SplashReader: Speed Reading with Breaks SplashReader: Speed Reading with Breaks

Productivity
Version: 3.4.0
Last Update: 2016-09-07

Overview

SplashReader: Speed Reading with Breaks is a Chrome extension developed by rattray.alex. According to the data from Chrome web store, current version of SplashReader: Speed Reading with Breaks is 3.4.0, updated on 2016-09-07.
756 users have installed this extension. 8 users have rated this extension with an average rating of .

A speed reader that lets you come up for air.

Sometimes, you want to zoom through an article at 800 words per minute.

But you might miss something. You might lose sense of where you are - in a bulleted list? A new paragraph?

SplashReader lets you easily toggle back and forth between speed-reading and normal reading with a flick of a space bar. It pauses every paragraph, giving a sense of context. Highlight a word to re-read a section or start again somewhere new.

Don't sacrifice comprehension for speed when you don't have to.

SplashReader is an RSVP (Rapid Serial Visual Presentation), similar to other excellent speed-readers like Reedy, Spreed, Spritz, Squirt.io, and Glance. The primary differentiator is the ease with which you can move back and forth between one-word-at-a-time speed reading, and standard reading.

SplashReader is open-source, with the code available at http://github.com/rattrayalex/splashreader

Rating

8 ratings

Total Installs

756

Information

Last Update

2016-09-07

Current Version

3.4.0

Size

172KiB

Author

rattray.alex

Website

None

Category

Productivity

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avatar White Rabbit
2020-08-08

Guys, do night mode in the app.

avatar Tolossa
2020-03-17

Doesn't even work.

avatar Pablo Campos
2018-12-20

La idea genial, es super util el problema es que cuando traduzco una página y le doy a la aplicación no lo hace bien toma el texto anterior cuando otras aplicaciones de la misma función no presentan problema.

avatar Olaf Wendt
2018-02-17

Die beste Erweiterung ihrer Art, finde ich. Nach dem Durchtesten vieler vergleichbarer Tools bleibe ich bei Splash Reader. Die ("Denk-")Pausen zwischen den Absätzen kamen mir anfangs ziemlich lang vor, besonders nach einzeiligen Zwischen-Überschriften etc., aber bei 500 wpm ist mein Hirn nach einem längeren Absatz auch mal froh, den eben gefluteteten Input zu verarbeiten. Im Englischen gibt es den Spruch "drinking from the firehose" - das Lesen mit diesem Tool kommt dem am nächsten; ungeübten Lesern kommt die Informationsflut bestimmt vor wie direkt aus dem Feuerwehrschlauch. Dafür gibt es jedoch Einstellungen für Wörter-pro-Minute-Vorgaben und eine Pausetaste. Die einzige Optimierungsmöglichkeit sehe ich bei den oben erwähnten Pausen, welche nicht einstellbar sind.

avatar David Díez
2017-02-20

Great idea that short breaks for showing text, letting know where you are. Additionally it's very versatile, as you can pause fast reading and adjust its speed on the way, and let you control where you are if you stop. But doing necessarily the pause sometimes it breaks concentration on reading when it's too often, depending on the text. That feature may be personalised by users. Anyway, excellent idea!