How to present more readable text for people with dyslexia

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• dc.contributor.author Rello, Luz, 1984-
• dc.contributor.author Baeza Yates, Ricardo
• dc.date.accessioned 2021-06-09T08:20:29Z
• dc.date.available 2021-06-09T08:20:29Z
• dc.date.issued 2017
• dc.description.abstract The presentation of a text has a significant effect on the reading speed of people with dyslexia. This paper presents a set of recommendations to customize texts on a computer screen in a more accessible way for this target group. This set is based on an eye tracking study with 92 people, 46 with dyslexia and 46 as control group, where the reading performance of the participants was measured . The following parameters were studied: color combinations for the font and the screen background, font size, column width as well as character, line and paragraph spacings. It was found that larger text and larger character spacings lead the participants with and without dyslexia to read significantly faster . The study is complemented with questionnaires to obtain the participants’ preferences for each of these parameters, finding other significant effects. These results provide evidence that people with dyslexia may benefit from specific text presentation parameters that make text on a screen more readable. So far, these recommendations based on eye tracking data are the most complete for people with dyslexia.
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• dc.identifier.citation Rello L, Baeza-Yates R. How to present more readable text for people with dyslexia. Univers Access Inf Soc. 2017 Mar 1;16(1):29-49. DOI: 10.1007/s10209-015-0438-8
• dc.identifier.doi http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10209-015-0438-8
• dc.identifier.issn 1615-5289
• dc.identifier.uri http://hdl.handle.net/10230/47817
• dc.language.iso eng
• dc.publisher Springer
• dc.relation.ispartof Universal Access in the Information Society. 2017 Mar 1;16(1):29-49
• dc.rights © Springer The final publication is available at Springer via http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10209-015-0438-8
• dc.rights.accessRights info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess
• dc.subject.keyword Dyslexia
• dc.subject.keyword Eye tracking
• dc.subject.keyword Textual accessibility
• dc.subject.keyword Text customization
• dc.subject.keyword Recommendations
• dc.subject.keyword Readability
• dc.subject.keyword Text color
• dc.subject.keyword Background color
• dc.subject.keyword Font size
• dc.subject.keyword Character, line and paragraph spacings
• dc.subject.keyword Column width
• dc.title How to present more readable text for people with dyslexia
• dc.type info:eu-repo/semantics/article
• dc.type.version info:eu-repo/semantics/acceptedVersion