Re: power-reader-mode

[Kevin Rodgers]

Fabian Braennstroem wrote:

> Kevin Rodgers <ihs_4664@yahoo.com> writes:
>
>
> > Fabian Braennstroem wrote:
> >
> >
> > > as a Emacs-User I have to read a lot and now using Gnus even more :-)
> > > Does a package exist which can work as a 'power-reader'? I.e. when I mark a
> > > region and start the power-reader-mode, a small buffer opens, in which the
> > > words are printed one after another (maybe two or three).
> > M-| cat RET
> That's is a nice new function for me, but I did not mean that. I meant with one
> after another, that only one word is displayed in the buffer, then, after a
> certain timestep, the next word is displayed.


M-| while read line; do C-q C-j
for word in $line; do C-q C-j
echo -e "$word \c" C-q C-j
sleep 1 C-q C-j
done C-q C-j
echo C-q C-j
done RET

> I found a website, which can explain it better
>
> <URL: http://www.rocketreader.com/works/works.html>
>
> There, the explanation about the flash-training gives that:
> "The RocketReader flash-training exercises use a unique computer-display
>  flash technique that forces your eyes to read sentences in a very small
>  period of time with very few fixations. A word or a sentence is flashed
>  onto the screen for a fraction of a second (as quickly as 15 thousandth 
>  of one second). You must then correctly read the flashed word or sentence. ..."

OK, it should be easy to whip up an Emacs implementation using timers...

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Kevin Rodgers