Speedy is an utility application for Mac OS X that lets you read the text faster.
I created to read the emails & news faster, as I have a tendency to lost in 'endless space between the words' with my lack of concentration or I should say gift of imagination?
To use the app Speedy, select text you want to speed read and choose Speedy from "Services" menu. You can increase or decrease the speed by using your UP or DOWN arrow keys & SPACE to pause and unpause.
Peace✌🏼
- Spritz - Inspired speed reading methodology.
- Writz - My Apple Watch app for speed reading (Prototype* - never released)
- Jetzt - A chrome extension which I have been using a long time, which is also the inspiration for the UI.
| ⌘ + ⇧ + E | To open Speedy from any app/system level to speed-read selected text |
| SPACE | Pause/Unpause read |
| UP Arrow | Read Faster. Increase Words-per-minute (WPM) by 25 (eg., 350+25 = 375) |
| DOWN Arrow | Read Slower. Decrease Words-per-minute (WPM) by 25 (eg., 350-25 = 325) |
| LEFT Arrow | Rewind by 5 words, if you missed. |
| RIGHT Arrow | Go Forward by 5 words, if you went back too many words! |
| ⌘ + V | Read text from clipboard |
| ESC or Q | Quit Speedy |
| D | Debug - To speed-read debug text to check app is functioning as expected. (To test app is listening for the notification) |
Pre-Release version (Free)
- Default Font updated
Now featuring Monaco 27pt. It was Lucida Console 26 earlier, I recently learned it is not a default OS X font!
- Option key + left or right arrow to rewind/forward by 10 words
- Left / Right arrow - Rewind or Forward 5 words
- UI - Compact UI, without title bar too.
- BugFix - If window closed, next launch via services didn't bring the window.
- Can be invoked globally by ⌘ + ⇧ + E
- Ability to save and restore last saved (auto saved) WPM
- Deployment target set to 10.10 so it can run in Yosemite
- Initial release