A Chrome extension for bionic reading on any website

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Post by instagraham » Mon, May 23, 2022, 4:48 AM UTC

A Chrome extension for bionic reading on any website
github.com

Re: A Chrome extension for bionic reading on any website

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Post by instagraham » Mon, May 23, 2022, 4:56 AM UTC

In case you missed the hype, ADHD twitter has been posting a lot about bionic reading:

https://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/what-is-bionic-readin...

Re: A Chrome extension for bionic reading on any website

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Post by DantesKite » Mon, May 23, 2022, 6:55 AM UTC

It's a bit strange reading that font style. It almost feels like my brain understands it unconsciously before I do. Like suddenly strapping on ice skates and going 20mph.

Re: A Chrome extension for bionic reading on any website

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Post by hexomancer » Mon, May 23, 2022, 7:03 AM UTC

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/update/2022/04/14/using-langug...

Re: A Chrome extension for bionic reading on any website

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Post by arbol » Mon, May 23, 2022, 7:05 AM UTC

What is bionic reading?

Re: A Chrome extension for bionic reading on any website

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Post by Brajeshwar » Mon, May 23, 2022, 7:05 AM UTC

Nice. I read about Bionic Reading[1] few days back and I was thinking it would be lovely to have the options to try this out. I was thinking more on how do I serve Bionic Reading on my websites.

1. https://bionic-reading.com

Re: A Chrome extension for bionic reading on any website

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Post by martindbp » Mon, May 23, 2022, 7:21 AM UTC

Is there any actual research/study on the efficacy of bionic reading? If it improves reading speed / comprehension significantly then it's really a no-brainer.

Re: A Chrome extension for bionic reading on any website

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Post by thunderbong » Mon, May 23, 2022, 7:23 AM UTC

arbol wrote: post #5

What is bionic reading?

https://bionic-reading.com

Re: A Chrome extension for bionic reading on any website

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Post by FELp » Mon, May 23, 2022, 7:50 AM UTC

If someone would like to try this in Firefox (or other browsers), one could simply install a userscript manager browser extension such as Greasemonkey and use the code from convert.js.

Here's an example of how I added the functions to all websites in Firefox/Violentmonkey: https://pastebin.com/ZE75x0Uw

Here's a screenshot of what it looks like: https://imgur.com/a/bP3bUFP

Re: A Chrome extension for bionic reading on any website

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Post by wafriedemann » Mon, May 23, 2022, 8:09 AM UTC

Why is this popping up everywhere right now? This has been integrated in the Reeder RSS app for ages.