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Hey there fellow tl's!
I am currently 20 years old, and for as long as i can remember i have used computers, being labeled a geek when i was young, mainly because i could program in html and python at the age of 8, but thats besides the point. Anyways, despite my large computer usage i still cannot escape the fact i make a horrendous amount of typing errors, which makes me seem unintelligent and is quite frustrating when using chat programs(fb chat) or in-game when i don't have team re-read. It's made worse by the speed that i type, which is pretty dam fast as well. I always thought it would go away as i used computers more, but although ive gotten much faster my accuracy hasn't changed a bit. It probably is to do with my dyslexia, i do find that i usually write most of the letters but in the wrong order. Any had any luck improving their typing accuracy or dealing with dyslexia and typing?
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One of my old piano teachers would tell me that practice does not make anyone perfect. Only perfect practice makes your perfect. This is very true, because things like playing the piano and typing rely a lot on muscle memory. (I associate almost every word I use with a finger pattern.) If you keep doing it wrong you are not helping your fingers remember the right way to do it, so probably doing more harm than good.
My little sister is a bit dyslexic (not super bad, but she had a lot of trouble learning to read and write cause she mixed her letters up a lot at the beginning). She has a habit of saying or sounding out each word as she writes it. I think it helps her focus better on what she is writing so that she does not misspell things. Maybe that would help you?
Besides that, I guess just find something that seems to help and then practice. Practice slowly and deliberately, as slowly as you need to go to make no mistakes. Practice the same thing over and over and over until you can do it at an appropriate speed with no mistakes. This is how I always brute forced my way through difficult music passages. Eventually your fingers just remember the right way to do it and it stops being difficult.
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Blazinghand
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I don't have dyslexia myself but my father does and several of friends growing up do/did. My father is a lawyer who had a lot of trouble writing briefs and other documents when he was younger (Which is a lot of what young lawyers do). He eventually managed to get a grip on it through years of meticulous practice, but he really fixed it by becoming the head of the firm so he can just read and edit other peoples documents. :p
When you write code, do you still suffer from the same problems?
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Just something interesting to note. I am not a youngster-when I was learning to read and write in grade school (United States) my first grade teacher taught the Palmer method. However, she made each letter unique, heavier on the bottom, and worked with the three lines high. Not one child in the class had trouble reading or writing. Later as we progressed through grades, 3 people were identified as dyslexic. I really believe the early training in making each letter unique made reading and writing easier for them. The teacher was very finicky about the books we started with also. The letters were large and very bold. I am just wondering if the spatial orientation is learned young rather than being a "given". Somewhere along the way, some children may not have learned "spatial orientation". Learning to draw what is seen vs what is perceived is really noticed when drawing.
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