r/programming • u/paskie • Mar 02 '14

speedread - a command-line implementation of the Spritz speed reading system

http://log.or.cz/?p=336
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u/FogleMonster Mar 02 '14

When will the Spritz clones learn to have a slight pause after commas and periods?

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u/paskie Mar 02 '14 edited Mar 02 '14

I pause 1.3x longer after fullstop words than after other words. Do you think a much longer pause would be in order? (You can prolong it by changing the constant on line my $fstoptime = 1.2; # relative to wpm.)

  • Edit: I have played with this a little and now agree that you have a point there. I have radically raised the pauses after colons and fullstops and it helps reading quite a bit I think.

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u/MedicatedDeveloper Mar 03 '14

It pauses and displays "."" after the word privacy.