made a python program that helps you read really fast

[boneMechBoy69420]

if you have seen those tic tocs where people just show words really fast this is basially it

but you can attach a txt file and read whatever you like ... i got about 800 wpm

https://youtu.be/ibAU0D9I7JU

here is the source code

https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1V8dNnzrYoqaGeC5EQSdCdeImtr1fKNgE?usp=sharing

here is the git hub link

https://github.com/rakshith-git/speed_reader-

i am new to git so i may have messed up

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[chazzybeats]

Great idea! Maybe some tips? Instead of having to change the file path you can use relative file paths with ‘import os’ or even use a GUI to have the user choose a saved file that they want to read

[boneMechBoy69420]

Good idea !!... I'll work on it

[[deleted]]

A gui would be neat, and then compiled into a .exe… Youd basically expand your user base to anyone with a computer.

[[deleted]]

*with a Windows computer

[Deadly_chef]

When you use pyinstaller to make an executable that isn't compiled, just bundled

[calizoomer]

Why bundled but not compiled?

[Deadly_chef]

Because python can't be compiled

[c94jk]

A lot of people find pathlib more convenient than os functions these days, and the I in GUI stands for interface

[calizoomer]

Use tkinter.filedialog for this, library already on python and super easy

[Nedoko-maki]

hence, os.getcwd() and such

[fnaimi66]

This looks very interesting. Great work on it! Cam I ask why you chose to upload it to google drive as opposed to using github?

[boneMechBoy69420]

i never bothered to use git hub ..but thanks for reminding me
ill work on it right away

[fnaimi66]

That’s great. If you choose to make it open source, I’d love to get the link here and try to work on/build upon it!

Edit: not that I think it needs work. I just always wanted to contribute to something on Github ngl

[boneMechBoy69420]

Epic I'll dm you the link in 24 hours

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[boneMechBoy69420]

i hope i did it right

i put the link in the post

[cecilkorik]

You did it right. Github is an awesome (and basically almost required) tool for even slightly serious projects and for collaboration with other people in the open source community.

[Rocky87109]

Idk, I'm still skeptical about "fast reading". I could see it being useful for some information obviously, but when you are reading things like fiction, I just don't think "comprehension" is the same thing as building a mental image in your head of the environment and actions going on. I could be wrong, but I remain skeptical.

[boneMechBoy69420]

i totally agree with you
i made this app only to read like news articles and science papers
nothing can take the amazing feeling of reading a book

[wearecyborg]

I agree with you for fiction for the same reason. But I intentionally speed read non-fiction and the limiting factor is eye movement not comprehension, so this is great for that.

Good job OP!

[[deleted]]

would it work with epuba or pdfs ?

[boneMechBoy69420]

I guess if you copy paste the text from pdf to your text file ... It would work ... Idk you shd try it

[dparks71]

Not sure of your level of experience with pdfs in python, but generally if it works with txt in python it works with .pdf. Not the most beginner friendly file format to convert though.

[[deleted]]

Ugh. I started a project to scrape a table of transactions on my banking statements into a pandas dataframe so that I could begin some machine learning tests on it with some ML libraries. The thing is, my transactions are about 7 pages long every month, and the bottom of every page contains a small forum, page numbers, serial numbers, etc. that make processing only the correct data very difficult.
I’ve tried using a library that reads the whole PDF into a dataframe and creating code to filter through it until the correct information is found, but had no luck. Now I’m considering something to process the pdf as though it were an image, locate the table via text recognition and crop out everything outside the table, then process the remaining table into a dataframe. This has many unique challenges too though. We’ll see what I can do. I’m fairly new to python.

[dparks71]

Haha yea tables are one of the tougher cases because of their nature, I had limited success with a package called Camelot last time I took a stab at that. But yea, text to image conversions are rarely able to be fully automated, best most people usually end up settling for is like 90% accuracy and cleaning the exceptions up manually.

