As someone who refuses the kindle, (second hand book shop every time), I am not saying that this will replace books. I just find the idea of reading in such a different way pretty exciting...
Spritz is a text streaming technology that fires words at you one at a time, at a chosen number of words per minute. The result? Well for me, at the moment a minor eye and head ache, but the potential for increased productivity is enormous. At the higher speeds it's not relaxing (yet at least), but I would find it seriously useful for work. I can see this kind of technology taking off in a big way amongst business people.
I find that at 600 wpm I am still saying the words in my head, just really quickly. Does everyone read like this? When you first learn another language you often translate to/from your mother tongue in your head. After a while, your brain makes the transition to processing the meaning of words, rather than using a word in a given language. It would be cool if with something like Spritz you made the transition to not reading the words in your head.
Anyway, I really recommend checking out the demo. Love it ? Hate it? Let me know what you think.
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