Scrolling text | ADHD Information

When I was a kid watching Star Wars, I remember
only ever getting through the first one or two lines of
the "a long time ago..." part. I actually don't think I've
ever really read those things, so it's a good thing I
was a) good at contextual stuff and b) nerdy and read
lots of background/geek info on the saga.

Even when I'm on medication it's hard, too.
I don't have dyslexia (which must make it incredibly
worse!), so I would say it's an ADD thing.

I have the same problem with when they show a
quote on a screen for the period of time that it
"should" take "normal" folks to read it... and usually
end up missing the last 5 words at least on a short
one... I went to the "sound and light show" at the
Parliament (Ottawa) last night with some visiting
friends, and there were passages written either in
french or english and spoken in the other language,
and I had the same problem there... and they were
probably trying to leave them on LONGER for a wider
audience. Some of them were scrolling text as well.

I hate scrolling text on the news. Which is more important, the text or what they are talking about? It's so hard to ignore something which is moving along your range of vision. I don't know anyone who can read and listen at the same time and make sense out of either one.

What are they thinking? They are sabotaging their own newscasts.

I noticed earlier this week that our 24 hour news station has changed the format for their headline ticker at the bottom of the screen - it has gone from stationary to the scrolling type. Aaargh! I went nuts. I HATE scrolling text.

Scrolling text requires 100% attention, whereas cycling stationary text only requires you to glance at the screen every 4 or 5 seconds. And, with scrolling text, you can't look back at the beginning of the sentence if you get to the end and forgot what was at the beginning. It's also harder for my eyes to actually track the words.

I don't know if this is a dyslexia thing, an ADD thing, just a personal quirk, or all of the above. Curious to see responses.