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Old 02-13-2014, 11:18 AM   #21
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Originally Posted by Atunah View Post
I did 3 times just to see. I had a bit of a harder time reading on my netbook screen, but I did get all three answers right each time. I had I think it was 550 or so words the first time and the other two in the 520's.

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I do know that I have a much easier time to read on e-ink with my eyes than on the computer screen. Even such a short text makes my eyes all wonky.
I fully agree with that, it is certainly much easier to read on e-ink. Additionally, once you are into a book generally you'll read slightly faster because there's somewhat of a logic flow (lets ignore Joyce ). For the excerpts in the test it is a lot harder, because there's no preceding context. I'd think most people would need to read the first two or three sentences twice to get a feel.
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