Text 2.0

[freya1924]

Not bad except for the skimming text: I'm a speed reader it would always think I'm skimming. :P

[bertmg]

How cool is this. My biggest concern is the amount of system memory and file size used up for such technology.

[alfredasdeese54555]

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[focarman89]

This would have made My public educational experience a much more productive one.

[ralfbiedert]

The song is called "Text in Motion". You can get it from the project's web site (media.text20.net) in the "Sounds & Music" section. It is licensed as CC/BY, so you may even use it for your own works ;-)

[vvvano]

what a song?

[nielsbom]

I think that having all these moving parts on the page will distract from thoroughly absorbing the ideas in text. Reading and concentrating is hard enough for some people already.

I haven't done any research so I'm just giving my opinion.

[nielsbom]

Good looking tech, but I like the experience of reading to be under my control. In my opinion software is notoriously bad at guessing what you want to do, also because the reader does not know what he wants to do all the time.

I don't *think* the fading of words increases skimmability.

Having images appear and disappear automatically seems annoying when you want to look back at a picture 2 paragraphs ago.

Having extra information readily available is great, no doubt. (...continued)

[Hemp679]

how are you showing that text other than showing your face?

And where do i got to do that because ps3 uploader and editor isn't helping

[fstaal]

This would definetly justify getting a tablet/e-reader/iPad if they would support this (hardware and software).

[ishafaat]

awesome idea, looking for this to be released. I really love the background music. If someone can name the artist and title of the music???

[truu]

"For thousand of years reading in all its forms has always been static and silent."

This premise is wrong. Silent reader is quite a modern invention. According to Marshall McLuhan it has been connected with adoption and diffusion of printing press. According to Saenger the shift from oral to silent reading has been triggered off by the invention of word spacing. By any means, reading of manuscripts was collective and group activity.

Also on this topic Walter J. Ong - Orality and literacy.

[vantuz20072007]

Please, tell me! Anybody! Where can I get this music or notes of this one?

[ishafaat]

@vantuz20072007 I also want the background music. I really like it.

[papanga974]

excellent

[ThePinkChilli]

Wow.

[andwerver]

This looks stupid and annoying and will never be prevalent

[NiGHTSChao689]

If this hit the market, I wonder how long it would take before popup advertisements or product tag-lines would be forced in there

[finaoxide]

Now if only Steve put a camera on the iPad...

[doctorbasic]

How do I invest?

[sneakysheeky]

i read too fast for this. not that cool.

[MrBenvii]

Great project !

[WillemHeida]

So fucking stupid... Another step to make people lazier...

[gJonii]

Beautiful...

What's the music, by the way?

[hyperconnected08]

This is very interesting and would seem to be a good platform to expand to address consumers with eye disorders; enlarging text, motion contrast adjustments to maintian focus ect. good work

[cjeam9199]

@hyperconnected08 Fantastic thoughts, that may well be where this technology has the most potential near term. Thinking of the usage requirements of the minority of users or less advantaged ie those who may benefit from developments the most is very difficult and it is brilliant when someone does. :)

[kuglepen64]

lame

[VampireWestly]

I could see this being useful if you were learning a new language, but, for an every day application? Not so much.

[polletfa]

@VampireWestly I could very well imagine such a system for any kind of didactic document (why only foreign langages?) using hypertext links (online encyclopedias or newspaper for example). There are already plenty of websites where you can get a popup with detailed information, preview, etc (and unfortunatly, advertising as well), by hovering the mouse over a word. That's not that different. So they are *already* plenty of practical applications for such a system.

[hmkai]

Does the final product have the red dot? I'm assuming that's for demo purposes only because it would drive me bats otherwise.

[francisco8104]

This people really have nothing to do. It must be the horrible german food they eat.

Who the hell wants a computer program decide what is important and what not when skimming a text ? whats the use of the red dot ? I see no use whatsoever for this s**t !

[VampireWestly]

Yeah, I use more than just my central vision to skim, but my peripheral vision as well. My brain knows the words I'm looking for, and I can read with a larger field of vision.

[radicalaceshasbrin]

wow fucking shut up dude

[TheBilly]

@francisco8104 That's because you're the type who doesn't read books. Get back to watching American Idol and leave the rest of us alone

[polletfa]

@francisco8104 The red dot is for demonstration purposes only. It indicates the position where the reader is currently focusing (provided by an eye tracking system). Secondly the computer doesn't "decide" what's important, the author does. The goal of Text 2.0 is to provide a framework for building "dynamic texts" that "reacts" to the user but every bit of information must be provided by the author to begin with. The system only decide when the dynamic information should be displayed.

[polletfa]

@francisco8104 Finally, if you see no use for this, it may be because you lack imagination... The example here is untertainment but they are other fields where it could make sense. This semester I'll be working on a project whose goal is to test how it could be used for maintenance instructions. The obvious benefit would be that the operator could be given the information he needs without having to click his way through the instructions, leaving his hands free for the maintenance work.

[slavka012]

It's going to be an annoying eye sore

[packoftwenty]

Oh look. A 'solution' in search of a problem.

This is the biggest load of bullshit I have ever seen. Not one of these things is of any use to anybody, anywhere. LOL at all the idiots below saying how 'wonderful' it is.

And the 'music' is the most annoying, repetitive bit of cliched shite I have ever heard, I had to turn the volume off just to get through the entire video (which was hard enough in itself, as each 'innovation' was more pointless than the last.)

Don't give up the day job.

[cjeam9199]

@packoftwenty Your argument is invalidated thus:

That, would be of use, to me.

[endojoe2001]

@MasterZorlak Music credited to Andreas Buhl according to the end credits. ralfbiedert and team, congratulations on bringing an amazing piece of technology together like this. Awesome.

[MasterZorlak]

Does anyone happen to know the title and/or artist of the music being used in this?

On another note, +1 to The Little Prince. An amazing story! :)

[Rimber6]

If they can pull it off, it seems very nice.

[TheMediaSaint]

I can see this technology working really well with a kindle or an iPad. Really cool awesome concept!

[rkrish67]

Which eye tracker did you use ?

[ralfbiedert]

We use a Tobii 1750 and a Tobii x120.

[jnickence]

That's impressive. The next obvious question is, when will it be released?

[ralfbiedert]

Releasing it is one thing, but you also need an eye tracker. However, lets wait and see what 2010 brings :-)

[jnickence]

Well, if you're speaking of eye tracking, this sounds like something that would work with Microsoft's Project Natal.

[leobard]

Excellent video. well done, makes me proud to work at this place.

[MarcusSentry]

Impressive work!

[ralfbiedert]

Thank you ;-)