Sentence examples for read on a screen from inspiring English sources

These are the characters that look most similar and are likeliest to be confused in many fonts, especially the digital ones you read on a screen.

Could the pages of "Shadow" be scanned into a computer and read on a screen?

Turning inked letters into electronic dots that can be read on a screen is simply the first essential step in creating this new library.

A study this year found that people reading on a screen tended to skip around more and read less intensively, and plenty of research confirms that people tend to comprehend less of what they read on a screen.

With today's low quality of reading devices, "only those who are really motivated to read on a screen will do that," said Daniel O'Brien, an analyst at Forrester Research who has studied digital publishing.

In this vision, the main advantage of the coming digital library is portability — the nifty translation of a book's full text into bits, which permits it to be read on a screen anywhere.

The present study examined two common mechanisms that are used to explain why reading on an electronic screen versus paper result in different reading outcomes: The Cognitive Map Mechanism and the Medium Materiality Mechanism.

"Our research with consumers indicates very little interest in reading on a screen," he said".Maybe someday, but not in a five-year time frame.

Some psychologists believe these mental maps of a reader's journey through a piece of text provide the deeper sense of understanding that distinguishes reading on paper from reading on a screen.

Although many consider the idea of reading on a screen awkward and far-fetched, some publishers hope that electronic books will provide a new avenue of growth in an otherwise nearly flat business, just as first paperbacks and then audio books did in the past.

And I do agree with Carr that it is easier to lose yourself in a book than when reading on a screen.