Sentences with phrase «who read on screen»

Those who read only on screen are also a third as likely to enjoy reading (12 % compared to 51 %) and to have a favorite book (just 59 % of children surveyed who read on screen had one, compared to 77 % of kids who prefer to read print books).

Not exact matches

Players can wise up faster by reading on - screen tips from former Pittsburgh Steelers coach Bill Cowher, who serves as an adviser to Quick Hit.

Having picked up on Nintendo's selling tactic of focusing on the players and not the screen, the company is aiming Kinect at the community of mass market non-gamers, who are more easily pleased than the hardcore critics and who don't read game reviews.

Social justice causes, candles in worship services, v - necks and big neck tattoos on worship leaders, screenings of PT Anderson films at church, heavy use of Helvetica font in church bulletins, bald pastors who always wear black clothes from Banana Republic, beer at church barbecues, a renewed interest in corporately reading ancient creeds or prayers, Nooma videos, Sufjan Stevens and everything related to Sufjan Stevens.

This is one way to «read» television — to ask who benefits by particular kinds of programs and commercials, by what is present on or absent from the screen, by the arrangements in the social system itself regarding television.

It's an incongruous style for Lakatos, who sports an Olympic rings tattoo on his back, has a screen saver that reads YOU»VE GOT TO BE AN ANIMAL and co-owns a Pasadena auto shop with his father, Steve.

On average, they found that teens who spent more time in front of screen devices — playing computer games, using social media, texting and video chatting — were less happy than those who invested more time in non-screen activities like sports, reading newspapers and magazines, and face - to - face social interaction.

This simple fact has been exploited by computer scientists in Saarbrücken who have developed a software system that recognizes how fast a text on a display screen is being read and then allows the text to scroll forward line by line at the right speed.

How reading on screens differs from reading on paper is relevant not just to the youngest among us, but to just about everyone who reads — to anyone who routinely switches between working long hours in front of a computer at the office and leisurely reading paper magazines and books at home; to people who have embraced e-readers for their convenience and portability, but admit that for some reason they still prefer reading on paper; and to those who have already vowed to forgo tree pulp entirely.

Trial participants were men and women 35 to 65 years of age who had an average systolic blood pressure of 130 - 159 mmHg and / or diastolic blood pressure of 80 - 99 mmHg based on an average of 9 readings (3 observations at each of 3 screening visits).

I understand that these services do produce functional and fulfilling relationships, but who clicks through faces on a screen, stops on one, reads a short blurb and gets that funny feeling all of a sudden?

Yet if you're old enough to read this and you find yourself at a screening, try thinking about the munchkins who worked so hard on the psychedelic scenery.

Although this minimalist technique is the hallmark of a well - crafted film, it does prove to be a bit of a challenge for the viewer who has to carefully pay attention to the acting on screen while at the same time attempting to read the subtitles!

Set for release February 5th, 2016 is Sony Screen Gems» Pride and Prejudice and Zombies (read our report from set in London), which focuses on the Bennett sisters — Elizabeth (Lily James), Lydia (Ellie Bamber), Mary (Millie Brady), Jane (Bella Heathcote), and Kitty (Suki Waterhouse)-- several badass women who have been trained to brutally slay the undead.

While Universal went to great lengths to induct the unfaithful (those who never read E.L. James trilogy) on the first Fifty Shades of Grey, they've relied on the brand's fanbase (ComScore / Screen Engine's PostTrak shows 81 % females, with 59 % ladies over 25 taking up the most seats), which they stoked socially, and a killer soundtrack recipe which works like it's the 1980s all over again.

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While those who don't read comics were trying to convince you that they were big game scoop hunters who bagged a «World War Hulk» elephant for Avengers 3, everyone else was starting to get hyped for seeing the Infinity Gauntlet saga on the big screen.

Woody Harrelson as Haymitch does a bit of angsting; Elizabeth Banks as Effie in her trademark overblown peplums gets an emotional closeup near the end after a few nondescript scenes; Stanley Tucci as smarmy broadcaster Caesar flickers briefly on the big screen while issuing a video news bulletin; we even get a glimpse or two of the late great Philip Seymour Hoffman as Plutarch Heavensbee who, in a nice farewell touch, has almost the last word in his final missive to Katniss which is read aloud.

But Reeves counterbalances a solidly world - weary cast (including Keri Russell and Kodi Schmitt - McPhee, who, as Malcolm's frail, indie - comic - reading son, could certainly have been more annoying) against some of the strongest mo - cap effects ever put on screen, allowing Kibbell and Serkis to breathe unmistakable gravity into both Koba's vengeful sadism and Caesar's sad - eyed realization that apes and humans have more in common than he'd like to admit.

I'm on my way home from Sundance today and as I was reading through Twitter, I noticed an interesting tweet from a friend who said that he was missing a screening of the documentary Catfish being held on the Paramount lot tomorrow night.

