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**Understanding how people with dyslexia interact with web 2.0**
Understand how people with dyslexia interact with web 2.0 What is dyslexia? Dyslexia (dis-**lek **-see-uh) is a learning problem some kids have. Dyslexia makes it tough to read and spell. The problem is inside the brain, but it doesn't mean the person is dumb. Plenty of smart and talented people struggle with dyslexia. For most children the awareness that something is not right with reading begins with the parent or teacher identifying it through their reading. Students began to exhibit reading problems and a physician is the first to diagnose their difficulty in reading words.

When the problem is found the child will receive educational intervention that will get them on the road to better reading and understanding. Many children love the use of technology as it moves them ahead in the 21st century learning. There are tool such as web 2.0 that has quickly emerged as the primary driving factor behind future internet growth. Social networking media sharing and knowledge tools has provided many web users with unique opportunities for open communication, collaboration and freedom to share and reuse information.

Dyslexic users enjoy the use of web 2.0 assistive technology to help and not hinder them from learning. Word usage can be really difficult for some dyslexic users and web 2.0 can help to aid in the use of their education of accessibility and usability issues that they encounter. Dyslexia student enjoy the use of text to speech tools that help them read and listen to the written words. There is another nice tool that many dyslexia users are excited about called Jott, a great new voice transcription tool. It helps students or someone with a physical disability. Jott lets users call the phone number, and say what they want and it sends you a email or text to your phone. There are so many uses of web 2.0 tools for dyslexia students. Benton, A. L., and D. Pearl. DYSLEXIA. New York: Oxford University Press, 1978. Blika, S. "Opthalmological Findings in Pupils of a Primary School with Particular Reference to Reading Difficulties." ACTA OPTHALMOLOGICA 60 (1982):927-934. web20andbeyond.wordpress.com/tag/dyslexia/ []