Layout guidelines for web text and a web service to improve accessibility for dyslexics

One Half or 50%? An Eye-Tracking Study of Number Representation Readability

“…Next, we present the characteristics shared by the texts in each experiment: The presentation of the text has an effect on reading speed so we used the same layout for all the texts. We chose a recommended font type for reading in a screen, sans serif arial, a large size (20 points) and 62 characters/column and unjustified text and recommended color and brightness contrast using a black font with crème background [1,45]. 4 Target Numerical Expressions.…”

Mobile application to enhance writing skills ability among dyslexic children: CinTA

“…There are some criteria that have to emphasize for making an attractive design such as font size, font theme, and color. In [13] suggest some tips and guidelines for dyslexia people and it has been implemented in this application. Since dyslexic children more to illustration, imagination, tend to have a great sense humor and lots a love of fantasy worlds, the attractive design of this application plays an important role in order to attract dyslexic children.…”

“…In [13] recommending using Arial, Comic Sans Ms or, alternatives to these, Verdana, Tahoma, Century Gothic and Trebuchet using sans-serif font types for the dyslexic person to increase the reading performance. The text size also becomes the problem based on experienced by dyslexic people because the text was too small for the dyslexic people to read.…”

“…CinTA applied the cream or pastel background color as suggested in [13]. Meanwhile, in [14] said that the lots of colors and illustrations being using can get dyslexic's attention and engage them emotionally.…”

Literature Survey on Interaction Design and Existing Software Applications for Dyslectic Users

“…Because of the fact that such difficulties can be distracting for dyslectics, interaction design of systems for dyslexia has to be focused on fulfil these functionalities. On the other hand, the studies of Rello et al [14], [15], [16], Santana et al [17], Rello & Barbosa [18], and Rello & Baeza-Yates [19], [20] focused on user interface design-parameters. The recommended design-parameters allow users to highlight content of texts, adjust the size and type of fonts, the alignment of a text, the spacing of characters, the fore-and background colours, the length of texts, and its borders.…”