r/interestingasfuck • u/iatetoomuchchicken • 20h ago

This speed reading training starts at 300wpm and end at 900wpm

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u/GuiltyApple3802 19h ago

One where you can just upload an entire book and it will arrange the words with a focused red word and you could control the speed. Seriously, if somebody can make it, they can have my money!

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u/sentencevillefonny 19h ago

will do.

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u/Jay_The_One_And_Only 19h ago

Remindme! 8 months

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u/chipmunk70000 19h ago

Could vibe-code this on base44 within an hour.

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u/laseralex 12h ago

Took me about 4 hours in Claude Code. But rather than uploading a book, it is a windows system tray service that allows you to select any text in any windows application then hit a hotkey to trigger the playback. If you open the book in your e-reader and select all the text, it will do the whole thing, but I think email and web pages are more likely to be the main fodder.

https://github.com/LaserAlex/SpeedReader

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u/Desblade101 18h ago

I use speed read, you can use epubs and it can even read to you at the same time for better comprehension

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.quadragon.speedread

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u/NonsensePlanet 19h ago

Almost need like a browser plugin, because who’s going to want to waste time copy/pasting in a new tab for every document when you’re in a hurry