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

      • @ngwoo
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        24 days ago

        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

      • @nogooduser
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        223 days ago

        I guess that that’s all that matters.

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

        • AatubeOP
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          123 days ago

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

    • Ephera
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      I feel like you’d be able to tell from the screenshot, if it has an effect on you.

      My brain tends to overanalyze individual words, which is great for spotting typos, but awful for reading speeds. This highlighting feels like it helps my brain to quickly go from word to word, and not get stuck on them.

    • @[email protected]
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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

      • AatubeOP
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        223 days ago

        i hate that. makes reading a freaking race

      • @TriflingToad
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        122 days ago

        wow I just read the whole NSFW train copypasta in 16 seconds flat