Keyword Highlighting Improves Comprehension for People with Dyslexia

Abstract

The use of certain font types and sizes im-prove the reading performance of people with dyslexia. However, the impact of combining such features with the seman-tics of the text has not yet been studied. In this eye-tracking study with 62 people (31 with dyslexia), we explore whether high-lighting the main ideas of the text in bold-face has an impact on readability and com-prehensibility. We found that highlighting keywords improved the comprehension of participants with dyslexia. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first result of this kind for people with dyslexia. 1

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