Ask HN: People with ADHD, how do you focus for reading books?

Re:Ask HN: People with ADHD, how do you focus for reading bo... by superasn on Sunday April 10, 2022 @01:22PM (#30979315)

Hey i have adhd too and have faced the same problem.

So I created an app just for this. You can try it at https://www.speakreader.com. Since you have adhd i suggest you go with at least 2x speed. I usually read at 3x speed just fine. At this speed your mind can't get distracted with other things. I read almost 1 book every week using this nowadays.

Fyi, the app is 100% free but you will need to enter your own Google wavenet api key for text to speech engine - since it billable over the first million chars by google so I can't give them away with the app.

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Re:Ask HN: People with ADHD, how do you focus for reading bo... by not_a_noogler on Sunday April 10, 2022 @05:32PM (#30981930)

This is awesome. Thanks a lot for taking time to create this. Since you are a software developer, has it affected your interview and interview preparation as well? e.g. doing a lot of leetcode etc.

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Re:Ask HN: People with ADHD, how do you focus for reading bo... by superasn on Monday April 11, 2022 @04:41AM (#30986174)

You're welcome. Hope it helps you.

> has it affected your interview and interview preparation as well?

No I have my own software co for last 20 years and never had any jobs.

Anyway, I made this app only for myself since I found it incredibly hard to concentrate on reading long articles and books. Before this I couldn't even complete a single book in 1 year. But now I've completed more than 20+ books using this in last year. I have a small stand on which I mount my phone and just let this run like a movie. I think not having the phone in my hand also helps with the reading a lot.

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