;page=26\">View original slide 26</a></p>"
    },
    {
      "id": "section-27",
      "title": "Conclusions",
      "level": 2,
      "headingHtml": "Slide 27",
      "html": "<h3>Conclusions</h3><ul><li>Significant accessibility and usability gaps in current reader apps (even those with accessibility focus)</li><li>Speech focused reader have a huge transformative potential for struggling readers</li><li>Readers without full implementation of text-to-speech cannot be seen as accessible</li><li>Other features still need more research</li><li>Gaps in the chain of text discovery, text acquisition and reading</li></ul><p><a href=\"/dyslexia-friendly-reader-prototype-and-designs-iisa?mode=originals&amp;page=27\">View original slide 27</a></p>"
    },
    {
      "id": "section-28",
      "title": "Next steps",
      "level": 2,
      "headingHtml": "Slide 28",
      "html": "<h3>Next steps</h3><ul><li>PAIR (Producing Active and Independent Readers) – project by Dyslexia Action to introduce reading with tablets to schools</li><li>Working with reader app producers to incorporate some of these features</li><li>Working with document repositories (Load2Learn, Bookshare to integrate with reader apps)</li></ul><p><a href=\"/dyslexia-friendly-reader-prototype-and-designs-iisa?mode=originals&amp;page=28\">View original slide 28</a></p>"
    },
    {
      "id": "section-29",
      "title": "www.ilearnrw.eu",
      "level": 2,
      "headingHtml": "Slide 29",
      "html": "<h3>www.ilearnrw.eu</h3><p><a href=\"/dyslexia-friendly-reader-prototype-and-designs-iisa?mode=originals&amp;page=29\">View original slide 29</a></p>"
    }
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      "text": "Dyslexia Friendly Reader Prototype, Designs, and Exploratory Study\nDominik Lukeš\nDyslexia Action\nwww.ilearnrw.eu"
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      "text": "Outline\nDifficulties to moderate\nReader research\nCurrent state of reader apps\nTowards and ideal reader app\nDescription of a reader prototype\nPreliminary user study results\nFuture direction"
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      "text": "Dyslexic difficulties\nDecoding\nWorking memory\nRapid naming\nLong, rare words\nFocus\nVision (rare)\nSpeed"
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      "text": "Typical modification\nFont type – small impact\nColours – only useful for small numbers\nAvoid underline, ALL CAPS, italics, justify, centre – small-med impact\nFont size – big impact\nLine spacing – medium-big impact\nSmall chunks – big impact\nLists – medium impact\nStructure/outline – medium impact\nSmall amount of text displayed – big impact\nAudio – biggest impact"
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      "text": "Readers\nReaders associated with well-known e-book shops (Amazon, Kobo, iBooks, Google Play Books)\nMainstream standalone readers not associated with a particular e-book repository (Aldiko Reader, Cool Reader, FB Reader, Moon+ Reader)\nAlternative readers aimed at specific audiences or formats (Ideal Group Reader, AutoReader, SpeedReader, Repligo Reader, ezPDF Reader)"
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      "text": "Typical reader features\nBasic features for navigating the text. This includes page turning and outline navigation. However, the implementation of these features is not uniform across readers.\nAll readers also allow the user some level of customization of text display. The level of customisation varies by reader as does the interface."
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      "text": "Typical reader features (cont.)\nAccess to the basic copy of text (unless prevented by digital rights management).\nManagement of books using a library and a file browser.\nHighlighting, notes and bookmarks."
