A blazing-fast (possibly) speedreading program
sprd is super simple to run! Just run:
$ sprd -f file [-w wpm] [-c chunk_number] [-r resume_point]sprd is maintained using the GNU autotools. To build, simply download the tarball, unzip it, and follow the ritual:
./configure
make
sudo make installI was (as a RSVP-using speedreader myself) in search of a command-line based speedreading software. I found one well-made project, but it did not have some features I wanted (namely, chunking and the ability to read from a file). Therefore, I set about to write my own. In keeping with my own philosophy, I wanted to keep it elegant, fast, and minimal. Ideally, this means no libraries or external dependencies, and written in C/C++.
sprd has a good number of features that are common to all speedreaders, and a few that are (relatively) unique. They include:
- variable chunking
- adaptive WPM based on chunking
- static centering of text
- complied, not interpreted
- auto-centering output
- resuming from a point
- dynamically handeled
sigterm - Reading from
stdinor a file
Some features that (if I have time) may be added are:
- built-in file decoders
As a side note, I wrote a .docx decoder called redocx that synergizes well with reading from Word document archives.
Though this is anecdotal, I personally can read with 100% comprehension at 1050 WPM using 2-word chunks.
All contributions are welcome! To contribute, fork the repo, make a branch with your new feature, push it to GitHub, and submit a PR. The autotools files are left in the repo, so you can make the build system easily.