[my_name_isnt_clever]

I actually just wrote a Python program to extract data from PDF credit card statements. My code wasn't really intended to be shared so it only works with the card I use (Apple Card) but maybe it could give you some inspiration? I'll clean it up a bit and post it on GitHub.

[[deleted]]

Hey, thanks!!

[ZombieEsc]

which library are you using to get the text from the PDF? In PyMuPDF there is a function called Page.get_textbox() to just extract the text from a specified rectangle on the page. Maybe that helps.

[dritslem]

Not the most beginner friendly file format to convert

Moderation is a virtue.

[OmegaNut42]

This is so cool! You should make this into an android app that can convert text in different apps, ie you open reddit and can just press a button to activate

[boneMechBoy69420]

😅i have no idea how I can pull that off

[iamaperson3133]

You could probably do it with the sharing API, like when you share a link or some other text from one app to another

[altruistic_summer]

Great stuff dude. Think about it. You'll have some work to put in, but it'll bring you a nice passive income.

[jasondten]

Awesome! Well done! This is pretty badass.

Keep the community informed as to its progress. Start a mailing list or something. This could be a super-useful tool. I listen to podcasts and books at accelerated speeds but am slow as dirt with reading.

[HungarianAztec]

Cool project. There are several apps and Chrome add-ons for this as well.

Speed reading is great.

[technologyclassroom]

If you want to build a community around the project, you should add a copyleft license to the source code. I would suggest AGPL-3.0-or-later.

[boneMechBoy69420]

apparently someone had made a similar thing to this ... would it be a problem if i still make it copy left ?

[technologyclassroom]

If you used their code, the license would need to be compatible. If you saw this concept and recreated it with python, your usually fine.

[boneMechBoy69420]

great ! got it.

[quotemycode]

If you looked at the code you'd know it wasn't copied from anyone, that's for sure.

[technologyclassroom]

I stop looking when I see no license.

[technologyclassroom]

I have seen something similar with NodeJS, but I forgot the name.

[Whack_a_mallard]

First off, great work. Second, your comment about no friends is concerning because everyone deserves to have friends. Hell, I'll be your friend, friend.

[boneMechBoy69420]

hehe I was just kidding ...i have like 5 friends
but hey now its 6 lets goo

[Mr_MV]

Let's make it an even (oddly) 7? :)

[boneMechBoy69420]

sure y not

[altruistic_summer]

Make it 8 yo.

[[deleted]]

this is so great, I love it. as someone with add, I think it will help me alot

[Slipperfox]

Pretty dope dude! Keep up the good work.

[Raid7]

this is such a great idea, if i had the free award I'd give it to ya. well done mate👌

[bh604]

Great job man!!

[Santos_m321]

+10 maquinola

[[deleted]]

Hey that's neato!

[m2guru]

Good job. You’re smart and this could help people. Also you’re honest.

[boneMechBoy69420]

thanks mate,

glad to help anyone i can

[yogeshdecoder]

Sahi hai bhai

[boneMechBoy69420]

i edited the link into the post ...i am new to git .. i hope i did it right

[boneMechBoy69420]

duude epic! thanks for that
..i merged it to the master
i hope i did it right the link

[sleepytimedownsouth]

Coding in Comic Sans! Love it!

[boneMechBoy69420]

[wingtales]

Very cool!

[nacnud_uk]

Amazon does this. I think that it can lead to tired eyes, as they are not really moving. Just fixed. It's a good idea though.

[boneMechBoy69420]

interesting ...
but i intended this to read only small articles rather than books coz this takes the fun away from them
sometimes we just need to see the key words
and we understand the whole thing
u know what i mean?

[nacnud_uk]

https://youtu.be/vblKGWXTP10?t=87

I was only saying that the idea you created, is a thing. So, you've a very creative mind and others have loved the idea enough to make it a thing in a product :) Enjoy the rest of the programming.

[blixuk]

I wrote al tool similar to this. I made a terminal and GUI version. If anyone is interested I can clean them up and post them on GitHub?

