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From: rosen@mtgzz.UUCP (t.rosenfeld)
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Subject: Re: Re: Speed Reading
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Date: Mon, 22-Jul-85 17:51:57 EDT
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Posted: Mon Jul 22 17:51:57 1985
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 > When I was an under-grad at U.C.S.D. I saw a program demonstrated that
 > would print text. One word at a time. In the center of a vdt. At a
 > constant rate specified by the user. 
 > 
 > The idea was to eliminate altogether the need for eye movements while 
 > reading. The way I remember it is that there was some increase
 > in reading speed with no loss of comprehension. Don't remember how much.
 > 

Does anyone out there have source to such a program that runs on UNIX? I am
currently taking a speed reading course, but most of the techniques would not
work well on a vdt. 

If no one has such a program it would seem like a worthwhile little project, ( I
wish I had the time). It seems alot of reading dynamics principals could be
incorporate with a few (simple) features:

	1) draw the screen from top to bottom, clearing it first, so that you 
	could read while the screen was updating.

	2) Use some terminal capability such as underline or reverse-video
	to move through the text (in place of your finger). The speed could 
	either be preset or controlled via the cursor keys. (Using such an
	underline technique seems more appropriate than simply flashing one word
	at a time. In this way you can use your peripheral vision, and
	alleviate any fears of atrophying your eye muscles.)

	(
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Thomas Rosenfeld		
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