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nkormanik:
Prologue:  To read maximally our eyes must move rapidly.  Some of us are lucky to naturally develop this at an early age.  It might still be possible for others of us to learn later.

The idea of the asked-for program is to help with reading development.

Disclaimer:  No guarantees.  Use at your own risk.

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The present program I use to read epubs is Calibre Viewer (CV).  Seems about the best currently available for Windows.

CV lacks a particular ability that I'd really like to have.  Maybe you, Vic!, or someone here can come up with a solution.

CV allows user to select keys for various actions.  Enter, for instance, can be used for Page Down.

I'd like the following:

Upon execution of the mini-program, perhaps via desktop shortcut...

(Program must remain focused on CV, by the way (possibly user selectable, for other programs, like Acrobat, Word, Edge, Chrome, etc.?).  Not focused on program itself, desktop, etc.)

...Press Enter (specific key possibly user selectable) repeatedly, with a particular amount of time between each press, say, 5 seconds (possibly user selectable).

(The above can easily be done using a standard macro program.  I use Macro Express.)

(Here is where things get really tricky, and coding expertise is required.)

While this repeat-Enter process is going on...

Press the keypad (-) key to slow down the process.  Say, for instance, by 5%.  (Possibly user selectable.)

Press the keypad (+) key to speed up the process.  Say, for instance, by 5%.  (Possibly user selectable.)

Continue on with the repeat-Enter process for a user selected time.  Say, for instance, 5 minutes.

After completion of the above, open a small window center screen that says, "Rapid Reading Time Completed!"  (or, possibly user selectable text message.)

Upon closing the small window, the program terminates entirely.

Any thoughts or suggestions greatly appreciated.

Nicholas Kormanik

Deozaan:
Hi Nicholas,

You might have better luck posting requests for coding snacks in the Coding Snacks section of the forum, where any interested coder may feel free respond to your request. You've posted your request directly in a section of the forum designated for PublicDomainVic to announce his personal programs and projects, and where other coders may not think to look when checking for requests to respond to.

publicdomain:
Hi Guys, I'm okay either way :)


As a matter of fact, there's some activity on the PM sphere between Nick and me, so, perhaps there shall be full disclosure regarding the threads appearing here on this section (?) i.e. "[For Vic]", or something along those lines, should they be directed specifically at me.

...PM's do impact public posting at times e.g. I opened the repo @ https://github.com/publicdomain/timed-key-repeat but didn't announce it as I'm telling Nick about an idea for stepped multiples of speed on keys 1-9, perhaps nitpicking over small details LoL


Hey! I aim to be a plus for this fine DC community; my life's motto is to focus on the productive&positive side hence I'm truly fine either way attending on the coding snacks space or here. No biggie from me :Thmbsup:

Deozaan:
No worries. It's all good. I was just trying to be helpful. :)

nkormanik:
Previously others have chimed in on Vic's thread when I've suggested a little program.  Infact, someone beat Vic to the punch and came up with a real gem fast as lightning (Folder Renamer by KodeZwerg).  So, folks are apparently keeping an eye on Vic's neck of the woods here.

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