Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.1 6/24/83; site utah-cs.UUCP Path: utzoo!linus!philabs!cmcl2!seismo!utah-cs!halff From: halff@utah-cs.UUCP (Henry M. Halff) Newsgroups: net.cog-eng Subject: Re: dyslexia Message-ID: <3508@utah-cs.UUCP> Date: Wed, 30-Oct-85 10:10:57 EST Article-I.D.: utah-cs.3508 Posted: Wed Oct 30 10:10:57 1985 Date-Received: Fri, 1-Nov-85 02:39:00 EST References: <2246@iddic.UUCP>, <481@cxsea.UUCP> Organization: Halff Resources, Inc. Lines: 31 From doc@cxsea.UUCP (Documentation ) Fri Oct 25 14:08:03 1985 Subject: Re: cognitive-engineering, connectionism, etc. ...really flame-ola Organization: Computer X Inc., Seattle, Washington. > > I've been learning about dyslexia. I know a few people who are dyslexic, > and I've been attempting to devise some exercises for them on a Macintosh > using MacDraw/Paint, as a means of mapping how they process and respond to > visual cues. Has anyone else explored this? Any observations to share? > Well, as something of a cog, I'm pretty sure that there are more kinds of dyslexia than anyone cares to think about. But one approach that struck me as being novel and easy was mentioned to me by someone who just happened to have a PC and a neighbor with a dyslexic child. She said that the child really liked to play with ELIZA, that program that provides a somewhat offensive dialogue based on keyword analysis of the user's (??) input. It struck me that dyslexics might profit from the sort of low level feedback they could get from programs that would let them see their own typing and would respond to it in some interesting fashion. ELIZA is really pretty obnoxious in most implementations, but we have a version that runs on the mac which is customizable in that you can write your own rules for recognizing and responding to the user. I've thought about doing something with it for dyslexics, but I have neither the time nor the dyslexics to work with. Someone else out there in netland might be interested. -- Henry M. Halff Halff Resources, Inc. halff@utah-cs.ARPA 4918 33rd Road, N., Arlington, VA 22207