On Dec 9, 2013 10:41 AM, "Gerard Meijssen" <gerard.meijs...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Hoi, > > Between 7 and 10% of a population is dyslexic. For them reading takes much > more effort than it does for the rest of us. As it is, the English > Wikipedia has a font available for people who are dyslexic. It is the > OpenDyslexic font. > > It is possible to configure en.wp and many other Wikipedias by clicking > somewhere... There are a few questions I would like to ask: > > - did you know this many people have a problem reading Wikipedia
Yes, though severity of dyslexia varies. I myself have a mild case. > - did you know these people can be helped with a different font Yes, I even have a browser plugin to be able to override fonts > - do you know how to configure Wikipedia to read with the OpenDyslexic > font Not from within Wikipedia itself > - do you agree that this should be more obvious and easy It would be especially nice if it were easy to toggle on and off. The open dyslexic font is visually horribly unappealing, and while it significantly reduces reading effort and increases reading speed for me, I prefer to only make the trade off when reading large bodies of text. For smaller bodies of text I prefer to use default typography, as the absolute gain is not that large to me personally. > - what can we do to raise awareness for usability in MediaWiki in > general and for dyslexia in specific > > Thanks, > GerardM > > http://ultimategerardm.blogspot.nl/2013/12/the-best-sinterklaas-gift-ever.html > _______________________________________________ > WikiEN-l mailing list > WikiEN-l@lists.wikimedia.org > To unsubscribe from this mailing list, visit: > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikien-l _______________________________________________ WikiEN-l mailing list WikiEN-l@lists.wikimedia.org To unsubscribe from this mailing list, visit: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikien-l
