The discussion around accessibility has been progressing rapidly in the past couple of years. While AAA and indies alike are slowly embracing more robust features for a wider range of abilities, dyslexia is one issue that remains largely ignored or little-known despite being fairly common.
In the UK, around 10% of the population has dyslexia according to the latest official figures, representing 6.3 million people. The European Dyslexia Association estimates that between 5% and 12% of the global population is affected by dyslexia.
Lowtek's founder Alastair Low, dyslexic himself, has been working tirelessly to educate the games industry about the impact of dyslexia. A couple of weeks ago, Low won a Scottish Games Award for Dislectek, his Unity plugin that lets developers add dyslexic-friendly text-to-speech options in their games. His tech was also nominated for a TIGA Award last week.
source https://www.gamesindustry.biz/lowtek-on-tackling-dyslexia-in-games
