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Grammar checker could be a port of Languagetool from java to native. http://www.languagetool.org/development/ JLanguageTool in the cvs is the current java form. Grammar checker is an important tool. My form of dyslexia I don't just do letter swapping in words that spell checkers detect. I do full spelling correct word swapping. Basically wrong word. Or worse all words in sentence spelling right but words order wrong. Grammar checks will show me more errors. Ok not 100 percent but it give better chance at a perfect document. These problems appeared in me after treatment to reduce dyslexia.

Fonts for dyslexia. I am sorry to say. There is no ideal font for all dyslexia people. http://scripts.sil.org/Andika I am sorry to say for me is worse than Times New Roman. Reason when rendered Times New Roman has more perfectly straight edges and renders without as much edge blurring. The blurring is a detraction that draws the my eyes away from what it should be doing. I would suggest old style terminal fonts. I never had font issue on old dos machines. But they might be too ugly for this day an age. Lexia has the same kinds of issues with me not quite as bad as Andika. Basically with my form of vision less curves the better. Reason why old terminal fonts suited me better.

You might be able to get maybe 2 or 3 fonts that cover most dyslexia people. One for sure has to be a very old school dos/terminal font style. Least number of curves as able. The lowest amount of blurring. Blurring also can cause eye strain the longer you use screen.

One feature I would love is the means to swap font in document without changing it. Person sends me a document using a font I visually cannot use. I can swap it to what I can use edit it remove the font. Current day I have to note down font and change the document and remember to change it back. One option might be fonts with the same font metrics but different looks. So they react the same in layout. That way user could choose the best font for their eyes and brain processing.

--oiaohm (Peter Dolding)--