Show HN: ReadKinetic – a free, local-first speed reader for your own books

Post by dombiscoff » Thu, Jul 23, 2026, 5:36 AM UTC

SamuraiLion wrote: post #63

satvikpendem wrote: post #62

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Or someone like me who reads often, and at great volume, and wants to read more. Not everyone is like you.

That's the profile I keep bumping into, people who already read a lot and want the volume rather than a shortcut. What does your load actually look like, out of interest? I'm trying to work out where the line sits between the reading you'd want this for and the reading you'd want to slow down for. Everyone seems to draw it somewhere slightly different and I don't think I've got it right yet.

Post by satvikpendem » Thu, Jul 23, 2026, 7:33 AM UTC

dombiscoff wrote: post #81

SamuraiLion wrote: post #63

Earlier quoted context omitted.

That's the profile I keep bumping into, people who already read a lot and want the volume rather than a shortcut. What does your load actually look like, out of interest? I'm trying to work out where the line sits between the reading you'd want this for and the reading you'd want to slow down for. Everyone seems to draw it somewhere slightly different and I don't think I've got it right yet.

I ask you to question why those 'avid readers' are looking for a shortcut to increase their volume rather than a shortcut to increase their comprehension. Looking at this users are comments, his desire is simply to increase the tally rather than any genuine interest in reading.

Post by Arshad-Talpur » Sat, Jul 25, 2026, 7:16 AM UTC

SamuraiLion wrote: post #68

Arshad-Talpur wrote: post #66

The idea looks cool , i think along with optimization reading time if it also allows you set your frequency and then read the book accordingly it would really make an impact , for i sometimes want to read slowly if the topic is of my interest. Just a suggestion

We've got up and down arrows, or you can drag vertically to adjust. Funny, you're not the only one who missed that today, so the interface definitely isn't making it obvious. Fixing that is definitely a priority for me. What you're getting at, about having a separate speed for each book, that’s a good idea and worth exploring. Right now, the speed is just one setting for everything. So if you slow things down for a b…