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Faster! (JavaScript speed reading/RSVP software)

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Simple JavaScript RSVP v. 0.1 (beta -- feedback very welcome!)

To reuse, simply bookmark this link: to speed reader. This is a bookmarklet. You simply select some text in a Web page and click that bookmark. It will bring you here, and then you can play the text you selected.

Developed by François Savard, as a project for my site/blog Structure in the flow.

New: Daniel Halsey is currently working on a mobile version, as he mentioned in a comment on the blog. If you're interested in this, you can contact him at "dakh_rsvpmo AT dakhalsey . com".

Download and redistribution

You can download this for local use by simply "File > Save page as..." in your browser. But keep in mind its a work in progress.

Please do not redistribute it, though, as it's not really complete. If people are interested, I might repackage it as some blog widget to run the script on your pages. Just email me (francois at fsavard . com) if such a thing would interest you.

Speed reading links

Please see this post on my blog.

Credits

Inspired by the many other speed reading apps out there, notably Dictator.

Uses jQuery and jQuery UI.

Inspiration for bookmarklet here and here.

Rating script (stars thing) taken here.