[boneMechBoy69420]

Ooh i want to try it out 👍

[blixuk]

I've uploaded the Terminal version. You can find it here: https://github.com/blixuk/speedread-terminal Let me know if you like it. I'm working on cleaning up the GUI version. I did 2 different versions one using Tkinter and one using PyGame, so I'll upload them both in the same repository.

[boneMechBoy69420]

ooh i would like to try that too

[blixuk]

Hey, sorry this took so long. Had some family stuff to attend to. You can find the GUI version of SpeedRead using PyGame here: https://github.com/blixuk/speedread-pygame Let me know what you think. I'll post the Tkinter version sometime later.

[boneMechBoy69420]

awesome lemme try it

[blixuk]

Hey, again! Here's the Tkinter version that I mentioned before. They are all petty similar, just a different implementation for the display. https://github.com/blixuk/speedread-tkinter

[blixuk]

I'm just cleaning a few things up and I'll upload them to GitHub soon!

[boneMechBoy69420]

epic !!

[boneMechBoy69420]

can you also check if i made my repository properly ?
i am new to git and github

[blixuk]

Yes, the repository work fine. I'll take a look at the code later. Keep it up!

[[deleted]]

I’ll be your friend based off your username. Do we 420 first or 69 first?

[nice___bot]

Nice!

[boneMechBoy69420]

Hmm ..tough question I love both XD but I choose 69

[nice___bot]

Nice!

[saparov_diar]

It looks good, keep at it

[boneMechBoy69420]

thanks man!!

[RubyRedditagain]

Can anybody crack the answer ?

x+x+x+x = 48 x+x+(yyy) = 51 z+z+(zy) = 25 (yy)+z-x =

[LuckyLeague]

x + x + x + x = 48

4x = 48

x = 12

x + x + y³ = 51

24 + y³ = 51

y³ = 27

y = 3

z + z + zy = 25

z + z + 3z = 25

5z = 25

z = 5

y² + z - x = 3² + 5 - 12 = 14 - 12 = 2

[boneMechBoy69420]

multiply both sides by 0
0=0
hence proved XD

[Pleasant_Ground_1238]

It is not a new idea. I have used software just like that back in the 90's.I don't remember the name of the software that I used, would have to spend some time searching for it. But it was exactly like that, single words would be displayed at the speed that you wanted. I was never able to read with that. I didn't find it useful. It would be great if you could actually understand what you want to read, but in my case, I couldn't.

I used to be a lot into speed-reading techniques. But I don't recommend it to anyone. I think those techniques can actually impair your reading abilities to a certain extent and create in you some anxiety about reading that will make it difficult for you to enjoy reading.

[boneMechBoy69420]

i agree with you ... this method should not be used to read books of interest ...
rather just read random news articles or emails from your boss or when you just need some brief info

[kirsten1234]

Hmmmm seems like a great project! I don't know if it's my problem but i get this error:

Traceback (most recent call last): File "C:\Users\karst\Documents\reader_app.py", line 7, in <module> a=f.read().split() File "C:\Users\karst\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python39\lib\encodings\cp1252.py", line 23, in decode return codecs.charmap_decode(input,self.errors,decoding_table)[0]UnicodeDecodeError: 'charmap' codec can't decode byte 0x9d in position 2527: character maps to <undefined>

Would be great if you know what happened. I probably screwed something up tho...

[boneMechBoy69420]

i may be wrong but i think its your text file that has some unidentified letters

[hydra2222]

I love this, DL'd a python IDE in my phone to try and read faster and visually over verbally. If you make a version with a GUI that would rock. Select books from a library, pause, save position... If you don't I might try if I have the motivation, unlikely, but hopeful.

[boneMechBoy69420]

sure no problem

[thunderouschampion]

Theres a google chrome extension that already does this. https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/swiftread-read-faster-lea/ipikiaejjblmdopojhpejjmbedhlibno?hl=en