Easiread Limited
Objective
Easiread aims to improve reading fluency for people with all kinds of reading difficulties, and thus to enable them to learn independently with personalised setting, and to widen their options for reading. We believe everyone should have equal opportunities to obtain information. We strive to enhance reading process and make it more comfortable for everyone. This will help people obtain information faster and more sufficient.
Project Summary
By researching on various problems of reading difficulties and existing dyslexia-friendly designs, the findings indicated that there are no two dyslexics alike. This insight inspires the development of a typography generator to offer a variety of options and enable custom adjustment for the readers. For this project, Easiread – a prototype typography system with preset functions to help with problems of letter recognition, reading flow and visual stress has been created. Users can test and use Easiread in Google chrome to make custom-adjustments according to their needs for online text. They can also output the adjusted text if they prefer to read it in prints version. In the future with more technological supports, Easiread can be developed to support more languages and to include features like Optical Character Recognition (OCR) for printed books.
Easiread aims to improve reading fluency for people with all kinds of reading difficulties, and thus to enable them to learn independently with personalised setting, and to widen their options for reading. We believe everyone should have equal opportunities to obtain information. We strive to enhance reading process and make it more comfortable for everyone. This will help people obtain information faster and more sufficient.
Project Summary
By researching on various problems of reading difficulties and existing dyslexia-friendly designs, the findings indicated that there are no two dyslexics alike. This insight inspires the development of a typography generator to offer a variety of options and enable custom adjustment for the readers. For this project, Easiread – a prototype typography system with preset functions to help with problems of letter recognition, reading flow and visual stress has been created. Users can test and use Easiread in Google chrome to make custom-adjustments according to their needs for online text. They can also output the adjusted text if they prefer to read it in prints version. In the future with more technological supports, Easiread can be developed to support more languages and to include features like Optical Character Recognition (OCR) for printed books.
Team Member(s)
Yau Sau Mei Sammy (School of Design)
Kubasheva Ainur (Faculty of Business)
Kubasheva Ainur (Faculty of Business)
