GeekWire app of the week: Mind Vault

BY Jamie Skorheim  on January 17, 2013 @ 2:09 pm

Mind Vault
Mind Vault will remove portions of text you are trying to memorize to challenge you to learn it. (Image courtesy iTunes) | Zoom
This week's app of the week can be put to some practical use for those looking for a little assistance with memorization.

Mind Vault is a "memorization assistant" app available for iPhone or iPad.

GeekWire host Todd Bishop says the app was actually developed by Bainbridge Islander Noah Read.

The app is meant to help those trying to memorize a portion of text by removing portions to challenge them to learn it.

"The idea is you can enter any text that you want into the app and then you move a slider on the bottom of the app and it gradually takes away characters and words to the point where you're actually remembering the words that are no longer there," says Bishop. "As you go down gradually, you've memorized the whole thing."

Bishop says the technique of removing portions of the text is a pretty well-known memorization technique, but now it's available as an app with the ability to load in any text you want.

"Say you have something for work, or a speech you have to memorize, put it into this Mind Vault app and just play with the sliders, take the characters away, and you can learn it over time."

Once you've learned the text, Mind Vault will also archive it, so that it's always at hand for review.

The Mind Vault app is available for iPhone and iPad for $2.99.

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Jamie Skorheim, MyNorthwest.com Editor
Whether it's floating on Green Lake, eating shrimp tacos at Agua Verde, or taking weekend drives out to the Cascades, she loves to enjoy the Pacific Northwest lifestyle as much as humanly possible.
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  • awbitf wrote...
    What's the point?
    January 19, 2013 1:39 pm
    Of an "app of the week" if it's only on one of the 2 major platforms. Heck- I'll even throw in Windows Phone--- to be an app of the week, you should be on all 3.
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