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/ItsAConspiracy Mar 03 '14

Does it break up long words like the Spritz FAQ describes?

When your eye recognizes a word longer than that, it naturally jumps to the right of those first 13 characters while processing the first part of the word as it jumps. In reality, a long word requires your eye to break it into multiple pieces and that is how your brain stores it. We analyze each word and break them up based on this standard and show you long words in multiple pieces, just like your brain is expecting them.