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Dyslexia at work
Almost every hard moment at work with dyslexia is reading or writing in front of other people, at speed. Remove the speed and the audience and most of it goes. Ask for things in advance, write in a draft nobody sees, and decline to read aloud cold.
It is the live part, not the reading
Given time and no audience, most of this is manageable. The cost lands when a document arrives in a meeting, or a message has to go now, or someone hands you a page to read out.
So the fixes are about changing the conditions rather than getting faster.
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Ask for things in advance
"Can you send that before the meeting?" is the highest-value sentence on this page, and it is a completely ordinary request that improves meetings for everyone.
Nobody asks why. Plenty of people without dyslexia ask the same thing.
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Write in private, send in public
Draft in a document, not in the message box. Read it back with text-to-speech, which catches the wrong-word errors a spellchecker cannot.
Then paste and send. The speed people see is the speed of pasting.
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You can decline to read aloud
"I would rather not read it cold — can you summarize it?" ends the request and nobody investigates.
If you want to read it, ask for a minute first. "Give me a second with this" is normal.
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The tools that actually earn their place
Text-to-speech for checking your own writing, dictation for capturing anything fast, and a font and spacing you can change. Those three cover most of it.
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Rehearse it before you walk in.
Haveo builds your intro, lets you practice out loud with an AI coach, and keeps your notes one tap away in the room. Free on iPhone and iPad.
Download Haveo — free- The dyslexia line in an email signature
What the line is for, four versions people actually use, and the honest case against having one at all. - Being asked to read something out loud
The round-the-table read, the slide you did not write, and the document handed to you in a meeting. What to say instead. - Writing emails with dyslexia
The draft-and-paste habit, why text-to-speech catches what spellcheck cannot, and how to stop re-reading a three-line message six times. - Taking notes with dyslexia
Writing fast enough to keep up, spelling names you have only heard, and being able to read it back tomorrow. - Job interviews with dyslexia
Written tests, documents handed to you on the day, and whether to say anything. What to ask for in advance. - Telling your employer you have dyslexia
What people weigh up, when they tend to say it, and how to ask for what you need without disclosing at all. - Asking for what you need at work with dyslexia
The adjustments people actually ask for, how to phrase one so it gets agreed, and what to do if it is refused.