Co-Occurring Features of Dyslexia and Dypraxia vs The Written Word

[Gam3rG!rl]

Hi, newcomer here and first time post!
I struggle with my handwriting, it is so poor unless I really try to make it pretty and neat which is exhausting in and of itself.
My hand cramps, letters and words get mixed up, it drives me mad.
Typing, however, isn't really that much better. Either my dyslexia mixes up letters and words and gets them the wrong way around, or I type out words that don't exist because my dyspraxia makes keyboards a bit hit and miss (sometimes I can type perfectly and then other times it's like my fingers have a mind of their own.)
Both situations drive me around the bend, and it gets me down constantly. Any advice on how not to get so worked up about both typing and writing? They occur 24/7, 365 days a year so it's unavoidable.
Thanks
P.S. A lot of editing went into this post. I don't think it would be legible otherwise

[Tom fod]

Hi

Welcome to the Forum.

Have you tried text to speech and/or possibly used an AI app to help you tidy up what you've input.

As to feeling less bad, that you have both a dyspraxic and a Dyslexic goblin doing their worst, you can try to learn to.be kinder to and more patient with yourself. Sometimes your level of exasperation will eclipse this.

Be mindful of selecting all and copying to save yourself from finding your login session here has timed out.

[Gam3rG!rl]

Hi,

I've tried speech to text. It can also be a bit hit and miss and sometimes frustrating, but it is so much easier to use than a keyboard. It's not always possible to read stuff out loud into a computer or a phone though, and I do get worn out by speaking in a monologue if it goes on for too long.

I guess out of all of the options available to me, the speech to text option is the least likely to drive me crazy by the end of using it.

I'll try using it more often and see if that relieves some stress.

Thank you

[Tom fod]

Must confess I'm not a fan of my own voice either and AI can be like speaking to someone with a hearing impairment. I'm not sure thought to text would be safe for work or anywhere for myself!

Learning to be more patient with and kind to ourselves is not always easy.

[Auron]

I find just keep at it, as in, don’t use text to speech.

In more detail, I guess what I mean is;

A. Accept you will have errors

B. Doing it every day keeps your practice up.
You can get your typing/tapping/handwriting to a “B+” and keep it there by doing it a lot.

I find Grammarly is nice for helping you SEE the errors., for me, it’s not being able to see them, even when they’re right there.

I also try to keep a note of mediums that do allow editing.
For instance discord lets you edit your posts, but email does not. So I triple check my emails before sending.

[Gam3rG!rl]

Thank you for your reply to my post.

I'll give Grammarly a go and try always triple-checking my emails, but having ADHD means that sometimes emails go out before I give myself the chance to check!