Speed Reader

[Wictorian]

I want to make a speed reader [using Python].

Something like this : https://www.spreeder.com/app.php?intro=1

I have two questions.

First, how can I display the text? 
And how can I deal with punctiation?

[Slottr]

3 minutes ago, Wictorian said:

 

First, how can I display the text? 

Assuming you're doing this in something like Tkinter, as a label

 

3 minutes ago, Wictorian said:

And how can I deal with punctiation?

?

The text is coming from a predefined string -> punctuation will create some special cases but really there's not much to miss

[Wictorian]

4 minutes ago, Slottr said:

Assuming you're doing this in something like Tkinter, as a label

 

I guess it will be okay, I want to make it readable.

6 minutes ago, Slottr said:

The text is coming from a predefined string -> punctuation will create some special cases but really there's not much to miss

It will display one word at a time. Should it display one piece of punctuation at a time too? Or should I merge it with the previous word?

[Slottr]

7 hours ago, Wictorian said:

I guess it will be okay, I want to make it readable.

That’s what labels are for

 

7 hours ago, Wictorian said:

will display one word at a time. Should it display one piece of punctuation at a time too? Or should I merge it with the previous word?

That’s up to you to decide, it’s your software

[Bladzy]

On 10/19/2021 at 8:21 AM, Wictorian said:

Should it display one piece of punctuation at a time too? Or should I merge it with the previous word?

I'd merge it with the previous word. Also, make sure to run your tkinter gui in a seperate thread, this will make your experience smoother and more responsible (the window or additional features like buttons may hang if both your gui and main code run in the same thread).

[Wictorian]

7 hours ago, Bladzy said:

I'd merge it with the previous word. Also, make sure to run your tkinter gui in a seperate thread, this will make your experience smoother and more responsible (the window or additional features like buttons may hang if both your gui and main code run in the same thread).

I have no idea how to do that.