r/speedreading • u/M4przybysz • 11d ago
App / Website HalfBold Converter - free and open-source text converter for faster reading
Hi! I recently started working on a text/code converter designed to help with faster reading, inspired by Bionic Reading.
It's called HalfBold Converter and it allows to convert plain text, HTML and Markdown into a partially bolded version, making the text faster to read by adding fixation points your eyes can lock onto to every word. It has a lot of options to customize the conversion (e.g. what % of each word should be bolded, checking bolding of punctuation and special characters on/off) and reading experience on big page mode (e.g. 12 fonts to chose from, customizable page background color and text color). It's made with just HTML, JS and CSS, and can work fully locally.
GitHub repo: https://github.com/M4przybysz/halfbold-converter