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Acknowledgements
Main point
Research testing is still active!
Pilot results show that control is never read the fastest...
Results suggests that at least 1 viable, and 1 inviable group...
All published font solutions will be open source!
Roles held
Designer, Researcher
& Study Documentor!
Teammates to thank
Dyslexic friends/ family for the roles of testers and council.
A reasonable friend for the reality check against lofty research study goals.
Chat.gpt, for being my copy-writing intern, and drafting initial test copy using my nutty prompts!
📓 Situation
THE PEOPLE & PROBLEMS
Design an academic tool for dyslexic english readers to aid legibility on digital devices...
...by offering a solution to ease the readability of fonts for dyslexics, while avoiding the current product offerings pain-points:
Text box cuts/ truncates trailing characters.
Low fidelity to typeface hierarchies.
Infantilising/ naive design aesthetics.
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PEOPLE'S PERSONAS & PROBLEM PAIN POINTS:
COMPETITIVE AUDIT & REPORT:
personas/ pains/ audits ↓
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📗 Technique
THE ROUTES & RATIONALES
Inspired by phonetic languages, I created a design solution for dyslexics which accommodate the existing comprehension structures of information design…
...by offering a formulaic solution which incorporates the benefits of:
Characters fitting within text box constraints.
Distinguishing text hierarchies by typeface.
Fidelity to any given typeface’s aesthetic.
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PROTOTYPE & DESIGN SYSTEM REASONING
MOCK-UPS, WIREFRAMES, IDEATION SKETCHES
prototype/ frames/ sketches ↓
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research plan/ test outcomes ↓
📕 Usability
THE OBSERVED OUTCOMES
The pilot test synthesised recital errors & durations of three participants...
...including two neurodivergent readers & one typical. Wider tests have been propelled by initial results showing that:
Control group was never read the fastest.
3/3 preferred minimum one altered group over the control.
Screen modes performed ~inversely.
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RESEARCH STUDY PLAN & TEST OUTCOMES
USABILITY METRICS, SUPPORTING COMPARATIVE RESEARCH
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📘 Direction
THE POTENTIAL PROSPECTS
The results from wider testing pools will help determine the efficacy & scope of publishing any font alterations as publicly available reading-aid solutions...
...without substantial results, the dreams of this project include:
Open source publishing of four fonts.
Web-browser plugin application.
Exploration of previously deprioritised design support solutions.
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POSSIBLE NEXT STEPS & PROJECT SCOPE
RECOMMENDED RESEARCH
next steps/ concept scope ↓
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📚 Yieldings
THE LEARNED LESSONS
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critique/ reflections/ lessons ↓
My biggest learning here was to re-prioritise & reduce design features in favour of time & budget constraints...
...which allowed for better research in testing of the included features. This benefited my work by teaching me to:
Own my design restrictions.
Streamline proposed research models.
Value timeliness above over-perfection.
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CONSTRUCTIVE REFLECTIONS ON WORKING EXPERIENCES
LESSONS IN RECEIVING & IMPLEMENTING FEEDBACK
End of case study!
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