Reid Minion

Reid is a document and ebook reader for the iPhone and iPod Touch. It has features designed to assist you in reading more comfortably and efficiently. Whether youre visually impaired and need a large font on a high contrast display or youre a speedreader blazing through documents at warp speed, Reid can make your reading easier. In addition to providing free eBook content, Reid allows you to log into your own Google Documents account and download anything youve stored there. This gives you access to eBooks youve uploaded yourself, personal documents, or anything else youve stored online.

Reid was designed to maximize the readability of the content. The results of usability research were used to guide each feature. The user has control over font, font size, text contrast, reading speed and other parameters to suit their individual preferences while the entire framework works together to maximize readability.

Reid provides three basic modes for reading documents. The first highlights individual words and the highlight moves through the document at the speed you set. This provides a cue to help you keep pace with your selected reading speed. Some people find it more comfortable to read above or below the moving highlight rather than reading the highlight itself, but the highlight serves as a visual indication to keep the user focused.

The second reading mode is "word flash", also known as rapid serial visual presentation (RSVP). In this mode, each word is displayed individually on the screen. This allows the reader to focus on individual words. Once theyre used to it, some people are able to use very high speeds in word flash mode and still understand and retain the content. Remember that all the reading modes also work in landscape orientation, so rotate your screen to get more width and bigger fonts.

The third reading mode simply shows the document without any of the assisted-reading features. This mode allows the reader to manually scroll through the content at their leisure.