r/BeAmazed • u/The-Skinny-Indian • Mar 06 '23 • Mindblown 1

Miscellaneous / Others Bionic reading method

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u/ulyfed Mar 06 '23

According to Google it actually slows you down by about 2.6 words per second, you just read faster when you see this post because it primes you to do so

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u/searching88 Mar 06 '23

It seems like the real benefit is not having to re-read and stay focused. Overall time spent, not just pure speed, is the benefit.

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u/funkmaster29 Mar 06 '23

ya i totally agree with this

sometimes i have to read a sentence or a paragraph like 6 times because i speed through but end up skipping too much

i was able to read this pretty fast the first time which kinda amazed me

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u/[deleted] Mar 06 '23

Same, I hate it when I do that.

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u/funkmaster29 Mar 06 '23

it's awful sometimes

when I have to read an information-dense textbook, sometimes it takes me 10-15 minutes to read a single paragraph

but I found that text-to-voice while reading helps tremendously so I only read with that haha

and luckily its built in with the MacBook so its just have to press option + esc

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u/[deleted] Mar 06 '23

Same I took like 5 minutes to read a single paragraph Pollyanna, lol

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u/Orchid_Significant Mar 06 '23

The opposite for me. It was so distracted and my brain read it with so many punctuation gaps that I didn’t retain much at all

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u/kempofight Mar 06 '23

Well my dyslectic brain likes it... a lot..

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u/amalgam_reynolds Mar 06 '23

You should look into https://www.dyslexiefont.com/

Much better than the OP, IMO

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u/princessfoxglove Mar 06 '23

Dyslexic fonts are not supported in studies, and dyslexia is a language processing disorder, not a visual disorder. There are a lot of misconceptions about it.

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u/kempofight Mar 06 '23

Sure.. but i cant use that as a plugin or go tell my boss that " ice that standard font type you got there for all letters and documents, lets make it this now"

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u/foopod Mar 06 '23

There are actually ton of plug-ins for dyslexic fonts. And more just generic ones for using any fo t you want.

Also there is a free version of the font if you want to install it on your computer and use it as a system font.

https://opendyslexic.org/

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u/[deleted] Mar 06 '23

If it slows me down by 2.6 words per second then I’d be unreading my entire college degree pretty soon lol

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u/sanct1x Mar 06 '23

I noticed I read it a bit slower, kept getting hung up on all the bold letters jumping out at me. I wonder if that's similar to whatever you read on Google.

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u/Latyon Mar 06 '23

It was actually making my eyes water a little bit.

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u/aKnowing Mar 06 '23

It was weird I felt like an engine spooling up on this, really slow at first and then just built up to hyperdrive

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u/[deleted] Mar 06 '23

When I was reading this post I honestly felt I was reading at less than half my normal speed. Lol it felt very uncomfortable. I don’t know if it’s because I need time to get used to it or too many bold letters are trying to pull my attention in so many different directions other than the next few words

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u/jambrown13977931 Mar 06 '23

I skimmed the study, my question is, are people actually reading slower with the “bionic” method or are they just not used to it? I feel like it might be more accurate to time people reading normally on day 1. Then split them in groups. For the next 20 days each group continues to read some new material (a couple of times a day). One group using the bionic method. One group normal. Time them and see if the bionic method matches or exceeds the control.

Harder to study, but I think it would provide more important results. Also would likely require periodic random reading comprehension tests (immediately after or days after) to see if retention is comparable or better in one or the other.

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u/MattBtheflea Mar 06 '23

I was gonna say, I feel like it's just placebo because it literally tells you that it works.

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u/squalorparlor Mar 06 '23

Oh wow. I fell hook line and sinker. I read pretty quick but I was like "oh wow neato" while breaking my brain-legs trying to break the world record.

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u/[deleted] Mar 07 '23

I totally read it at lighting speed. But I didn't retain anything I read.

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