Among the new Fire OS 5 “Bellini” is a software called Word Runner . Amazon will supply installed in the new tablet Fire HD 8 and HD 10 Fire, Fire in the 60 euro next to the Italian distribution, and in the app Kindle for Android. Word Runner is a method for the fast reading that can be applied to ebooks. Uses the method known as RSVP – Rapid Serial Visual Presentation and, in short, shows one word at a time in a series of phrases and sentences.
Word Runner is still different from the software which already offer similar approaches (and there are several, including opensource: OpenSpirtz) because it adds functionality called Dynamic Pacing and Brake .
The first , use a algorithm to slow the speed exchange word at points, commas, long and difficult terms. Is therefore not a linear sliding but fluid, which in theory should help a lot of readers. Brake, however, allows to block scrolling with a simple tap on the screen, and back going over word for word to the point that you want to read. Word Runner also integrates a system of statistics and competition awarding marks at the end of a chapter or of a book, with the possibility of social sharing.
There is a ‘innovative idea but a refinement perhaps unknown to many readers probably useful in certain contexts. It is not a tool for “strong readers” and technical reasons that make compatible with Kindle eReader (the E-Ink screen would not be able to follow a refresh rate so high) are there to confirm it. Too bad not yet have information on compatibility with ebook language Italian. Amazon specifies that it is a feature designed to ebooks Inglese-language, but we will investigate and we will let you know.
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