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This is crap. You read a TEXT. A text is not just an array of words but an array of words linked to each other in context. So you don't get information out of
by Andi 18y ago
This is crap.
You read a TEXT. A text is not just an array of words but an array of words linked to each other in context. So you don't get information out of your text very well if you see one word after each other. It's useful to go back and re-think what you have read sometimes.
The other drawback is that information is unequally distributed in the text and some parts can be read in a quicker way than others.
Text is never linear for a human being.
So let's drop this application. You better read 1 text and get the whole context than read 3 texts in the same time without giving your brain what it wants ...
- s3graham 18y agoPerhaps a really fast scroll would make more sense, so you could see a few words to the left and right for context.
- alex_c 18y agoI think a scroll would be a lot more tiring, if your eyes have to track moving information all the time.
- bootload 18y ago"... You read a TEXT. A text is not just an array of words but an array of words linked to each other in context. So you don't get information out of your text very well if you see one word after each other. ..." That was my first reaction as well. The difference is I tried a quick experiment to see if what I thought was what was actually happening. While individual words read out do appear chunked maybe gains in reading can be made by pre-parsing the text. I noticed it was much like reading a piece of text out aloud and the only stumbling blocks long words.