This is a full aside (feel free to mark as off-topic), but when I went to CounterSocial's site, it mentions a "precog reading mode" in which the first few letters of each word are bolded. I...
This is a full aside (feel free to mark as off-topic), but when I went to CounterSocial's site, it mentions a "precog reading mode" in which the first few letters of each word are bolded.
PreCog reading is amethod of facilitating the reading process by guiding the eyes through text with artificial fixation points.
I searched it up and it's also apparently called/marketed as "bionic reading". This is my first time seeing this. It seems similar to something like OpenDyslexic as an accessibility feature.
I seem to remember talking about it with people but I can't find anything on here so maybe it was on Reddit or something. I tried it and didn't care for it. The bolding made everything feel like...
I seem to remember talking about it with people but I can't find anything on here so maybe it was on Reddit or something.
I tried it and didn't care for it. The bolding made everything feel like it was coming at me in a weirdly staccato cadence, like someone doing an extreme Christopher Walken impression.
Maybe it would work better with font libraries that are custom designed for it where the weighting is more subtle and variant.
That is really interesting. I'm dyslexic but have never heard of either of these tools. Personally I like precog reading mode but foof, OpenDyslexic makes things so much worse, particularly the...
That is really interesting. I'm dyslexic but have never heard of either of these tools. Personally I like precog reading mode but foof, OpenDyslexic makes things so much worse, particularly the black/grey text on white background.
Yea, this too gave me pause. Is there a firefox addon or something? Should be relatively simple to do if someone has made a dictionary for which syllables apply. I kinda want to check it out. It...
Yea, this too gave me pause. Is there a firefox addon or something? Should be relatively simple to do if someone has made a dictionary for which syllables apply. I kinda want to check it out. It feels like I can read that stuff at like twice the speed (especially this example works great for me).
Looks like there are a few. The first one has a Github repository. I haven't used any of them because I'm wary of installing unvetted extensions, but if you try one out let us know how it goes!
This is a full aside (feel free to mark as off-topic), but when I went to CounterSocial's site, it mentions a "precog reading mode" in which the first few letters of each word are bolded.
I searched it up and it's also apparently called/marketed as "bionic reading". This is my first time seeing this. It seems similar to something like OpenDyslexic as an accessibility feature.
Anyone here have any experiences with this?
I seem to remember talking about it with people but I can't find anything on here so maybe it was on Reddit or something.
I tried it and didn't care for it. The bolding made everything feel like it was coming at me in a weirdly staccato cadence, like someone doing an extreme Christopher Walken impression.
Maybe it would work better with font libraries that are custom designed for it where the weighting is more subtle and variant.
That is really interesting. I'm dyslexic but have never heard of either of these tools. Personally I like precog reading mode but foof, OpenDyslexic makes things so much worse, particularly the black/grey text on white background.
Yea, this too gave me pause. Is there a firefox addon or something? Should be relatively simple to do if someone has made a dictionary for which syllables apply. I kinda want to check it out. It feels like I can read that stuff at like twice the speed (especially this example works great for me).
Looks like there are a few. The first one has a Github repository.
I haven't used any of them because I'm wary of installing unvetted extensions, but if you try one out let us know how it goes!