Why You Should Use Bionic Reading in Chrome (or Any Browser)
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We’re all constantly absorbing information online. Bionic reading is an approach to reading that can help you read faster, retain more information, and boost your productivity in your favorite web browsers—like Chrome.

Bionic Reading is a new way of reading text that uses a patented algorithm to highlight the most important parts of words, making it easier and faster to read. The method was developed by a German software developer named Renato Cukar, who was inspired by the way the human eye reads text.

Bionic Reading works by highlighting the most important parts of words, which helps the eye to follow the text more smoothly and efficiently. This makes it easier to read longer passages of text, and can also help to improve comprehension.

Bionic Reading is available as a free Chrome extension, as well as a mobile app for iOS and Android. It can also be used on websites and in PDFs.

See https://www.howtogeek.com/882688/why-you-should-use-bionic-reading-in-chrome-or-any-browser/

EDIT: Although some individuals claim to see improvement, it may be that results do vary as one test shows no real improvement across the board - https://blog.readwise.io/bionic-reading-results/

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  • fcuks@lemmy.worldEnglish
    5·
    2 years ago

    Find it hilarious that the article itself didn’t utilise this, what a missed opportunity!

    • GadgeteerZAOPEnglish
      1·
      2 years ago

      They did for one paragraph to show the contrast. But yes they could have done the whole article, actually.

  • smegforbrainsEnglish
    4·
    2 years ago

    This has never been proven to work. There is no scientific evidence to back up the claims. The inventor of Bionic Reading seems to have no background in Neuroscience whatsoever. There are articles trying to debunk the Bionic Reading claims, but those are not backed up by scientific peer-reviewed studies either.

    https://blog.readwise.io/bionic-reading-results/

    https://labtoclass.com/bionic-reading-science-or-scam/#Is_Bionic_Reading_Backed_by_Research

    • GadgeteerZAOPEnglish
      1·
      2 years ago

      Well there is one study I found that is recent, saying it shows nothing conclusive about any improvement. Some individuals claim improvement, but then it must be specific to whatever reading issue they have. It is certainly not showing any general improvement for everyone.

      • smegforbrainsEnglish
        1·
        2 years ago

        Can you please provide a link to the study? Is this a scientific peer-reviewed study or just a simple experiment conducted by an interested party?

        • GadgeteerZAOPEnglish
          1·
          2 years ago

          I updated the main post earlier with a link to the study I saw

  • EinarEnglish
    2·
    2 years ago

    I will give this a shot. Anything to make my brain absorb information faster. Matrix style, ideally.

    • GadgeteerZAOPEnglish
      2·
      2 years ago

      The problem is, there seems to be no actual evidence that it is improving reading speed and comprehension across the board.

      • limeaideEnglish
        2·
        2 years ago

        Is that really a problem though? Even if it’s just placebo, it might help some.

        For me it didn’t necessarily improve reading speed, but it did improve legibility. Just having something a little more bold separating the words has been helpful. Might just be placebo though

  • treeshateorcsEnglish
    1·
    2 years ago

    ironically, the article is not written using this technology (only the first paragraph)

    • GadgeteerZAOPEnglish
      2·
      2 years ago

      But if you have the extension active, the whole article appears like that ;-)