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Re:Training Your Brain So That You Don’t Need Reading Glasse... by gnicholas on Saturday January 20, 2018 @06:00PM (#16195910)
I would be curious to know if anyone here who suffers from these issues finds my startup's software [1] to be helpful. We launched (on HN, as it happens) as a speed-reading tool, but we've heard from many people with binocular vision difficulties, including convergence insufficiency, amblyopia and presbyopia, that our approach makes reading easier.

Obviously this isn't a training tool like the ones mentioned in the article, but I'd be curious if it eases reading for folks who are affected by these issues. Also, if there are any vision professionals here, I'd love to hear expert opinions too.

1: http://www.beelinereader.com

Re:Training Your Brain So That You Don’t Need Reading Glasse... by kmote00 on Saturday January 20, 2018 @10:50PM (#16196783)
I just spent 5 minutes (on my Samsung phone) trying to download the app from the link you provided. I clicked on the Chrome icon, the Android icon, and one or two others. The only one that seemed to work was the Firefox icon. But I don't use Firefox, so I gave up.
Re:Training Your Brain So That You Don’t Need Reading Glasse... by gnicholas on Saturday January 20, 2018 @11:37PM (#16196880)
Yeah, it’s confusing but our Chrome extension is only for desktop. This is because mobile Chrome doesn’t support extensions, unfortunately. But thanks for the reminder that we need to make this clearer.
Re:Training Your Brain So That You Don’t Need Reading Glasse... by kmote00 on Saturday January 20, 2018 @10:59PM (#16196794)
Sorry the error seems to be on my phone. I seem to be having trouble with it right now. Including the fact that I can't delete my previous comment
Re:Training Your Brain So That You Don’t Need Reading Glasse... by yots on Sunday January 21, 2018 @09:27AM (#16198139)
Hey, I think I finally understood and it seems worth checking out, but I couldn't find a description of what is it you actually do anywhere on the site. I think the homepage should include a quick description and example if you want to draw people's attention.
Re:Training Your Brain So That You Don’t Need Reading Glasse... by gnicholas on Sunday January 21, 2018 @02:56PM (#16199641)
Thanks for the feedback. Are you saying we should have a description on the landing page (beelinereader.com)? Or did we not clearly demonstrate/explain what we do even on the separate vertical pages (/individual, /education, and /partners)? Feel free to email contact@ instead of going back and forth here. We definitely want to understand how our (newly-relaunched) website works/doesn't work for visitors!
Re:Training Your Brain So That You Don’t Need Reading Glasse... by Phronux on Monday January 22, 2018 @06:33AM (#16203589)
I'm getting an information that the Firefox add-on is not compatible with the newest version of the browser.
Re:Training Your Brain So That You Don’t Need Reading Glasse... by gnicholas on Monday January 22, 2018 @08:20AM (#16204109)
Yup, we are working on building a separate version for the new release of Firefox.