Why do I want this Extension? The intention of Reasy is to make reading the web really easy. The Firefox extension will make a pop up for any text you select in Firefox and play it to you using Rapid Sequential Visual Presentation (RSVP). Why is doing it this way a Good Idea? There exists a similar extension named RSVP Reader, I had qualms about the UI and presentation, and so in the spirirt of open source development, made my own version, which I think is a big enough departure to at least be worth offering anybody the choice of one or the other. It is quite influenced by the more fully featured standalone app Really Easy Reader. There is a very good explanation of the benefits of reading this way at the product website. How do I use it? Watch the quick video opposite for a short explanation of the features of Reasy and how to get the best out of the extension. Anything else? I have found that this plugin works in splendid harmony with CHM reader. Please experiment with the live ink emulator. It is merely a very basic version of the presentation as researched by the developers of Live Ink software, their algorithm is founded much more deeply with the semantics and structure of the text one is reading, I have found that simply staggering the lines as you read them to work quite well on its own. Thanks to Bernd Worsch who suggested this script for quickly opening and reading local files. http://code.google.com/p/reasy/issues/detail?id=37&can=1#c2 #!/bin/sh Disclaimer I am in no way affiliated with any of the linked applications, merely an independent advocate. Reasy does not match up to the feature set of any of these applications, and it would probably be worth investigating them if you are looking for a more developed solution. | Contact/Suggestions Please add any comments or feature requests to the Reasy Issue tracker hosted on google code: http://code.google.com/p/reasy/issues/list What's new since the video? v0.0.6 * Trigger added to context menu * Spacing for mult line reading * Set wpm and fixation options to text colour for light backgrounds v0.0.5 * Add forward and backwards skip actions * Option to leave text selected after reading is finished * Add leading and trailing line opacity * Split text on en-dash and em-dash characters v0.0.4 * Text is split using hyphens as well v0.0.3 * User-definable punctuation interval (default: 0) * User-definable Action key to start, pause and play reader (default: 'r') * User can switch off automatic presentation popup after selecting text (action key) * User can dim web page in background to chosen opacity (default: 0) v0.0.2 * Presentation can be resized |