--- abstract: 'The focus on communications technology in recent years has led to the question of how to best display electronic text onto small-screened devices. Past studies have shown that the compact method of Rapid Serial Visual Presentation (RSVP) is efficient but not well liked. Two experiments were conducted to explore ways of improving the preference for and feasibility of RSVP. In Experiment 1, the effects of a completion meter, punctuation pauses, and variable word duration were studied. Although the Normal Page and Sentence-by Sentence formats were still superior, post-experiment ratings indicated that punctuation pauses improved user preference, and preference for RSVP in general increased with practice. In Experiment 2, a modified RSVP condition included a completion meter, punctuation pauses, interruption pauses, and pauses at clause boundaries. This condition was significantly preferred to a normal RSVP condition. The present enhancements may increase the feasibility of using RSVP with small displays.' altloc: - http://psych.utoronto.ca/~muter/castelhanoandmuter.htm chapter: ~ commentary: ~ commref: ~ confdates: ~ conference: ~ confloc: ~ contact_email: ~ creators_id: [] creators_name: - family: Castelhano given: Monica S. honourific: '' lineage: '' - family: Muter given: Paul honourific: '' lineage: '' date: 2001-07 date_type: published datestamp: 2001-12-03 department: ~ dir: disk0/00/00/19/34 edit_lock_since: ~ edit_lock_until: ~ edit_lock_user: ~ editors_id: [] editors_name: - family: Stewart given: Tom honourific: '' lineage: '' eprint_status: archive eprintid: 1934 fileinfo: /style/images/fileicons/application_pdf.png;/1934/3/castelhano_muter2001.pdf full_text_status: public importid: ~ institution: ~ isbn: ~ ispublished: pub issn: ~ item_issues_comment: [] item_issues_count: 0 item_issues_description: [] item_issues_id: [] item_issues_reported_by: [] item_issues_resolved_by: [] item_issues_status: [] item_issues_timestamp: [] item_issues_type: [] keywords: reading electronic displays RSVP lastmod: 2011-03-11 08:54:50 latitude: ~ longitude: ~ metadata_visibility: show note: ~ number: 4 pagerange: 237-247 pubdom: FALSE publication: Behaviour & Information Technology publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd refereed: TRUE referencetext: | Aaronson, D. and Scarborough, H. 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