Dyslexia and dysgraphia are two different learning disorders, but they can sometimes occur together. Dyslexia is a learning disorder that affects a person’s ability to read, write, and spell. Dysgraphia is a learning disorder that affects a person’s ability to write, including their handwriting and composition skills. While dyslexia and dysgraphia are separate disorders, they both affect language processing and can cause similar symptoms, such as difficulty with reading, writing, and spelling. Additionally, people with dyslexia are at an increased risk of developing dysgraphia, and vice versa. Therefore, it is not uncommon for someone to have both dyslexia and dysgraphia.
Are there different types of dyslexia?
Yes, there are different types of dyslexia. Dyslexia is a learning disorder that affects a person’s ability to read, write, and spell. It is the most common learning disorder, and affects people of all ages and backgrounds. Dyslexia can vary in severity, and different people may experience different symptoms. Some common types of dyslexia include phonological dyslexia, surface dyslexia, and double deficit dyslexia. Phonological dyslexia is the most common type and is characterized by difficulty with phonemic awareness, rapid visual-verbal responding, and working memory. Surface dyslexia is characterized by difficulty with word decoding and spelling, while double deficit dyslexia is a combination of phonological and surface dyslexia.
Is the brain of a person with dyslexia unique ?
The brain of a person with dyslexia is not unique in the sense that it is fundamentally different from the brains of people without dyslexia. However, brain imaging studies have shown that people with dyslexia have differences in the way their brain processes language compared to people without dyslexia. These differences are thought to be the underlying cause of the reading and language difficulties experienced by people with dyslexia.
Ghotit Approved for Windows 11 SE, School Edition
Windows 11 SE is an edition of Windows designed for education as a competitor to Chromebooks.
Windows SE runs on devices that use essential educational apps.
Ghotit Real Writer & Reader is one of a handful of approved applications for this unique version.
About Windows 11 SE – https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/education/windows/windows-11-se-overview
FAQs about Windows 11 SE educational program – https://edudownloads.azureedge.net/msdownloads/FAQ_Windows_11_SE_EDU_V04.pdf
Polysyndeton Writing
Polysyndeton is a literary device that uses multiple repetitions of the same conjunction (and, but, if, etc), most commonly the word “and.”
Polysyndeton is usually grammatically correct.
Reading Polysyndeton sentences slows the reading pace and is not recommended.
Example of a Polysyndeton sentence and Ghotit corrections:
Original sentence:
Dana invited her new boyfriend to her party with all her friends and they all brought gifts and they played computer games and it was a nice party.
Ghotit Corrected sentence:
Dana invited her new boyfriend to her party with all her friends. They all brought gifts. They played computer games. It was a nice party.
Original sentence:
Erica threw her boyfriend a party and all his friends came, and they all brought presents and they ate a cake and they played video games and they made a mess and no one helped her clean it up and it was a really long day.
Ghotit Corrected sentence:
Erica threw her boyfriend a party. All his friends came. They all brought presents and ate a cake and played video games. They made a mess. No one helped her clean it up. It was a long day.
Additional information regarding Ghotit writing assistance can be found at:
Ghotit spelling corrections
Ghotit grammar corrections
Ghotit punctuation corrections
Ghotit style & clarity
Sentences, Keep Them Short!
Long sentences take more energy to process than shorter ones. So, why put unnecessary burden? Just like words, sentence length and rhythm are linguistic tools at the disposal of a writer.
Long and convoluted sentences affect comprehension and readability.
Period. Without careful crafting, they can be hard to understand.
Still, too short sentences produce choppy writing, flawless and simplistic . Over-shortened sentences hinder the expression of complex ideas.
A set of short sentences convey complex information much more effectively than a single, overloaded, sentence. They break the information into smaller, easier-to-process units.
Sentences overburdened with dependent clauses and exceptions confuse the audience, You can’t see the forest from the trees..
Examples:
Original text:
The highways were covered with ice therefore school was canceled.
Corrected by Ghotit:
The highways were covered with ice; therefore, school was canceled.
Original text:
It is very painful for me to be forced to speak the truth actually it is the first time in my life and I am really quite inexperienced in doing anything of the kind.
Corrected by Ghotit:
It is very painful for me to be forced to speak the truth; actually, it is the first time in my life, and I am really quite inexperienced in doing anything of the kind.
Original text:
I was in my bedroom on my computer doing my homework then suddenly my computer started doing funny things.
Corrected by Ghotit:
I was in my bedroom on my computer doing my homework; then suddenly, my computer started doing funny things.
Original text:
I fell in my room then, my sister took my candy.
Corrected by Ghotit:
I fell in my room; then, my sister took my candy.
Original text:
Being jet lagged is no fun, it can cause people to not function properly.
Corrected by Ghotit:
Being jet lagged is no fun. It can cause people to not function properly.
Original text:
It can in fact serve for educational purposes that is why it should be up to the administrators.
Corrected by Ghotit:
It can, in fact, serve for educational purposes; that is why, it should be up to the administrators.
Original text:
I can indeed confirm that the app will be downloaded on a school iPad we are really looking forward to testing your different products.
Corrected by Ghotit:
I can indeed confirm that the app will be downloaded on a school iPad. We are really looking forward to testing your different products.
Original text:
During sixth and seventh grade I went to the middle school they had an after school activity called the Club.
