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If you want to try it out on a PDF, I have implemented this in sioyek PDF reader: https://github.com/ahrm/sioyek You need to enable experimental features in `prefs_user.config` by adding `enable_experimental_features 1` and then enable this mode using `toggle_fastread` command within sioyek. I also experimented with more sophisticated algorithms, you can read about the experiment here: https://ahrm.github.io/jekyll/u…
ill put this here to exist
I saw the stories about Bionic Reading a few days ago and ended up going down the rabbit hole for a bit. What interested me was that it wasn't the weight of the letters that helped me read quicker but the shorter lines . The examples with and without Bionic Reading formatting were just as easy for me to read but where it fell apart was when I read something with more words per line. Put 12+ words on a line and the Bi…
I've also found narrower columns of text generally easier to read. My browser is usually a half screen so many websites display their mobile mode. I assumed it was this shorter lines effect that Pocket, Instapaper, etc put wide margins around your articles and large text.