The dyslexia line in an email signature
It is one line under your name saying you are dyslexic, so a typo is read as a typo rather than carelessness. It works best when it is short and matter-of-fact — a long apology invites the judgement it was meant to prevent.
What it is actually doing
It changes how an error is interpreted. Without it, a wrong word reads as sloppy; with it, it reads as a known thing about how you write.
It also means you do not re-read a short message six times before sending, which is the larger daily saving for most people.
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Four versions people use
- Plain. "I am dyslexic. Please excuse any typos."
- Shorter. "Dyslexic — apologies for any typos."
- Confident. "Sent with dyslexia. The ideas are sound, the spelling may not be."
- Neutral. "I am dyslexic, so occasional typos get through. Happy to clarify anything."
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Keep it to one line
Two lines starts to read as a disclaimer, and a disclaimer invites the reader to start looking. One line is a fact stated once.
Put it under your name and contact details, not above them.
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The case against
- You are disclosing to everyone you email, permanently, including people you have not met. That is a real decision and it is not reversible for messages already sent.
- Some people find it changes how clients read them. Others find it removes a background anxiety entirely. Both are common and neither is wrong.
- A middle option: use it internally and not on external mail.
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If you would rather not
Draft in a document, use text-to-speech to read it back, then paste. That removes the errors rather than explaining them, and it discloses nothing.
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