Corrected by Ghotit:
During sixth and seventh grade, I went to middle school. They had an after school activity called the Club.
Original text:
When I get home, i won’t have to do it i can just go outside and play and don’t have to stay.
Corrected by Ghotit:
When I get home, I won’t have to do it. I can just go outside and play and don’t have to stay.
Original text:
In conclusion working in groups is not a good idea, let the students work by themselves and get the work done much easier.
Corrected by Ghotit:
In conclusion, working in groups is not a good idea. Let the students work by themselves and get the work done much easier.
Overcome fused sentence mistakes
Many dysgraphics handle purely fused sentences.
What is a fused sentence?
In a fused sentence the author mistakenly joins two independent clauses without assigning a punctuation sign. Consequently, the reader can’t acknowledge where one idea ends and another begins.
Ghotit replaces fused sentences with a simpler and a more straightforward form.
Examples:
Original: The roads were covered with snow therefore school was canceled.
Corrected: The roads were covered with snow; therefore, school was canceled.
Original: I went to school although I was feeling bad in fact I had bronchial pneumonia.
Corrected: I went to school although I was feeling bad; in fact, I had bronchial pneumonia.
Original: You will receive from a good friend of mine credentials to his account please use the info confidently.
Corrected: You will receive from a good friend of mine credentials to his account. Please use the info confidently.
Original: You are right it does get very hot.
Corrected: You are right. It does get very hot.
How come fluent speakers write poorly?
Quite frequently you meet impressive people, ideal partners for discussions, who manage to expressive their views using rich vocabulary, who know how to fit the exact terms to their views, best partners for exchanging views. You send them an email and, and, surprise, surprise, their response exhibits poor choice of words, misspelled terms, awkward syntax. You ask yourself, how come? Was I misled by his or her discourse? Well, the answer is no, your first impression was right. He or she is not dumb. He or she suffer from a common disability, dyslexia and/or dysgraphia.
Quite frequently dyslexics show a blunt mismatch between written and verbal abilities.
What explains this mismatch? This selective retrieval? The main reason for this phenomenon is quite trivial, this person uses a subset of his vocabulary, those words he or she spells correctly.
By offering a set of alternative terms Ghotit assists you, the dyslexic or dysgraphic, to expand your writing vocabulary and thereby demonstrate your real capabilities.
In the above example the writer is using the word problem 3 times. Ghotit offers five terms to the term “problem” helping you replace it in fit with text context.
Ghotit Statistics/Analytics
All educational software in the market claim effectivity. All provide promises. Most of them fail to let you, the user, ways to check it. We are the exception, we do it!
Our mission at Ghotit is to help dyslectics and dysgraphics to read and write freely. The new version, Ghotit 10, provides any user with a new tool, a statistical method to measure our effectivity, our usefulness for you, not just for an abstract “average user”.
In the new version, Ghotit 10, we introduced Ghotit Analytics (usage statistics) which allows you to see how effective we are for you. This analytic tool can, for example, track how many words you have checked in a given period and what is the percentage of words that needed correction.
From the above graph, we learn that in a very short time the user is checking more and more text, indicating expansion of writing volume. In the beginning, the frequency of words needing correction is quite small, around 750 words. The figure is rapidly growing to 4000, probably since he or she is using wider vocabulary and/or writing more pieces of text.
With Ghotit Real Writer & Reader 10 you will be able to track all aspects of you writing and reading skills.
Dyslexia Keyboard App – Added Dictation and Correction by Paragraphs.
Dyslexia Keyboard App is an iOS/iPadOS custom software keyboard helping users with dyslexia and dysgraphia to write, proofread and correct texts.
An important feature of the Dyslexia Keyboard App is its unique Quick-Spell Word-Prediction that increases writing speed by successfully predicting intended words and providing instant correction upon the first typed misspelled letters.
After writing an essay or an email using Word-Prediction or Dictation, text correction is still required mainly to fix possible confused words and to add punctuation. The keyboard corrects texts by using the patented Ghotit Text Correction Engine. It fixes misspelled and confused words, homophones, grammar and punctuation errors.
The new feature added to the Dyslexia Keyboard App is Text Correction by Paragraphs. It corrects several sentences by a single run and increases productivity of fixing issues.
Another newly added feature is Dictation you can now activate directly from the Dyslexia Keyboard. Long tap the microphone image at the space-bar, and the dictation page appears. Dictate there and insert the dictated text to your original app by tapping on the “Apply the Dictated Text” button.
Floating Keyboard is a great feature added by Apple to iPadOS-13 (iOS-13) for the iPad-Pro and new iPad devices, and it’s now supported by Dyslexia Keyboard app. Positioning keyboard with predicted words close to the point of writing has advantages for many writers since it helps them to focus their attention on a writing area on screen and not to cope with breaking line of sight by looking at predictions located far below.
Order Dyslexia Keyboard at iTunes:
https://apps.apple.com/us/app/dyslexia-keyboard/id1160080528
Another option is to order “Dyslexia and Dysgraphia App Kit for iPad” bundle that includes two apps: Dyslexia Keyboard App and Ghotit Real Writer App, our Dyslexia-friendly editor:
https://apps.apple.com/us/app-bundle/dyslexia-and-dysgraphia-app-kit/id1342134715
Both Ghotit apps are Educational Apps with bulk educational pricing available for schools, districts and colleges.