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Why You Should Use Bionic Reading in Chrome (or Any Browser): An extension to highlight the most important parts of words (www.howtogeek.com)
submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by GadgeteerZA@beehaw.org to c/technology@beehaw.org
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Bionic Reading is a new way of reading text that uses a patented algorithm to highlight the most important parts of words, making it easier and faster to read. The method was developed by a German software developer named Renato Cukar, who was inspired by the way the human eye reads text.

Bionic Reading works by highlighting the most important parts of words, which helps the eye to follow the text more smoothly and efficiently. This makes it easier to read longer passages of text, and can also help to improve comprehension.

Bionic Reading is available as a free Chrome extension, as well as a mobile app for iOS and Android. It can also be used on websites and in PDFs.

See https://www.howtogeek.com/882688/why-you-should-use-bionic-reading-in-chrome-or-any-browser/

EDIT: Although some individuals claim to see improvement, it may be that results do vary as one test shows no real improvement across the board - https://blog.readwise.io/bionic-reading-results/

#technology #bionicreading #reading

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[–] Lauchmelder@feddit.de 13 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (3 children)

Is this actually legit? I've heard this before but didn't know if it was backed up by any studies. Guess I'll just try it and see for myself

Edit: no firefox addon? booo

[–] GadgeteerZA@beehaw.org 6 points 1 year ago (1 children)

There are not many studies as it is quite "new" but one study does suggest no real improvement - https://blog.readwise.io/bionic-reading-results/

[–] CanadaPlus@lemmy.sdf.org 5 points 1 year ago

On the other hand, that thing where you flash words past in the same spot does allow massively faster reading. Not faster comprehension, though.

[–] poudlardo@terefere.eu 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

if yoii csn undretsand whxt i wrute, thhn its lefgit

[–] swnt@feddit.de 1 points 1 year ago

If your cub understressed when I wrong, that is legend

[–] MoreCoffee@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 year ago

Try jiffy reader.