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fotpfan · 03-14-2025, 05:19 PM

I would have thought the same in terms of external readers, but Calibre is the only one I like, beyond Firefox to read PDFs.

Maybe it was something external that worked directly with Calibre, hence why I believe it was a third-party one and not one listed or advertised on the Calibre plugins page. Word choice and scope, availability aside, it was a right-click or menu option within Calibre's reader itself that made it so useful. There was no need to highlight text, deal with poorly formatted PDFs from texts, route around images the right way, saving locations to continue etc... Calibre's reader already handled that, and this plugin, applet, cooperating app, whatever it may be that I am searching for, had worked without issue within

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As for the other issues of not meeting claims of X use for dyslexic, comprehension and so on, that's not for me to decide at this time. I see poor research practices both for and against as each tries to research to markets and personal agendas and assumptions rather than within any scientific method from phenomenon toward theory.

I have no assumptions of its suitability for those tasks, much like the "new age" pseudo-eastern "healing" companies I've consulted with in the past, reviewing their "research" and "findings." I don't believe a coffee colonic will cure foot fungus and ingrown hairs, but if a customer asks for one I will make sure it's the best damned coffee we can find. Similarly, I hope to find the most useful RSVP reader for my purpose that I can.

I, personally, find RSVP useful for academic texts and some other volumes because it keeps any internal dialogue moving faster, and I don't have to deal with the (often poor) formatting journals output. Additionally, any emails I jam into it are much easier to deal with when Karen or Tim go on and on about their new dog.

It may be that my mind wants a reading speed my eyes can't keep up with, my (what used to be called) photographic memory, or any number of preferential things based on my life that makes it useful to me.

Of course the one thing that I have a terrible memory with is names, hence the trouble now. If the plugin, app, applet, script... had a recall number, a hash, a UUID, callsign or handle I'd be good to go and find it again by those details... oh well.

For now I'm stuck converting to PDF and using scripts in Firefox.

03-14-2025, 05:19 PM	#5
fotpfan Junior Member Posts: 3 Karma: 10 Join Date: Mar 2025 Device: PC - none	I would have thought the same in terms of external readers, but Calibre is the only one I like, beyond Firefox to read PDFs. Maybe it was something external that worked directly with Calibre, hence why I believe it was a third-party one and not one listed or advertised on the Calibre plugins page. Word choice and scope, availability aside, it was a right-click or menu option within Calibre's reader itself that made it so useful. There was no need to highlight text, deal with poorly formatted PDFs from texts, route around images the right way, saving locations to continue etc... Calibre's reader already handled that, and this plugin, applet, cooperating app, whatever it may be that I am searching for, had worked without issue within ------- As for the other issues of not meeting claims of X use for dyslexic, comprehension and so on, that's not for me to decide at this time. I see poor research practices both for and against as each tries to research to markets and personal agendas and assumptions rather than within any scientific method from phenomenon toward theory. I have no assumptions of its suitability for those tasks, much like the "new age" pseudo-eastern "healing" companies I've consulted with in the past, reviewing their "research" and "findings." I don't believe a coffee colonic will cure foot fungus and ingrown hairs, but if a customer asks for one I will make sure it's the best damned coffee we can find. Similarly, I hope to find the most useful RSVP reader for my purpose that I can. I, personally, find RSVP useful for academic texts and some other volumes because it keeps any internal dialogue moving faster, and I don't have to deal with the (often poor) formatting journals output. Additionally, any emails I jam into it are much easier to deal with when Karen or Tim go on and on about their new dog. It may be that my mind wants a reading speed my eyes can't keep up with, my (what used to be called) photographic memory, or any number of preferential things based on my life that makes it useful to me. Of course the one thing that I have a terrible memory with is names, hence the trouble now. If the plugin, app, applet, script... had a recall number, a hash, a UUID, callsign or handle I'd be good to go and find it again by those details... oh well. For now I'm stuck converting to PDF and using scripts in Firefox.