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      "text": "Features of some readers only\nText to Speech\nVaried quality\nBest implemntations (Moon+ Reader Pro, VoiceDream Reader, and ezPDF Reader)\nBuggy implementations (FB Reader, Cool Reader)\nOnline book repositories (Free, commercial, specialised – e.g. Bookshare)\nMultiple format support"
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      "text": "Rare features\nAdobe ID (for library loans access)\nPlug ins (FB Reader and Cool Reader)\nChunking and autoscroll (AutoReader and Speed Reader)\nRolling blinds"
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      "text": "Usability vs features\nFeature rich (FB Reader, Cool Reader)\nDesign and features\nMinimalist\nDesign focused (Voicedream Reader, Bluefire reader)"
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      "text": "5 General Recommendations\n1. Focus on usability and clean interface\n2. Balance feature completeness with the accessibility of key features = presets\n3. Use icons, sliders + steps.\n4. Text-to-speech is essential to accessibility and must be implemented reliably and provide basic navigation features.\n5. Controlling the amount of text displayed on screen + autoscroll"
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      "text": "Text to speech"
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      "text": "Chunking"
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      "text": "Guidance mode: Word support"
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      "number": 17,
      "image": "/readers/dyslexia-friendly-reader-prototype-and-designs-iisa/pages/page-17.png",
      "text": "Guidance mode: Text highlighting"
    },
    {
      "number": 18,
      "image": "/readers/dyslexia-friendly-reader-prototype-and-designs-iisa/pages/page-18.png",
      "text": "Guidance mode: Pre-reading activities"
    },
    {
      "number": 19,
      "image": "/readers/dyslexia-friendly-reader-prototype-and-designs-iisa/pages/page-19.png",
      "text": "Structure and navigation"
    },
    {
      "number": 20,
      "image": "/readers/dyslexia-friendly-reader-prototype-and-designs-iisa/pages/page-20.png",
      "text": "Reader prototype"
    },
    {
      "number": 21,
      "image": "/readers/dyslexia-friendly-reader-prototype-and-designs-iisa/pages/page-21.png",
      "text": "Prototype presets"
    },
    {
      "number": 22,
      "image": "/readers/dyslexia-friendly-reader-prototype-and-designs-iisa/pages/page-22.png",
      "text": "Preliminary study\nPresented to 60 students 9-11 in 5 English schools and two through Dyslexia Action centres\nPrototype reader pre-loaded with short texts\nReading in class (groups of 5)\nTablet home use\nSome students progressed to Moon+ Pro"
    },
    {
      "number": 23,
      "image": "/readers/dyslexia-friendly-reader-prototype-and-designs-iisa/pages/page-23.png",
      "text": "Preliminary study results\nOverall positive reactions from students\nPlayback functionality immediately utilised by students\nMost students claimed to have used the reader at home, some regularly. This is an increase over their regular reading patterns.\nDuring sessions, students were able to answer questions about the text they read, some volunteering more information."
    },
    {
      "number": 24,
      "image": "/readers/dyslexia-friendly-reader-prototype-and-designs-iisa/pages/page-24.png",
      "text": "Preliminary study results (Cont.)\nStudents varied in the mode they preferred to access text. Most used text-to-speech at least part of the time. Some before or after reading without it. Several only read without sound.\nDuring sessions, sometimes students would switch from playing games to using the reader. Several calling it the ‘reading game’.\nSeveral students admitted to listening to the texts in bed, one to falling asleep to them."
    },
    {
      "number": 25,
      "image": "/readers/dyslexia-friendly-reader-prototype-and-designs-iisa/pages/page-25.png",
      "text": "Preliminary study results (Cont.)\nOne student described taking the tablet when visiting family members and listening while they watched “boring shows”.\nSeveral students attributed their reading improvements to using the reader.\nMany students appreciated the factual nature of the texts included but some asked for fiction.\nOne student admitted that even though he preferred Audible, he still listened to the texts."
    },
    {
      "number": 26,
      "image": "/readers/dyslexia-friendly-reader-prototype-and-designs-iisa/pages/page-26.png",
      "text": "Preliminary study results (Cont.)\nSeveral students asked for more texts having read all those provided (the reader came bundled with about 80 texts of 300-500 words). When asked, students in one school generated a list of over twenty books they would like included with the reader."
    },
    {
      "number": 27,
      "image": "/readers/dyslexia-friendly-reader-prototype-and-designs-iisa/pages/page-27.png",
      "text": "Conclusions\nSignificant accessibility and usability gaps in current reader apps (even those with accessibility focus)\nSpeech focused reader have a huge transformative potential for struggling readers\nReaders without full implementation of text-to-speech cannot be seen as accessible\nOther features still need more research\nGaps in the chain of text discovery, text acquisition and reading"
    },
    {
      "number": 28,
      "image": "/readers/dyslexia-friendly-reader-prototype-and-designs-iisa/pages/page-28.png",
      "text": "Next steps\nPAIR (Producing Active and Independent Readers) – project by Dyslexia Action to introduce reading with tablets to schools\nWorking with reader app producers to incorporate some of these features\nWorking with document repositories (Load2Learn, Bookshare to integrate with reader apps)"
    },
    {
      "number": 29,
      "image": "/readers/dyslexia-friendly-reader-prototype-and-designs-iisa/pages/page-29.png",
      "text": "www.ilearnrw.eu"
    }
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