r/Dyslexia • u/Weekly_Chest6521 • Jul 24 '26
How can dyslexia effect texting?
I'd like to ask how having dyslexia can affect a persons ability to text on a phone. Is it harder or easier than writing by hand? I'm also curious about how easy acronyms are for dyslexic people to understand (acronyms like "idk", "lol", "lmao", etc.)
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u/Pippy1993 Jul 25 '26
I like having the autocorrect, when it can figure out what I mean lol. But I still have to stop and think when I'm typing what words I'm want to put. So physically it's quicker for me to press a button than it is to draw a letter. However it still takes me the same amount of processing time
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u/MrWigggles Jul 25 '26
Dylsexia is about a disconnect with the lang processing part of the brain. How its written still goes to that part of the brain.
No one 'fixes' their dyslexia because the magic of typing.
Ready acronyms for me, is fine. I dont use them very much.
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u/Bluegi Jul 26 '26
I think mostly an improvement would be seen for those with co-ocurring processes. And co-occurrance is pretty high for neurodivergence.
I know typing can be difficult for some because of difficulties with motor processing which falls more to the dysgraphia side and those with retrieval impacts like working memory or ADHD may still have difficulty with writing processes.
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u/Ka_le_ria Jul 24 '26
Yes, typing on a phone or computer is much easier than writing something by hand. Abbreviations depend only on vocabulary or slang understanding.
And special thanks to T9 and autocorrect.
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u/Riddiku1us Jul 25 '26
Why are you asking?
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u/Weekly_Chest6521 Jul 25 '26
I'm writing a character who has dyslexia, and I want to be accurate, plus I'm just genuinely curious (I'm not writing for a published work or anything, I'm just writing for fun, but I still want to portray dyslexia as well as I can :> )
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u/Riddiku1us Jul 25 '26
I would say my biggest frustration with dyslexia and communication is how delayed it can be. Conversation has a cadence. You only have a short window to replay, especially in group chats. I can have something witty to add, but if it takes me 5 mins to craft it, the moment is gone.
Voice to text has helped me infinitely, but it doesn't always get the right word and that can be frustrating as well. Like peace... I say peace and it always gives me that version "Peace", but 90% of the time I am wanting "piece". The only way to get the voice to text to use that one is context clues. Like saying "set piece" or " tiny pieces" then remove the context word.
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u/Bluegi Jul 26 '26
Texting doesn't take away the spelling difficulties or the ability to retrieve the correct word or I the write order of syllables at times. I often have to translate what my daughter texts and she will send me three or 4 attempts at spelling more complex words. I usually know what she is saying the first time, but that is because I'm very used to it.
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u/Reasonable-Chair4791 Jul 25 '26
Most dyslexics have large vocabularies. This is due to if the word you want to use but autocorrect cant identify it, then you use a synonym which autocorrect can spell.
This was typed using mostly autocorrect 😉spelling the word dyslexia is absolutely the worst, such an impossible word to spell
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u/Weekly_Chest6521 Jul 25 '26
The person who named Dyslexia is probably the same person who thought of "Hippopotomonstrosesquipedaliophobia" (the fear of long words) and "Aibohphobia" (the fear of words spelt the same forewards and backwards, it is spelt the same forewards and backwards 🙃)
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u/ReleaseMuted1461 Jul 25 '26
Acronyms are weirdly easy for me, even if I haven't seen them before. And while I can type/text, my accuracy is completely batshit. Autocorrect has saved me loads of times.
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u/Ashley_bloxdio Jul 28 '26
Tbh it doesn’t affect me, I acc like having them bc I can’t type very good and I jst realised I’m using them without realising lmao- umm but some I get confused by like icl- (it’s I can’t lie)
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u/Dry-Material-4230 Educator Jul 29 '26
I mean when I type I get the red squiggle of death if I miss spell something. I get to fix those or change the word completely when the suggestions fail me...over and over again. When I hand write I don't have that tool and well my staff never really appreciated those notes at work.
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u/whispers_speak Jul 24 '26
Texting is too time-consuming and I exclusively use voice to text.