The ReadING PacerS

https://www.retrothing.com/2010/04/robot-readamatic-gets-humans-to-pick-up-the-pace.html

A reading pacer machine is a mechanical or electronic device designed to guide the reader’s eye along lines of text at a controlled speed. Its purpose is usually to train reading fluency, concentration, or speed.

- Early versions (mid-20th century) were used in schools and speed-reading courses. They projected or displayed text with a moving window, bar, or light that “paced” the reader line by line.
-Some models gradually increased speed to push readers beyond subvocalization.
-Later electronic versions used scrolling screens or tachistoscopic flashes of words. They sit at the intersection of educational technology and experimental reading machines, often appearing in discussions of alternative reading practices alongside artists’ book experiments.

Reflection:  Possible further exploration needed of the mechanisms used in this reading machine particularly the scroll function. This forms a link between early and contemporary mechanised reading machines.