The only hint we get that this is told from the kid's perspective is the usage of a voiceover that is read by an instantly forgettable Tobey Maguire (who shows up on screen for quite literally a few seconds as a twenty - something Henry late in the film).

I read that «Audition (The Fools Who Dream)» is your favorite number, in large part due to Emma's performance on screen.

As one of the first steps in the process, the diagnostic screener will identify kindergarteners who are at high risk for reading difficulty, capitalizing on technology to make such screening widely available to all children.

Alternatively, iPads for scholars can work well for students who have an easier time with technology when they can actually touch a screen to manipulate learning activities ST math and MyOn reader, which personalize reading for students by recommending books based on their interests and reading level, are particularly good.

You want the content to be as easy as possible to read and digest - especially for adult learners who have challenges when viewing information on a screen.

This can be done even before a child can read, testing things like phonological awareness, or sound awareness, which are good predictors of whether a child will have reading problems, says John D. E. Gabrieli, director of MIT's Integrated Learning Initiative, who will focus on making the screening tool.

We've watched some of our most reluctant readers — Spanish middle - school boys who happened to be big soccer fans — start out slowly reading sports articles on eBook screens and grow into voracious readers of print books on every imaginable subject.»

You can use headsets for participants who need to hear the script in Spanish or mute the audio and read aloud to the entire group, taking care to make sure your words match what is on the screen.

Extended text entry or reading seems to be a little more difficult on the smaller screens of iPod Touches, but a student who is familiar with the device frequently overcomes that difficulty with the experience they've developed over many hours of practice on other applications.

One bill would require that schools screen all students in kindergarten through second grade for dyslexia as well as all students in third, fourth and fifth grades who do not perform well on reading tests.

Misclassified cases are either false positives (FPs; those students identified as at risk who later perform satisfactorily on reading outcomes) or false negatives (FNs; those students not identified by the screen as at - risk but who later perform poorly on reading outcomes).

This fact sheet focuses on the importance of universal screening in the primary grades to identify students who are in need of reading intervention.

In fact, learners who take a course in which a character leads them through the content outperform learners who simply read on - screen text.

Trouble is, Continental drivers who aren't whizzes at operating the car's complex computer could end up staring at a glaring LED screen as big as the speedometer that reads «Reverse Mirrors On Off» (requiring the driver to choose one or the other).

The capability, available on many e-book reading devices, to render digital text as Synthetic Speech, allowing someone who can not see the text to listen to it instead (see also Screen Readers).

Many people who spend a lot of time reading appreciate e-paper displays, which are thin and light enough to hold in one hand, easier on the eyes than backlit LCD screens and viewable in bright sunlight.

Right now (I assume) you and others are reading this text on a emissive screen, students, especially those who grew up with computers, write their essays and do their research on emissive displays.

Also, for example, reflowable content most likely will include tables that adapt to screen size, and are accessible to readers who may rely on read - aloud functionality.

This proved that there are folks out there who feel comfortable reading immersive content on an LCD screen.

But there are a lot of people — including, significantly, most people over age 40 - who don't like reading tiny text on bright LCD screens in devices loaded with distractions that die after 5 hours without their electric lifeline.

The application features voice - guided menu navigation, large font sizes, high contrast reading mode, keyboard navigation and accessible shortcuts, as well as text - to - speech reading with adjustable voice settings for customers who have an external screen reader program installed on their PC.

Peter has been a beta tester for 12 years for the JAWS for Windows screen reading software, and he is available for consulting on accessibility issues for sighted clients and computer configuration and training for clients who are blind.

[7] So while there are few people who would, or could, dispute the convenience of e-books on mobile devices, reading on a bright screen just can't replace a good, old - fashioned book.

The small dimension (width) of your cover should be at least 1400 pixels, which sounds like overkill given that your book cover will almost always be displayed either as a thumbnail or at about 400 - 800 pixels when viewing the ebook on a reading device, but I guess we need to prepare for that one in a million ebook aficionado who insists ebooks are best read on a plasma television screen.

People who get dedicated eReaders with eInk are people who read more and thus want to avoid the eyestrain associated with staring at a screen on a mobile phone or tablet, so they can read longer comfortably, without their eyes getting strained from the light shining in their eyes and getting refreshed countless times a second.

Digital content providers like subscription providers or other sources such as libraries and the hospitality industry need to ensure a seamless experience for people who plan to read on the small screen.

Tap - tapping the keys and out come the words on this little screen, and who will read them I hardly know.

For those who like to stay up late reading in bed and don't want to wake their partner — or just like to read in dimly lit spots — Amazon and Barnes & Noble have two backlit e-reader options that illuminate the screen and make the experience a whole lot easier on the eyes.

«As for reading, I think there is a certain type of consumer who hops on a train for 10 minutes and might want to read on their phone, but for longer sitting reading, people prefer larger screens.»