Free reading check for adults · about 8 minutes
Understand your everyday reading experience.
Reflect on reading and writing, explore practical tools, and learn about professional assessment.
This educational questionnaire summarizes what you tell us about reading and writing. It does not screen for, diagnose, or rule out dyslexia or any other condition.
- 24 questions, skip any
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- No sign-up
- Answers stay in your browser
Question 1 of 24
In the past 3 months
How often do you read written instructions more than once before you start?
For example, the steps for setting up a new phone, or a form you need to fill in.
Pick one to start. Free, about 8 minutes, no sign-up.
How it works
How the check works
Step 1
Reflect
Answer short questions about 8 everyday situations, such as written instructions, long documents and taking notes. Think about the past 3 months.
Step 2
Read it back
See your answers as plain sentences, grouped by situation. Each one shows which questions it came from. Nothing is added that you did not say.
Step 3
Go further
Start your first experiment free. The Full Reading Report adds every matched strategy, a four-week plan and a discussion pack for a professional.
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What you will not get here
Only a qualified professional can assess dyslexia. This site is a place to think and prepare, not a substitute for that.
What this can and cannot tell you- No diagnosis, screening result, likelihood or risk level.
- No score, reading age, percentile or comparison with other people.
- No reassurance that you do not have dyslexia. Few reported difficulties cannot rule anything out.
- No document for employers, schools, exams or benefits.
Free, practical, sourced
Help for everyday reading
- Free toolsFocus reader, clear writing checker, adjustment letter builder and more.
- How-to guidesTurn on text to speech, dictation and reading modes on your devices.
- Questions, answeredDiagnosis, work, spelling, fonts, overlays, ADHD and more.
- Assessment by countryWho assesses adults, how to find them, funded routes and rights.
Library
Read before, after, or instead
Dyslexia in adults
How major organizations define it, where definitions differ, and why many things can make reading harder.
Self-reflection, screening and assessment
Three different things that are often confused, side by side.
What professional assessment may involve
Who carries out adult assessments in different countries, and what to ask first.
Reading tools and accessibility features
Where to find read-aloud, dictation and reading modes, and what research says about fonts and overlays.
Every factual claim links to its source. See the sources and claims register.
Which reading situations come up most for you?
Find out in 8 minutes. Free, no sign-up, skip any question. Your answers stay in your browser.
This educational questionnaire summarizes what you tell us about reading and writing. It does not screen for, diagnose, or rule out dyslexia or any other condition.