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Why You Should Use Bionic Reading in Chrome (or Any Browser): An extension to highlight the most important parts of words (www.howtogeek.com)

submitted 1 year ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Bionic Reading is a new way of reading text that uses a patented algorithm to highlight the most important parts of words, making it easier and faster to read. The method was developed by a German software developer named Renato Cukar, who was inspired by the way the human eye reads text.

Bionic Reading works by highlighting the most important parts of words, which helps the eye to follow the text more smoothly and efficiently. This makes it easier to read longer passages of text, and can also help to improve comprehension.

Bionic Reading is available as a free Chrome extension, as well as a mobile app for iOS and Android. It can also be used on websites and in PDFs.

See https://www.howtogeek.com/882688/why-you-should-use-bionic-reading-in-chrome-or-any-browser/

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[–] [email protected] 21 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Every time I've tried it I found bionic reading rather distracting. Perhaps it can help some people, but it certainly doesn't help me. I'm not the only one, some small surveys seem to conclude that on average there's really no advantage to it.

Even if the method works, the fact this whole hype was started by a company that patented and trademarked the system makes it rather suspicious to me. It's hyped up by a startup all over the internet but I haven't seen any scientific proof that there's any merit to it. This smells like a scam to me.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago

Yes, I see there are some tests done, and they are really not showing any conclusive improvement, despite many claiming an improvement. It is definitely not a general rule that every sees an improvement at all - https://blog.readwise.io/bionic-reading-results/