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nmstoker ◴[] No.23262122[source]
Clearly needs to be solved and fast, and I have huge sympathy for those affected.

However to me the more interesting point is why anyone would want to submit a handwritten script when they could type it. Not to sound like an old foggey, but in my day the only people who got to type were dyslexic and it gave them a huge advantage (no doubt why so many parents were having their children tested). Even if you could write fast, why take the chance that your exam efforts could be rejected based on a marker not being able to read your writing. Add to that the ability to compose text far more easily when typing and for those with a modest amount of practice the dramatically faster rate of output and it seems really strange that everyone doesn't type them and they just avoid this problem entirely.

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1. elliekelly ◴[] No.23262231[source]
My first thought was students who don't have access to a computer outside of school. It seems like these students are taking the exam from their phones:

> But the testing portal doesn’t support the default format on iOS devices and some newer Android phones, HEIC files.