Esay Raed

snoopy

Aoccdrnig to a rscheearch at Cmabrigde Uinervtisy, it deosn't mttaer in waht oredr the ltteers in a wrod are, the olny iprmotnat tihng is taht the frist and lsat ltteer be at the rghit pclae. The rset can be a total mses and you can sitll raed it wouthit a porbelm. Tihs is bcuseae the huamn mnid deos not raed ervey lteter by istlef, but the wrod as a wlohe. Amzanig huh?

luca

I heard about that. But I don't think it's true. I have trouble reading that - it takes me probably twice as long to read it if it's all garbled like that.

curiousuburb

dyslexics of the world untie!

ibrowse

As of two days ago there's a piece of paper on my refrigerator with that printed out on it, I don't know where it came from but I just about punched the damn thing.

murbot

I read that at the same speed I would normally. Freaky.

brussell

It's cool, but if I see it again I'm going to stick a well-sharpened pencil into my ear.

curiousuburb

works in english.

don't go mixing radicals in your kanji, though.





When I teach copywriting, I always recommend proofreading in reverse to catch typos.

I'm guessing your spell checker hemorrhaged.



any dyslexics find it better or worse?

matsu

worked flawlessly, though I'm probably a bit dyslexic myself. Self diagnosis probably isn't a great idea, but I've noticed that many typos I make consistently seem to be an error of my fingers and not my mind, especially affixations/inflections. In my mind, I say the right word, but somehow I often type the root instead. I realize it immediately upon re-read, but I do it often.

outsider

I read it about as fast as if it was normal. I saw an email like this a while ago.

scott

Quote:

Originally posted by curiousuburb

works in english.

don't go mixing radicals in your kanji, though.





When I teach copywriting, I always recommend proofreading in reverse to catch typos.





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I use that one too. I read too fast because I know what I wrote and thus skip over teh typos.

pfflam

Quote:

Originally posted by curiousuburb

works in english.

don't go mixing radicals in your kanji, though.





When I teach copywriting, I always recommend proofreading in reverse to catch typos.

I'm guessing your spell checker hemorrhaged.



any dyslexics find it better or worse?

Im dyslexic and found it an easy read . . . felt like normal . . .

wrong robot

fnillay tihs avirred at AO, I was cnsodirneg ptsonig it aoubt a week ago, but srughegd it off, at laest smoenoe did it.





I haev been tpynig lkie tihs off and on a lot snice I raed taht tinhg, It is good for wehn I am IM'ing smeoone who deosn't tpye as fsat as me, cusae tihs sowls me dwon.

eugene

I find the gist of this disingenuous (when I read it on Slashdot about a WEEK ago). It's not just because we read words as a whole but also because words are associative in full sentences. Given a mock, nonsense paragraph, it would be harder to read any of the words. Obscure word origins and lengthier words also factor into this. Words made up of two or more separate words are also harder to read when jumbled...for a reason. We often read those compound words separately.

luca

Looking at the misspellings used in the original example, it appears as though all the letters near the beginning of the word are still near the beginning, and the ones near the end are still near the end. That makes it much easier to read. It took me FOREVER to read Wrong Robust's post because he doesn't do that.



I think this "study" is BS.

snoopy

I fuond an erorr in the thrid and foruth wrods. It shuold raed "rsearech" or "a rseareechr." Tehre is an etrxa "ch" in the wrod "rscheearch." I got tihs form an emial.

grammaticus

Whn I ws a stdnt at Unvrsty, we usd ths mthd of shrthnd 2 wrt. Mst wrds cn stll B undrstd wth/t v~wls.

I mstly wrks OK



Funny thing is most people can read upside down..too it just takes a littl practice..





But here is a challenge.



YRT GNIDAER TI SDRAWKCAB ...



or to be more difficult...& correct



SDRAWKCAB TI GNIDAER YRT































( Try reading it backwards )

wrong robot

Quote:

Originally posted by Luca Rescigno

Looking at the misspellings used in the original example, it appears as though all the letters near the beginning of the word are still near the beginning, and the ones near the end are still near the end. That makes it much easier to read. It took me FOREVER to read Wrong Robust's post because he doesn't do that.



I think this "study" is BS.

you're the first person I have seen have trouble with this, of all the people I type to in that gibberish style no one has yet had any problems reading it.



strange...

br

Quote:

Originally posted by Luca Rescigno

I heard about that. But I don't think it's true. I have trouble reading that - it takes me probably twice as long to read it if it's all garbled like that.

I had no problem at all. Same speed. Very fast. Seems like the problem is on your end.

luca

Hmm... well, sometimes it seems like I can read it almost as fast as normal type, and sometimes it takes me quite a while analyzing the word to determine what it is. I'm also pretty fast reading one of the phrases for a second or third time, even if I don't remember the exact text.

outsider

People don't usually read letter by letter, they just take the whole word in. Also, if that was in all Caps (TOTALLY UNIFORMLY SHAPED WORDS), it would make it much harder. Lower case letters have highs and lows that help our brain distinguish words faster.



AOCCDRNIG TO A RSCHEEARCH AT CMABRIGDE UINERVTISY, IT DEOSN'T MTTAER IN WAHT OREDR THE LTTEERS IN A WROD ARE, THE OLNY IPRMOTNAT TIHNG IS TAHT THE FRIST AND LSAT LTTEER BE AT THE RGHIT PCLAE. THE RSET CAN BE A TOTAL MSES AND YOU CAN SITLL RAED IT WOUTHIT A PORBELM. TIHS IS BCUSEAE THE HUAMN MNID DEOS NOT RAED ERVEY LTETER BY ISTLEF, BUT THE WROD AS A WLOHE. AMZANIG HUH?

matt danger

I've heard that whenever you write in all caps it reduces the readability by 20%