• Troy00@lemmy.mlEnglish
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    1 year ago

    Old Tony, is this Nice! I read like this like im a normal Person lol.

  • Tippon@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
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    1 year ago

    I’ve found with this type of text that if I try to read it normally, I struggle to process the change between the start and end of each word, and read much more slowly. If I try to read quickly though, it flows, as if I’m skimming the words but still understanding them properly.

    It’s a very strange feeling :)

    • hemko@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
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      1 year ago

      Yeah I had a Firefox plugin earlier that turned all text to bionic, and I loved and hated it at the same time

      Especially since it feels like you’re reading in 1fps. It feels like stuttering

        • hemko@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
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          1 year ago

          I think it was bionic reader.

          I don’t want to link to the plugin, since I don’t really know if it’s safe to use so evaluate yourself

      • otter@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
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        1 year ago

        It’s a loosening of control, I think. Let the wheel turn on its own, you’re still there to steer as needed, but let the inertia do the work. 🤓

    • degen@midwest.socialEnglish
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      1 year ago

      Oddly enough, I find myself processing text with a regular font in both ways from time to time. Sometimes it flows like I’m reading half of the words but still absorbing every bit. Other times I notice the end of a paragraph and can’t tell you what I just read.

  • dan69@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    1 year ago

    I’ve also tried where text/word(s) flashes in front of you and I’ve realized that’s faster for me.

  • chocrates@piefed.worldEnglish
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    1 year ago

    This “tech” has been out for a while but I don’t know that we can easily get it on our phones and computers for general reading :(.

    Anyone know?

    • CptKrkIsClmbngThMntn [any]@hexbear.netEnglish
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      1 year ago

      I don’t know specifically of any piece of tech that does this, but it would be very very easy to code as a plugin for a book reader app or something like that. It’d be more difficult to do well in more complicated text or mixed media, like spreadsheets, PDFs, or browser pages, since you probably don’t want every piece of text on the page to have the effect.

    • YoSoySnekBoi@kbin.earth
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      1 year ago

      There’s a bionic reader extension for Firefox that works on mobile, but obvs that only works on webpages

  • ℕ𝕖𝕞𝕠@piefed.socialEnglish
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    1 year ago

    It helps me read faster, but IDK what effect it has on comprehension in a longer text. If I struggled to read I might be tempted to try it, but thankfully that’s not one of my many issues.

    • TimLovesTech@badatbeing.socialEnglish
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      1 year ago

      I personally read that passage faster than normal (2x-ish), but yeah, zero comprehension afterwards. If my brain is just filling in the blanks for the back half of every word I’m not actually “reading”, I’m solving a puzzle and then on to something else.

    • A Wild Mimic appears!@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
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      1 year ago

      I read the study @BCOVertigo@lemmy.world linked and the following statements can be made:

      for 32 university students with normal vision and without dyslexia who have not encountered bionic reading before

      • There was no statistical relevant difference between bionic and normal texts regarding reading speed and comprehension
      • There was no statistical relevant difference between faster and slower readers
      • There was no statistical relevant difference when given time to adapt to bionic reading

      but

      • in bayesian analysis there was no strong evidence for either the null- or the alternative hypothesis (meaning an effect cannot be ruled out) even tho the sample size should have been enough to do just that, meaning it could still have an effect, but it would also mean that if it did, it wouldn’t be something to recommend to someone out of the blue because the relevance for singular people is negligible
      • the study did not test people with dyslexia, ADHD or vision impairment, so for those groups no statement can be made.

      There were no studies following up on these results, so if someone wants to go for it, it’s free real estate!