Thank you. I was trying to keep it understated, but it was the equivalent of seeing a Jewish-sounding name and depicting the person as a yarmulke-wearing Orthodox Jew without their consent. Anyone with a broadly shared cultural background as that user would get hung up on the incongruence (and many would mind being stereotyped) instead of focusing on your product. I don't blame you for not knowing that turbans are religious headwear, not fun hats people wear and take off on a whim as depicted in American media (which has greatly influenced global cultural stereotypes).
You are absolutely right. I really wasn't aware of it. And therefore I thank you very much for the hint.
I am an open person and am therefore always happy when I can learn something new. Everyone should live as he wants.
We are individuals and I think that's great.
Best regards, Renato
Hi kranner
I didn't mean to offend you. Or misrepresent the culture with a memoji. Sorry. If you feel it's out of order, then I can change it too.
But what is more crucial for me is what Sangeeth said. And that is more important to me.
By the way, all testimonials are real. 100%
> Hi kranner I didn't mean to offend you. Or misrepresent the culture with a memoji. Sorry. If you feel it's out of order, then I can change it too. But what is more crucial for me is what Sangeeth said. And that is more important to me. By the way, all testimonials are real. 100%
I think that the general idea is that either you're guessing at the appropriate representation of the testifying users, or that they've picked those emoji. If the latter, then all is good! If the former, then it's generally a bad idea to assume that you know something about a person based on their name, or even, really, anything other than their implicit election. (I would certainly be upset if a business to whom I had offered a testimonial used it and misidentified me, even in ways that may seem trivial, especially if they could have just asked me.)
> In addition to pronouns, let's include emojis that we feel identify ourselves
I assume that was sarcastic, but why not? Do you have any right to choose the emoji to identify me? I mean, you surely have every right to editorialise with an emoji that you think reflects my behaviour, but, if you're going to quote me below a symbolic representation, then I think it's different. If one has to use an emoji to identify someone—and it's not at all clear to me that it's necessary—then, after all, we're talking about who has reached out; why not just ask them?
(For example, surely—right?—we can agree that it would be bad to say "a user from India gave this testimonial:", or whatever—unless the place of origin is relevant, and you actually know it. I don't see much difference between these two.)
It certainly seems clear that renato_cassutt, who it is clear can taken constructive criticism and who has given very useful replies throughout the comments, meant no-one any harm; and neither I nor, I am sure, kranner meant to impute any ill intent. I can understand the appeal of pictorial representations of one's users; I was just, and I suspect that kranner was also, trying to mention the possible inadvertent offence that might result in this way, not to ruin anyone's fun but to save someone from an inadvertent misstep.
Thanks JadeNB. I'm pretty sure that renato_cassutt didn't mean any harm and that the testimonial is from a real user. The context that many are missing here is that a turban is religious headwear like a yarmulke. As a Sikh you have to be authorised to wear one in a ceremony called a "dastaarbandi", and there are rules of conduct while wearing one in public. It's inadvisable to add one to the depiction of a person unless they choose it themselves. This kind of thing (e.g. inappropriate Sikh representation in movies) regularly becomes a political issue in India. In renato_cassutt's case, it's an unnecessary distraction from the actual product.
I do very much agree that it's inadvisable to add a turban to depiction of person unless they choose themselves.
That being said, as an pedantic, unshorn hair, turban wearing Sikh I'm not sure I'd describe dastaarbandi as any sort of ceremony granting authorization.
Hi renato_casutt, I'm not offended at all and congratulations on launching. I only commented to point out that the turban+name combination makes the comment look inauthentic which may be an issue in the intended use of the comment as social proof.
Hi cardamomo
I understand your skepticism and thank you for your criticism. What you see so far from Bionic Reading is the base. Of course, children should still learn to read. Because only when children have acquired a vocabulary, their brain has the representation products.
Reading is already very well researched. I absolutely agree with you on that. Unfortunately, people are reading worse and worse. There may be many different reasons for this. But I'm sure you agree with me that reading is a cultural asset that everyone must use.
Who reads worse, has thereby no advantage. Doesn't it?
Reading transports knowledge. That's why I think it's important to take a closer look at the way we read.
That's why I get a lot of feedback from people who have dyslexia and can read better again with Bionic Reading.
Thank you for teaching the children and best regards from the Alps,
Renato
I am very glad that Bionic Reading is being discussed in HN.
I am aware that it cannot help everyone.
But I also get a lot of feedback from people who are helped a lot by this reading mode.
Imagine you have problems with reading. You don't realize what a huge hurdle that is until you talk to people who are affected.
Being ashamed in front of society.
The problem of learning new things.
Being called stupid.
And these are just a few examples of people affected.
Therefore I thank you very much that you discuss the problem critically.
Best regards from the Alps,
Renato
I saw the opacity features but I was curious to see if with that feature, the bold text could stay as-is, and the regular text could take on lower opacity so that the full word is still there but only the bold parts are in full color. The opacity demo showed the whole paragraph as taking on an opacity reduction. I’m wondering if making the regular letters less opaque would disrupt the flow or further help focus on the important bits in bold?
I spotted a couple of language issues on the webpage. "most concise parts of words" doesn't make sense, as "concise" means brief or short. Maybe you meant "important"? "very great" isn't proper English.
This would be an awesome enhancement to Pocket- which already extracts web page texts into a lighter format - I'd probably read everything through that
The only way to use a patent “for good” is to prevent someone else from patenting it and exploiting it.
If you’re serious, then release a copy-left license for the patent (but not necessarily your implementation/product/sdk)
Otherwise, just add your commercial licensing terms to your website already so people aren’t misled into thinking they’ll be able to do anything with this idea unless they pay you.
Yes, corobo
that can be that it prevents you from reading. However, I would argue that you are a speed reader.
One test person in the study was also a speed reader. She had read two different texts. Once with and once without bionic reading. But her speed stayed at 800 wpm each time.
But believe me, there are a lot of people who have difficulty with reading. Surely also in your circle of friends. And for some of them Bionic Reading can help.
Hi mdp2021
I understand your skepticism. The point is that the reader needs a fixed point to absorb the text. That's why this definition is placed.
As shared in other comments, I unfortunately had to make very bad experiences. And the responsibility I perceive among others Marco (feedback website), I do not want to jeopardize.
But I understand your objections.
How do you decide which letters to highlight? Is it the first half in every case? Did you conduct any trials to see whether this yields the fastest reading speeds?
