> In this paper, Pelli and colleagues show that when reading words that have been distorted by presenting each letter in visual noise (like an out of tune television), readers do not perform as well as an 'ideal observer' who can recognise words based on their shape alone
I said being able to see the word shape is very helpful. I did not say that you can read based on the word shape alone.
I said being able to see the word shape is very helpful. I did not say that you can read based on the word shape alone.