Reading

Contrary to some assumptions, according to a study the special typeface “Dyslexie” does not statistically help people with dyslexia when reading. Youki Terada writes in »Do Dyslexia Fonts Actually Work?« for edutopia.org In a separate 2018 study, researchers compared another popular dyslexia font—Dyslexie, which charges a fee for usage—with Arial and Times New Roman and found no benefit to reading accuracy and speed. As with the previous dyslexia font, children expressed a preference for the mainstream fonts. “All in all, the font Dyslexie, developed to facilitate the reading of dyslexic people, does not have the desired effect,” the researchers concluded. “Children with dyslexia do not read better when text is printed in the font Dyslexie than when text is printed in Arial or Times New Roman.” ...

The YouTube channel Bad Lip Reading redubs footage to create funny videos. This week it’s Apple’s turn with its product presentations. Very entertaining. Thanks Stephen The text was automatically translated from German into English. The German quotations were also translated in sense.

I finally managed to read the book 1984 from George Orwell. I’m almost ashamed I only read it now, because it’s really good and still so relevant. It’s impressive how prophetic George Orwell already was in 1948. In many respects his theories are still applicable to today’s fear of constant surveillance. A really great story that everyone should read. “The old civilizations claimed to be founded on love or justice. Ours is founded on hatred.” — “1984” by George Orwell ...