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RE: Did you know that you can "speed read" articles on the Steemit website at speeds up to 1,000 words per minute?
Spritz sounds impressive. Gonna try it as soon as I‘ll have ended my vacation. Maybe earlier - too curious… ;-)
I'm curious to hear how it works with German and other languages. If I understand the Rapid serial visual presentation technology, they analyzed the words and chose a particular letter for the ideal point of focus. That letter is not always the middle letter of the word. The focus letter is then colored in red and presented at the "tic marks" in the frame. I'm curious if they went through the same analysis for other languages.
Unfortunately, I still can't read German well enough to even think about speed reading it. ;-)
Oh yes, I am also very curious if this app works with German texts. Maybe there are also similar apps from German developers. I have never dealt with the technical possibilities. I took an "analog" speed reading course a long time ago. You can really practice that (including understanding the content, of course...) and it's amazing how quickly you progress. When reading novels, however, I still take my time and enjoy every embellished line, every word... ;-)
This article is bookmarked, I will report back. Hopefully I won't forget it again, like the report about the bird sound app. It works very well, however I hardly use it.
I have been the same with the bird app. It went in spurts. During some periods, I'd use it frequently, then not much at all for long stretches. Unfortunately, I mostly used it on dog walks, and our dog died on Thursday, so I guess i won't be using the bird app much in the future.
Oh no, your dog died too! Getting crowded in dog heaven. But at least we know now that our most loyal buddies are in good company....
All the best and many wonderful memories as you cope with your grief!
Thank you! He was a 12 1/2 year old German Shepherd Dog, so we knew for a while that his time was running short. It still felt sudden, though. This is the first time since 1998 that we haven't owned at least one dog, so it definitely feels like there's a big hole there. It will be some time before we adjust to the change.