Wear Reader vs Squirt

You can speed read while you're on the go with Wear ReaderTM. You won't ever need to take a book out of your backpack again, whether you're in a bus, train, or subway. You may start reading right away by simply uploading your preferred book from a supported format to your iPhone or Android device and connecting your Apple Watch or Android wear. Wear ReaderTM swiftly displays text on the screen, one word at a time, to quell internal babbling and enable quick reading while maintaining comprehension. Need to go back because you missed a spot? No issue! To fast-forward and rewind, simply swipe up and down on the screen or press the appropriate buttons. To take a break and assess your progress, press once to halt the stream. Tap again to resume. Everything is done by the app. You can read longer without becoming tired because your eyes won't be skipping from word to word. Even a night mode is available on the Android version for reading in the dark late at night.

You can use Squirt, a very basic Javascript bookmarklet, on (nearly) any page. It can read the main body text (or the text you highlight) to you word for word at any speed between 250 and 950 words per minute. The window that lets you select a speed what you observe while reading. incredibly minimalist. This item is fantastic for reading online. I'm at ease in the 750–850 range after some warming up, and I'm confident that with a little more practice, I'd be at ease at 950. At that pace, I can read most stories in under two minutes and complete my morning news catch-up much faster. This is how it goes: Go to this GitHub repository at https://github.com/Nateliason/squirt-html-base and copy the HTML file into a folder on your PC. The text you wish to fast read should be pasted where it says "YOUR TEXT HERE" in the HTML file after opening it in Notepad, no need to do anything more complicated. save the document Open PowerShell or Terminal, whichever you prefer, and go to the folder where the HTML file is located. (I'm assuming you have Python installed; if not, do that first.) Run "python -m SimpleHTTPServer." You can access your text file by going to your browser and entering "127:0:0:1:8000" in the URL field. You can begin speed reading by clicking "Start Speed Reading." This is a temporary fix until someone (perhaps me) creates a static webpage where you may paste in material you wish to speed read using Squirt. Wait a Minute... You can't just copy and paste from a PDF as it's technically a picture of a document, and Amazon uses DRM on their kindle eBooks (as do most eBook companies), so that doesn't entirely fix the problem, does it? A quick Google search will reveal up a ton of websites that will convert your PDFs to Word files for free (and they actually do a very decent job), as well as a few sites/programs that can convert your Kindle ebooks into word files. Fortunately, these issues have already been resolved for us.