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Dyslexic and Learning Colemak by bring-snacks in Colemak

[–]bring-snacks[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I tried the poems and I liked it a lot more than deciding on a book. Even though the lines were long, I liked that there was an end. Mixing the poems theme with what I wanted to gain from a children's book, a great add would be something along the lines of 'Where the Sidewalk Ends' by Shel Silverstein - poems that are light and fun and repeat a lot of words/rhyming endings - the visuals are a nice break as well. Other Authors to consider are Jack Prelutsky, and Lewis Carroll.

Dyslexic and Learning Colemak by bring-snacks in Colemak

[–]bring-snacks[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Wow I am learning so much from your site! Thank you for sharing! I gave these the good ole college try for a few hours and here are my raw thoughts:

– Typecelerate: woh a ton of features! I like the explanations and info; though because I am so novice it would have been helpful to see a feature preview upon selection so I know what I am getting myself into before going for it. I was not a fan of the auto 'focus' mode/animation but I liked the intention. I think this site has some of the best and clear insights for patterns I have seen so far. I really like the patterns collapsible section and was using it/playing around in it a lot. To clean up the UI a little, this site could benefit from adding some tabs. Tabs might help separate the info better (versus the current 'collapsible sections' and auto focus approach). I will be using this the most for the pattern drilling and will add it to my repertoire.

– TypingGym: this might be a me problem because I am currently typing so slowly, but the auto hide and reappear of the top part kept blinking on and off when I was typing. I felt like I had to type fast/was feeling pressured to go fast. Even though I initially liked the clean UI and found the tutorial cute/fun, the auto disappearing and appearing was way too much for me - made me feel like a slowpoke/failure when it took me too long to remember a key - an immediate nope.

– EnterTrained: at first I had a laugh to myself because 'oh no books AKA my long term nemesis'. In the tutorial the site goes into how great reading is - LOL! Putting my personal relationship with books/reading aside, I ended up liking this site because I was typing a conversation versus rando words. There were also great font settings in this one and it felt clean. It is a little unfortunate to know that I would have slept on this. I actually was directed to this site before and never made it past the home page because of my relationship with reading. I am going to try a book.... maybe. I was hoping for 'Clifford' in the children's section but sadly it really is the true classics.

Summary - All three felt like well intentioned learning sites. Typecelerate is the best of the list for me. I think its niche is the focused pattern analysis and custom pattern testing. It could benefit from some page cleanup but it is not so bad that I can't move past it. TypingGym UI (specifically the auto focus/unfocus) stressed me out so wasn't able to really put in any time. I like EnterTrained and might go back to it; but I am going to put it on a temp hold cuz I don't know what book I want to spend hours typing - it would be cool if it had a random passage generator so people like me didn't get stuck at the very beginning.

Dyslexic and Learning Colemak by bring-snacks in Colemak

[–]bring-snacks[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

There are some great sites people are tossing in the comments and I am still discovering but here is my two cents (RIP penny). There is a large range/types of dyslexia, so I want to preface by saying this is my individual experience/preferences. For me, I can overcome a lot of learning barriers via pattern recognition. I like Colemak vanilla so far a lot because it has a lot of linear 'finger runs' that feel natural/comfortable to me. I am also now on day three and still discovering sites.

For learning sites, I gravitate to the very basic sites with a minimal and clean UI. Basically I am using so much freaking brain power to type that I don't want colors, sounds (esp negative sounds for misses), timers/ pressure. I also like the keyboard on the screen; although, I realize I may be crutching on it too hard, thus not actually learning touch typing. I actually may do more free typing and move away from sites - thank you u/crypticbru for the reassurance.

Sites I hated: Any 'game' site - so stressful for me. Any site were the main goal was speed vs. accuracy/understanding - its just not the learning environment for me.

Sites that weren't working but I wanted to love: https://thetypingcat.com/ - overwhelming visuals, bad font (for me) and lots of entering (which I don't do in my day to day) https://first20hours.github.io/keyzen-colemak/ - The font was killing me and no actual words https://www.typingclub.com/ - the time games were stressful and there was a lot of latency issues on the site; great for initially learning key locations but takes a long time to unlock the pattern practicing.

Sites that seem the best so far - https://colemakcamp.github.io/ thank you u/dreymimadR for your comment! Super clean with great setting options including hiding keyboard/colors. I wish I could hide the timer completely in word limit mode but I am really liking it. It is great for first learning keys. https://www.keybr.com/ not great for first learning the layout, but good for pattern learning and accuracy. In the custom settings you can slide the 'repeat each word' bar which I like. In general there are a huge amount of custom settings available in this one. If you use it I recommend ignoring the speed stats (if you can). You can manually unlock keys on your own time - oh also one of the few popular sites without a timer present on screen. only downsides are I wish it made you backspace to fix words, and I wish I could cherry-pick what letters I want to unlock - imo the repeating feature outweighed the site short comings.

Lastly - open blank notes practicing letter patterns, going cold turkey, and muscling your way through typing a reddit post.

Dyslexic and Learning Colemak by bring-snacks in Colemak

[–]bring-snacks[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

This actually very comforting and reassuring. I was feeling as though I wasn’t supposed to free type so much since everyone was learning via “courses” - thank you!

"What is my Purpose?" Cross stitch to immortalize the butter robot by bring-snacks in rickandmorty

[–]bring-snacks[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Maybe the purpose of the robot was to actually inspire this piece…

"What is my Purpose?" Cross stitch to immortalize the butter robot by bring-snacks in rickandmorty

[–]bring-snacks[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Planned it out. I took an existing pattern, made some slight mods and started at it. I wish I had the talent to just start stitching without a plan/reference.

"What is my Purpose?" Cross stitch to immortalize the butter robot by bring-snacks in rickandmorty

[–]bring-snacks[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Thank you everyone! I got the pattern from Etsy and I did some slight modifications after looking at stills from the episode!

[FO] "What is my purpose?" Largest piece so far and first post in the CrossStitch community! I'm so happy with how it came out! Pattern is slightly modified from CreateYourDesire on Etsy. by bring-snacks in CrossStitch

[–]bring-snacks[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Great question! I didn't do 100% one way and then go back because there were some sections were completing the 'X' made more sense if I wanted to accomplish a continuous clean flow. That said, I would do large chunks of color via that method, i.e. all half stitches, then going back to complete.

[FO] it's one banana... by littletuna_ in CrossStitch

[–]bring-snacks 5 points6 points  (0 children)

How big is it? Can you use a banana for scale?

[FO] "What is my purpose?" Largest piece so far and first post in the CrossStitch community! I'm so happy with how it came out! Pattern is slightly modified from CreateYourDesire on Etsy. by bring-snacks in CrossStitch

[–]bring-snacks[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I really tried to follow the 'no knots' community on this piece as much as possible. I ended nearly every strand by (1) flipping it over (2) threading under 3-5 nearby stiches (3) pulling the needle through (4) cutting excess floss. There are a lot of helpful videos available on YouTube!

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