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We may be on the cusp of a new revolution in reading, at least in reading online text, by having the text reformatted in a way that is more compatible with the natural movement of the eye, letting narrow lines cascade down the page, called Live Ink.
(Source: Mark Coker for VentureBeat.com)
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We may be on the cusp of a new revolution in reading, at least in reading online text, by having the text reformatted in a way that is more compatible with the natural movement of the eye, letting narrow lines cascade down the page, called Live Ink.
When our ancestors first invented written language about 5,000 years ago, they unfortunately didn’t have armies of neuroscientists standing by to tell them block type was the wrong way to format their papyrus rolls. But fret not. Help is on the way.They have some studies that show that students have improved their reading performance with it. Funny, it looks like my idea of poetry.
Walker Reading Technologies’ CEO and co-founder, Randall Walker MD, believes he and his team have developed a solution with a product called Live Ink that allows online publishers to improve reading speed and comprehension. Live Ink works by analyzing written language for meaning and language structure, and then applies algorithms that reformat the text into a series of short, cascading phrases. It breaks complex syntax into simpler syntax, which makes it easier for the brain to absorb the material.
(Source: Mark Coker for VentureBeat.com)
