New reading tech and absence seizures

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So if you know me, you know that at the moment I'm struggling with a whole lot of absence seizures. It's been pretty difficult to know exactly how often they've been happening because I really need to be in conversation or watching a movie to know I've lost time. Today I was referred to an article about a new technology that quickens your reading speed, with demonstrations. Weirdly, it's about the best thing I've come across for figuring out what's going on with my absence seizures. Try it and see how you do. You don't need to read the article--just scroll down to the demos and see if you can follow them:

http://elitedaily.com/news/technolo...allow-you-to-read-novels-in-under-90-minutes/
WARNING: The demos may be triggering for some folks who are photosensitive
 
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Funny. I can read at 500 wpm, but I'm dyslexic. If the words were lined up there is no way I would remember what I read.
 
That's amazing. Maybe it's the red letter in the middle? It kind of organises things a little better. I didn't even try 500--I couldn't get through the 300 one once. I could read at that pace but my brain kept kicking me out.
 
I can read one word at a time no problem. Jumble them together in a sentence with big words, I have to go slower.
Also, with not needing to move my eyes, as is done in that test, it makes it hella easy. ;)
 
Kirsten, I'm curious how much you could make out. I could get most of the first one and get the rest from context, the other two I was pretty much lost as far as meaning. I would love to be able to know when and how many absence seizures I'm having.
 
I could manage to read the 300 word one if I wasn't having absence seizures because I could keep up but I'd say I was losing about three seconds at a time, and I was losing them every single time I read. I'm having very few hours daily where there are no absence seizures. So what the 300 word one did was show me that they are shorter than I thought but also more frequent.
 
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