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Computers And Technology.

Using Office - Microsoft office is the best thing that ever happened to me. Spell checker - logical spreadsheets - Visio diagrams. I'm an engineer and the tools in this software suite have made me tremendously successful! (Jim, Kansas City).

Type everything - In business and personal communications, I have learned to make sure I type everything so people have no idea that I have troubles. (M.C.R., Phoenix, Arizona).

Typing the wrong word - Thinking of the right word but typing the wrong word often occurs for me.   I say, "How are you?" But type, "Who are you?"  The most common mistake I make is switching "How" with "Who," even though I am speaking with someone I know.  Reading the sentence at least once more will eliminate the awkwardness. Spell checkers can't find that error, but you can!. (D.C., Los Angeles, CA).

Going digital - I just recently found out that I'm severly dyslexic and the ONLY way I want to work is on the computer. I find it is a completely different world. I think that dyslexics are more suited to the digital world, so digital all the way! (Brendan, Scotland, UK).

I have a clever computer program - from www.TextHelp.com - which read out loud what I have written. It helps me to spot words I have missed out. (K.C., London, U.K.)

When using a word processor for writing, if I find I cannot spell a word, I type in a smaller one with the same meaning and use the thesaurus to find the word I need. (P.P., Wellington, N.Z.)

Spelling easier on a keyboard - I find that spelling is easier when I am using a keyboard and computer. I look at the keys which seems to help me. I think that anxiety about getting the correct spelling confuses me when I write by hand. (T. B., London, UK)

Using an online dictionary - My wife is dyslexic and has told me many times that she does not know where she would be without the aid of technology.
Spell check makes it possible for her to catch many of her spelling errors.
Another great example is the way that she uses a dictionary. The search function for computer/online dictionaries is extremely helpful to her because looking up words in the dictionary manually is a very slow, difficult, and frustrating experience.
First, in order to look up a word manually, you must know how it is spelled, which is often a problem, and second you have to know where it fits in the alphabet. (E.H., MD, USA)

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