Brighters
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| 01 May 2014 09:50 PM |
Hello, my name is Brighters, and I am a 12'er on ROBLOX. Now, I thought of an idea, and it's to take dyslexic friendly steps, to improve ROBLOX. This isn't an easy problem to fix, I understand. But, first, let me tell you how I thought of this idea.
Well, I am a BoD in Kestrel. When I went to interviews yesterday, I met a person with dyslexia. I was amazed by him, especially since he had better grammar than like 70-90% of the people that I ever interviewed. When I asked him if it was difficult to read the text on the screen though, he said yes. Now this concerned me, as dyslexia affects 15%-20% of the US population. That means that anyone around you, can be dyslexic. They might not understand the text as well as you do, and as a result, they might feel confused, misplaced, like they don't belong. ROBLOX supports diversity, which is why I believe this issue needs to be addressed.
So, my idea is to take dyslexic friendly steps, to improve ROBLOX. Now, Arial is fine as a dyslexic friendly font. But a Spanish study found that "Verdana, Helvetica, Courier, Arial (we already use it though) and Computer Modern, based both on reading performance and subjective preference" were the best font styles. If any italics and underlines are used on the website, I wish for ROBLOX to stop using them, and use bold instead, as dyslexic people could read the text easier. The font size should be bigger, like around 12-14, and the background should be tinted a different colour other than white, for improved readability (recommended colours are cream or any soft pastel colour), and the text should be dark.
All of these options can be available under "Account", where there you can choose 'Yes' or 'No' on the option "Choose Dyslexic Friendly Options?". If clicked yes, a box showing all the options will display, and you can check on/off every option. This means that the options that you choose will also take effect in-game.
COMMENTS: "ewwww you work at kestrel" Uh, I don't care that I work at Kestrel! This is a real problem that can be fixed, and your comment doesn't help on the mission.
"Can't someone just spend the money for some software?" Well, some people don't have the interest to pay for some $100 dollar software. If this happens, word will spread that ROBLOX has dyslexic friendly options, leading to more people playing ROBLOX.
"This is too much work for ROBLOX, they'll start losing money." Sure, they will lose SOME money, but in the long run, ROBLOX will become better, and appeal to more children, because of the fact that it is dyslexic friendly.
"tl;dr" Ain't nobody got time fo dat!
My name is Brighters, and I am striving for a better tomorrow. Thank you for reading. :)
#DyslexicFriendlyROBLOXia |
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rawyel
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Brighters
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| 01 May 2014 10:00 PM |
You think I'm 11? Maybe I am.... But if you are talking about when I joined... It says so under my avatar. |
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Brighters
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| 01 May 2014 10:01 PM |
| OH, YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT YOURSELF! XD |
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| 01 May 2014 10:22 PM |
| I support. I have Dyslexia, but it's not serious for me, I've out grown it as I've gotten older, but it was a huge problem for me when I was younger. |
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dragon172
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| 01 May 2014 10:33 PM |
Support and you're the first to ever bring this idea up. . . . Heh 12'er, That's a first for me. Only people with 0s in front of their name can say that, It don't sound right with a different number. Usually you say "oh niner, oh eighter" etc. It sounds weird saying "tener, elevener, twelver". |
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| 02 May 2014 12:03 AM |
Support. #DyslexicFriendlyROBLOXia |
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| 02 May 2014 12:10 AM |
| support. I know 3 guys who have dyslexia and want to play ROBLOX but because of their disabilities, it prevents them from receiving optimal experience. |
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Tyler269
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| 02 May 2014 12:57 AM |
| Support. I like the idea of making Roblox more accessible to more people. |
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Grievek
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| 02 May 2014 01:38 AM |
| How would a dyslexic person read this? |
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| 02 May 2014 02:31 AM |
| Support, really good idea :) |
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| 02 May 2014 05:35 AM |
support this sounds pretty cool
i've always said '10er like oh-tenner
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Brighters
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| 02 May 2014 07:00 AM |
@Gri Good point. But this is why we need these ideas implented in ROBLOX ASAP. |
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Duckywow
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| 02 May 2014 07:22 AM |
| Roblox needs this, ~Support |
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encho
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| 02 May 2014 01:47 PM |
| Support! Glad somebody is concerned with helping others. |
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Brighters
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| 02 May 2014 04:33 PM |
Support Pick Verdana 20 font type and size I got an eye problem I can't see small text of stuff but I am not dyslexic |
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Waffloid
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| 02 May 2014 04:45 PM |
tl;dr overview for people who think tl;dr something about helping people with dyslexia with unneeded statics on Spanish or something
but sounds pretty legit and cool sooo support |
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