As mentioned in previous blogs, my dyslexia/dyspraxia means the only way I can do my exams is by using speech recognition. Speech recognition software is trained specifically by each user and the hardware also has to be personalised. Changing the microphone or sound card can make the difference between good and terrible accuracy. For this … Read more about ‘Can the use of different colours help usability?’
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Bibliographies and reams of electronic photocopies
In a previous blog I wrote about the pros and cons of the Bibliography function in Microsoft Word. Overall I think this built-in feature is very useful, certainly quicker than the alternative of manually writing the Bibliography.
Despite being more or less happy with the word Bibliography I thought I would try a … Read more about ‘Bibliographies and reams of electronic photocopies’
Let the computer read for you
For many dyslexics such as myself, reading can be an arduous task. I was unable to read a book until I was 15, I can still remember walking through the London Underground with my parents, not having a clue what any of the writing on the posters said. Even now! I find large amounts of … Read more about ‘Let the computer read for you’
Bibliographies
At university, the one thing more time-consuming than writing essays is writing the Bibliography for the essay. Thankfully, long gone are the days when during an essay you had to write your Bibliography manually, which meant writing the author’s name, the year of publication in brackets, next to your quote the go all the way … Read more about ‘Bibliographies’
Online should really mean ‘online’
As part of my second year university course, we have to do a Careers module. The motives for this course are good as it is obviously to encourage us to start thinking about and planning for the future. Part of the first assignment required us to do a personality test (Myers-Briggs Type Indicator) which they … Read more about ‘Online should really mean ‘online’’
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