Quikscript
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Quikscript is a constructed alphabet intended to replace traditional English orthography. It is a revised version of the Shavian alphabet, designed to be written more quickly by hand than its predeces
The Shaw Alphabet, Quikscript, and Readspel, printed by Read's daughter Mavis Mottram
Reading
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Reading is the process of taking in the sense or meaning of the symbols of a written language, by means of sight or touch. The ability to read is called literacy.
Quikscript
…efficient because fewer pen-lifts are required. Word-shapes are more variable and distinct, which improves word recognition and increases the average reading speed. Book two of the popular Cole's Funny Picture Books, published in Australia by E. W. Cole at the turn of the 20th century, was revised in 1979 to include…
A reading muse
Volunteer reads to a girl at the Casa Hogar de las Niñas in Mexico City.
Senior reading a newspaper in Nepal
Researchers have concluded that approximately 95% of students can be taught to read by the end of the first or second year of school, yet in many countries 20% or more do not meet that expectation.