Jobs for Dyslexics | Actor – Phil Duguid-McQuillan
As dyslexics we are often told that there are some jobs that we are just not suited to, or that our unique challenges may make certain professions no go areas. We at The Codpast are [...]
Five Mistakes I Made in Business as a Dyslexic Entrepreneur
Being Dyslexic is hard enough when you’ve got a job, but what about when you’re setting up and running a business? You’ve got to deal with everything from writing professional emails to making sure your accounts [...]
Famous Dyslexics: Woody Harrelson
Profile Name: Woodrow Tracy Harrelson Occupation: Actor Birthplace: Midland, Texas, USA Woody Harrelson’s performance in the 1985 series Cheers, not only acquired two Academy Award nominations but he also walked away with an Emmy Award. His [...]
Books for Dyslexics | Full House by Maeve Binchy
There were two things that drew me to Full House - first of all, throughout my childhood I distinctly remember my grandmother always reading a Maeve Binchy book. I always used to ask her what the [...]
Image to Excel Converter Review: OCR with a cool trick up its sleeve
When you’re faced with a long boring list of data, or a document filled with a mind-numbing amount of facts and figures, one of the best ways to make this information easily digestible is to create [...]
The Codpast looks back at a fantastic 2016
As the year draws to a close, we thought we’d take a look back at the highlights of our year of podcasting, blogging and public speaking. February: At the start of the year dyslexia took pole [...]
Four Things I Learned from AA Gill
As someone who stays away from the broadsheets, (I find them difficult, long winded and energy sapping) the writing of AA Gill was something I was never really aware of. But three weeks ago, I received [...]
What’s the Future for Assistive Tech?
Establishing itself as one of the go to events of the year, ATEC (The Assistive Technology Exhibition and Conference) moved ‘tup’ north for it’s second annual conference of the year. With keynotes speeches from Microsoft and [...]
Dyslexics in Film: The Edge of Seventeen
The Edge of Seventeen see's fellow dyslexic, Woody Harrelson (The Hunger Games, Now You See Me, Natural Born Killers) star as Mr. Bruner, an inspiring teacher and occasional agony-uncle. In a genre that has seen better [...]
Adobe Trials New Software That Could Revolutionise Text to Speech
If you are familiar with Text to Speech software (T2S), then you’ll know how much of a life line it is when crafting and checking your written work. I literally couldn’t write this blog without it. [...]