Fast Reader is a versatile application designed to assist users in reading text swiftly and effectively.
Developed using the GTK library in C++, this program offers a customizable interface to enhance the reading experience.
This is free and open source software.
Key Features
- Customizable Settings: Tailor your reading experience by adjusting settings like background color, text color, font size, and display of progress indicators.
- Text Input: Easily input text into the application through a dedicated text entry field.
- Word-by-Word Display: The text is broken down into individual words, presented one at a time, facilitating focused reading.
- Navigation Options: Seamlessly navigate through the text using intuitive navigation buttons or convenient keyboard shortcuts.
- Progress Indicators: Keep track of your reading progress with helpful indicators displaying your current position in the text and overall progress.
- Time-Based Word predictions: You can set a variable time calculate by a formal for the display of each word. The formula for calculating the word display time is: “Time-Per-Word × (Cube Root of Word-Length)”. This dynamic adjustment ensures that longer, more complex words are allotted more time, providing a natural and responsive reading experience.
- Statistic Collection: Generates statistics for you, showing how long you took to read each word.
- Colorize Statistics: Makes the statistics colorful (optional), allowing you to quickly see how long you took per word and identify which words were very slow or fast.
You can set a variable time limit for the display of each word. The formula for calculating the word display time is: “Time-Per-Word × (Cube Root of Word-Length)” (Time−Per−Word×(₃√Word−Length )). This dynamic adjustment ensures that longer, more complex words are allotted more time, providing a natural and responsive reading experience.
Website: github.com/Quantum-mutnauQ/Fast_Reader_GTK
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Developer: Quantum-mutnauQ
License: GNU General Public License v2.0
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