Flincth Speed Reader shows text in one fixed spot so your eyes stop jumping along the line. The mode decides how much appears at once. Switch at any time with Word, Phrase and Sentence at the bottom of the reader; your place doesn’t move.
Word
One word at a time, with a focus letter marked so your eye lands in the same place on every word. Turn on Focus guides in Reader settings for two faint marks above and below that point.
Good for: training your speed, light reading, short passages.
Phrase
A few words that belong together. Flincth splits each sentence at punctuation such as commas, and keeps phrases short, so you take in a whole idea in one glance.
Good for: most books and articles. It is usually the easiest mode to follow at higher speeds.
Sentence
A short sentence, or a long one split into parts. A chunk never runs into the next sentence.
Good for: dense or technical text, where you want each thought complete before moving on.
How Flincth keeps the sense
Whatever the mode:
- It pauses a little after a comma, longer at the end of a sentence and longest at the end of a paragraph.
- A long word gets a little more time than a short one.
- A new chapter or section shows its title on its own first.
- Each time you start or resume, the speed rises from a gentler pace to your target over the first few seconds.
The splitting uses punctuation and simple rules, not AI, so it works in any language written with spaces between words.
Fine-tuning with Pro
In Settings → Reading & Appearance (or More reading settings in the reader), Pro adds:
- Chunk size: the longest phrase and the longest sentence part, in words.
- Pauses (× one word): how long to wait after a comma, a sentence, a paragraph and at a new section.
- Ramp-up: how long the start-up takes and the speed it starts from.
- Show surrounding text while playing: the text before and after, faintly, above and below the current words.
The pause view, with the whole paragraph, and sentence back and forward are always free.
For how fast to go, see what speed to use in a speed reading app, and for what the research says about comprehension, do speed reading apps work?