• MrSoup@lemmy.zip
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    2 months ago

    I see you using bionic reading.
    Does it really help at all? Genuinely curious.

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      2 months ago

      Not OP, i never heard of it before, but looking at the screenshot I just find it distracting.

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        It forces me to read everything as though I’m reading Shakespeare, except the cadence never really comes. Now I feel itchy and angry at my monitor for showing me this

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        2 months ago

        I guess that that’s all that matters.

        Did it take time to get used to or did it work straight away?

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          straight away! IDM (e.g. LeaF, Aphex Twin) take up half of my music preference so maybe that’s related

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      the thing where it actually helps is if you’re “one word speed reading” (eg. http://onewordreader.com/). Then it’s easier to rapidly focus your eyes on each word, without having to follow a rigid timer. But if you’re reading normally it probably doesn’t help