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		doix on Feb 19, 2023 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Why it’s so hard to catch your own typos (2014) Slightly unrelated, but when I need to proof read something I listen to it being read aloud by TTS. It's immediately obvious when something doesn't sound right.

bujak300 on Feb 19, 2023 [–]

Reading it in reversed order, from the end to the start, word by word also helps to discover typos.

visarga on Feb 19, 2023 | [–]

You won't find other issues like fluency, repetitions, missed words that way.

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