Re: Re: E-books Fail The Classroom Test

On Sunday, September 12, 2010 11:05:35 am you wrote:
> I know there is a better example of this:
> 
> http://www.visuwords.com/
> 
> But I can't find it today. I wonder if something like this could be
> made to emulate "riffling pages"?
> 
> Margaret
> 
> > On 11-Sep-10, at 4:23 PM, Daniel P. B. Smith wrote:
> > 
> > One that that's been obvious for decades is that nobody has yet
> > developed a computer experience that is analogous to _riffling
> > pages._ This is a very important technique when reading for
> > knowledge, rather than pleasure, and it is astonishing how much 
you
> > can pick out, in a right-brained sort of way, riffling twenty to
> > fifty pages a second.
> 
This is called gestalt perception. It is supported by converting the 
pages to variable frame rate video. Examples of video formats that 
support this are .wmv, .mpg, .ogg.


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