Nice app! Could you give some more promo codes? All of them are used.
Show HN: Early adopter of speed reading web-tools, built similar app for iOS
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Re: Show HN: Early adopter of speed reading web-tools, built similar app for iOS
#12thanks for the promo code! :)
Re: Show HN: Early adopter of speed reading web-tools, built similar app for iOS
#13Looks like all the promo codes have been redeemed at this point. Any others available?
Curious if you used the Spritz (http://www.spritzinc.com/developers/) API for this or something else? I'm able to do the 700 wpm they have on their website - look forward to trying something faster.
Re: Show HN: Early adopter of speed reading web-tools, built similar app for iOS
#14Thanks for the promo code! App works great so far.
Here's some feedback:
1. Would be nice if I could swipe left/right or up/down anywhere on the screen to adjust the speed. Hitting the tiny buttons in the corner is hard when I'm trying to focus on that one spot in the center of the screen.
2. Swiping to scrub forward/back could be nice too, in case I missed something important or want to skim a section. (One swipe direction could adjust speed, the other could adjust position.)
3. I would appreciate a setting to adjust the number of words (or characters) displayed on screen at once. I imagine the optimal amount varies per person (and I seem to recall reading somewhere that the ideal might be more than a single word).
4. The progress indicator still looks draggable while reading. I actually thought it was a speed adjustment slider at first, and I tried to drag it a few times unsuccessfully. I'd suggest either removing the nub while reading, or allowing it to be dragged even while reading.
5. I don't find the name to be very memorable or even searchable. I actually lost this post, the app was buried inside my desktop iTunes and I had a pretty hard time finding the app again.