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How ADHD Students Use SayTXT to Study

If your eyes read three paragraphs but your brain absorbed none of them, you already know the problem. Here's the workflow that finally sticks.

The problem

ADHD isn't a reading disorder — but reading dense material with ADHD is uniquely hard:

• Your eyes skim, then jump back, then skim again
• You "read" a page and remember zero of it
• Long paragraphs feel like a wall you can't climb
• You get distracted by anything — a notification, a thought, the ceiling fan

How Focus View + audio can support dense reading

SayTXT combines narration with visual tracking. Different readers prefer different setups, so you can adjust the voice, highlighting behavior, and speed:

• Audio narration lets you listen while following the text on screen.
• Focus View follows the narration word by word for some voices and sentence by sentence for others.

The ADHD study workflow with SayTXT

1. Import your reading. PDF, EPUB, DOCX, or paste text.
2. Turn on Focus View. Preview the highlighting: some voices follow word by word, while others follow by sentence.
3. Choose a natural-sounding voice with comfortable pacing and clear pronunciation. Avoid overly lively voices — they may add distraction.
4. Choose a comfortable speed. Start near 1x, then adjust up or down based on how well you can follow the material.
5. Wear headphones. Isolates you from ambient distractions.
6. Take walking breaks. Pause every 20 minutes. Pace, then resume.

What ADHD students use SayTXT for

• Reading dense textbook chapters
• Getting through assigned journal articles
• Reviewing lecture notes as audio
• Studying case studies for law/medicine
• Reading long emails without losing focus
• Studying while pacing or on a treadmill