Technology

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.

Is this actually legit? I've heard this before but didn't know if it was backed up by any studies. Guess I'll just try it and see for myself

Edit: no firefox addon? booo

I found it a bit too distracting when I tried it, but the real dealbreaker was not being able to use it on ereaders.

People interested in this sort of thing should also check out Atkinson Hyperlegible, a free front by the Braille institute. While its main purpose is accessibility, I find that the very recognizable letter shapes help a bit with reading speed and comfort.

Not quite the same thing, but I like how Zelda BOTW and TOTK do a variation of this by changing the color of important/relevant information in NPC dialogue.. It helps you blow through the dialogue much faster without worrying if you missed something critical.

Patented means limited spread, doesn't it?

So, it bolds the first 40% of a word. And for this it's a plug-in that's probably sending everything I view back to their mothership and hoovering up my bank information? Hahahaha fuck no.

I find the main problem here to be that you have to grant the extension access to everything you're viewing online. Granted we can inspect the code to check if it calls to some third party and leaks your data, but staying on top of that on the daily just seems unlikely for me.