Interesting idea but I just blinked and missed a word, too bad.
Squirt: Speed read the web, one word at a time
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Re: Squirt: Speed read the web, one word at a time
#32This kind of things are gimmicky at best, and an awful reading experience at worst. The time it takes for your eyes to adjust to the blinking letters is larger than the saccadic movement, and a single saccade reads a bunch of words instead, allowing you to both comprehend the sentence immediately, and also easily skip back-forward in case of errors.
I notice I get tunnel vision staring at the exact same spot for 10 seconds. The rest of the screen starts to flicker or something, like when you were a kid and would stare at an inverse American flag before looking at a white wall.
EDIT ten minutes later my eyes still hurt
Re: Squirt: Speed read the web, one word at a time
#33I want this as a mobile app, and I want it to be able to read anything I throw at it. Right now, I have "readquick" on my iPad. I haven't checked if it can read PDF's but I think it can, so that helps me read most things as I can read anything that's in my "Pocket" list. But, Read Quick doesn't do the color highlighting which seems to be the killer thing here.
So. Are you going to give me an iPad app that integrates with Pocket and can read PDF's or integrate with Kindle and iBooks? That's when it becomes super useful and I would definitely sign-up and if you let me try it for long enough to make sure I'm happy with it, then I'm also willing to pay.
Re: Squirt: Speed read the web, one word at a time
#34You'll notice that in the site's Acknowledgements section, the first to be credited is "Spritz Inc, the company whose patents are pending" [1]. Also in the acknowledgements is a link[2] titled "The problem with software patents." Essentially, Squirt's creator, Cameron Boehmer, is letting everyone know that he has appropriated patent-pending technology because he rejects the idea that the method should be patentable.…
They even have their own bookmarklet:
http://www.spritzinc.com/where-can-i-experience-spritz/
Squirt is prettier but the functionality looks identical.
Re: Squirt: Speed read the web, one word at a time
#35Only problems I see with this are (1) Blinking (2) Might have to simplify vocabulary
Re: Squirt: Speed read the web, one word at a time
#36I want this as a mobile app, and I want it to be able to read anything I throw at it. Right now, I have "readquick" on my iPad. I haven't checked if it can read PDF's but I think it can, so that helps me read most things as I can read anything that's in my "Pocket" list. But, Read Quick doesn't do the color highlighting which seems to be the killer thing here. So. Are you going to give me an iPad app that integrates…
https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/readme!/id877697552?ls=1&mt=...
Readme licenses the spritz tech.
Does readquick let you import existing PDFs?
Re: Squirt: Speed read the web, one word at a time
#37I want this as a mobile app, and I want it to be able to read anything I throw at it. Right now, I have "readquick" on my iPad. I haven't checked if it can read PDF's but I think it can, so that helps me read most things as I can read anything that's in my "Pocket" list. But, Read Quick doesn't do the color highlighting which seems to be the killer thing here. So. Are you going to give me an iPad app that integrates…
https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/readme!/id877697552?ls=1&mt=... Readme licenses the spritz tech. Does readquick let you import existing PDFs?
Thanks for that link. It's a very useful find. Maybe I will be able to read Atlas Shrugged in a day after all.
ReadQuick seems to be more about reading the web, so it serves well as a complement to Pocket. Not sure if it can handle PDFs. I just took a look and can't seem to find a way to do it.
Generally speaking, I do find ReadQuick has a very elegant UX, so I'd much prefer to use that app for all my reading needs. Just a shame it doesn't employ spritz technology and support for ePubs etc.
Re: Squirt: Speed read the web, one word at a time
#38You'll notice that in the site's Acknowledgements section, the first to be credited is "Spritz Inc, the company whose patents are pending" [1]. Also in the acknowledgements is a link[2] titled "The problem with software patents." Essentially, Squirt's creator, Cameron Boehmer, is letting everyone know that he has appropriated patent-pending technology because he rejects the idea that the method should be patentable.…
They even have their own bookmarklet: http://www.spritzinc.com/where-can-i-experience-spritz/ Squirt is prettier but the functionality looks identical.
I remember looking for this when spritz first came out and thinking - oh great I have to wait for all of these different platforms to integrate the spritz API to use it. Glad to see there is a way to use it.
Re: Squirt: Speed read the web, one word at a time
#39I see a lot of comments showing Spritz, but this concept is completely new to me and this is my first time trying something like this.
I've spent the last hour or so using this bookmarklet to read various articles and I have to say this is really cool. While I love to read, it's usually in short bursts because I get distracted. With this I went through a couple longer articles without changing tabs, or coming back to them. This really helps with my ADD.
I'll likely Google later, but is anyone immediately aware if there have been studies on this style of reading for people with ADD?
Re: Squirt: Speed read the web, one word at a time
#40I see a lot of comments showing Spritz, but this concept is completely new to me and this is my first time trying something like this.
I've spent the last hour or so using this bookmarklet to read various articles and I have to say this is really cool. While I love to read, it's usually in short bursts because I get distracted. With this I went through a couple longer articles without changing tabs, or coming back to them. This really helps with my ADD.
I'll likely Google later, but is anyone immediately aware if there have been studies on this style of reading for people with ADD?