Edited sentence: It means knowing the needs and abilities of readers, writers, learners and English language learners, so that human engineering can make the writing system more user-friendly.It means looking at all the asssumptions that claim that English spelling cannot be improved, and seeing how they are false.Rather it means maximising the advantages of present English spelling and removing the disadvantages.Spelling reform means making English spelling easier for users and learners internationally.This does not mean 'spelling as you speak' as is generally assumed, as that has too many problems.We read, write and learn by both ear and eye, and make use of units of meaning to help decode new words