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Does anyone know of any assistive software aimed at people with dyslexia

On 29/02/2008, Jon Rose <jon.rose at access-summit.org.uk> wrote:
> Does anyone know of any assistive software aimed at people with dyslexia
>  using Linux?

Hi Jon,

It is an area that is currently rather under-supported in Linux but
there has been quite a bit of recent discussion in the GNOME
accessibility community. For example this thread on reading support:
http://tinyurl.com/2wpwsg.

GNOME is one of the 2 main Linux desktops and are very actively
developing accessibility support for Linux (GNOME is used in the the
most popular Linux for desktop use, Ubuntu).

Anyway GNOME have just announced a competition to attract and pay
developers to fix and develop accessibility. There might be some tasks
that interest you so it would be worth checking the website after 1
March :
http://www.gnome.org/projects/outreach/a11y/

Open Source works best when people join the community so it would be
great if you let us know what you would like to see. A good place to
start might be to put your thoughts here: http://tinyurl.com/2rbr5v
and say hello on the mail list or IRC.

CLiCk, Speak is an extension for the Firefox web browser that offers
reading support for web pages. It works on Linux, Windows or Mac.
http://www.oatsoft.org/Software/click-speak

Warm regards

-- 
Steve Lee
--
Open Source Assistive Technology
www.fullmeasure.co.uk