OpenSpritz
Productivity
speed reading bookmarklet
SHOW HN2014
99points
48comments
#276of 2,272 in 2014
Top 13%of 2014 by points
How HN took it
DebatedReal support and real criticism
7 positive, 11 neutral or asking, 3 mixed, 7 critical, out of 28 comments about the project. Thread score 0.00.
Design: 2 for, 3 againstIdea: 2 for, 1 againstExecution: 0 for, 2 againstPerformance: 2 for, 0 against
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What HN said
What people liked
Makes fast reading feel easy and retains comprehension
From 3 comments
I'm not easily impressed, but this blew me away. You can have very good understanding of the text and still read blazingly fast.
norswap on HNThis felt really revolutionary! I love it. Started testing it on 200 WPM, but quickly went to 500. Tested out 750 WPM and was amazed that I got the entire text at this speed.
pkhamre on HNThis is actually pretty amazing. When I speed read, I usually use my finger to set the pace ahead of my eyes which is REALLY hard to do on the computer. Since I'm used to using a…
zbeewhs on HN
Nice bookmarklet
From 1 comment
Change the name. I'm pretty creative and am usually able to come up with at least a somewhat plausible argument for either side on any question, but here I can not even come up…
tzs on HN
Objections
Name infringes Spritz trademark
From 2 comments
Change the name. I'm pretty creative and am usually able to come up with at least a somewhat plausible argument for either side on any question, but here I can not even come up…
tzs on HN> OpenSpritz is in no way affiliated with Spritz Incorporated, the developers of the Spritz reading system. This is nicely done but i don't think you should use their product…
kayoone on HN
One-word display is disorienting and loses sentence context
From 1 comment
Most of the speed reading extensions listed in the comments use one word at a time. Maybe its just me but I find it very disconcerting since word lengths change causing a…
palakchokshi on HN
Readability extraction fails on some pages
From 2 comments
Hehe, you've got to fix it working on that page! ... everyone is going to press that button.
chrisfarms on HNI knowwww! It's Readability's fault. I've opened a ticket and they've actually been very responsive about fixing it. Something to do with SSL. For now, you can just select the…
Mizza on HN
Does not work with PDFs
From 2 comments
I think I'll certainly give this a try in places where I remember. Such a shame I can't see it working for pdfs, I could save hours reading research papers.
Robadob on HNThis is a big use case I'm interested in. Unfortunately, browsers can't read selected text of PDFs at the moment. I'd suggest "printing" to HTML and then Spritzing that, but it's…
Mizza on HN
Requests
Add pause and keyboard controls
From 3 comments
Made the same thing yesterday: http://www.davidhampgonsalves.com/spritz-like-rsvp-reader-bookmarklet/ HN will probably see a lot of these in the next few days. Edit: Some users…
davidjhamp on HNIt doesn't seem to play well with Pocket but the text selection feature helps when it doesn't. Well Done! I would love a pause button for when you're disrupted while reading.
Baadier_Sydow on HNInstead of choosing WPM from the outset from a drop-down, how about having a default start WPM and being able to change the WPM with keyboard shortcuts while you're reading? With…
pattisapu on HN
Add phrase-length option
From 1 comment
Most of the speed reading extensions listed in the comments use one word at a time. Maybe its just me but I find it very disconcerting since word lengths change causing a…
palakchokshi on HN
Rename the project
From 3 comments
Change the name. I'm pretty creative and am usually able to come up with at least a somewhat plausible argument for either side on any question, but here I can not even come up…
tzs on HN> OpenSpritz is in no way affiliated with Spritz Incorporated, the developers of the Spritz reading system. This is nicely done but i don't think you should use their product…
kayoone on HNHate to say it but this is awesome. Exactly what I was hoping to find as soon as they announced. Change the name, or perhaps give them the code and they can release it if they…
jv22222 on HN
Questions
What are the words centered on?
From 1 comment
What are the words centered on?
pepijndevos on HN
Alternatives named
Spreed Chrome extension
From 1 comment
I've been using something similar called "Spreed". It's an extension for Chrome and it's been super helpful for me to actually retain the things that I've read. [0]…
650REDHAIR on HN
BeeLine Reader
From 1 comment
You should definitely also checkout http://www.beelinereader.com to hack your reading speed.
tectonic on HN
RSVP reading techniques generally
From 1 comment
Why do people insist calling this "Spritz-like" like it's something new invented by Spritz? Just google on RSVP technique for speed reading and you'll find a million of…
levosmetalo on HN
jetzt Chrome extension
From 1 comment
Here's a similar project that literally just popped up (two hours ago). Spritz-like reading as a Chrome extension. https://github.com/ds300/jetzt
corysama on HN