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bluefoxicy writes
"Speed reading has matured into technological solutions. Rapid Serial Visual Presentation, or RSVP, provides faster reading than the manual finger-following method, with retention on par with standard reading at 250 words per minute. Research shows most people can start at 400WPM, and reach 800WPM in an hour; and further advancements used in products such as Spritz and Sprint Reader claim 1000-1800 words per minute when practiced by offsetting and context pausing.
Thus far I have not found any software to read ebooks with these methods. Are there any open source applications, Nook or Kindle Fire applications, or otherwise to read ePub or Mobi or Kindle books via RSVP?"
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(Score: 3, Insightful) by frojack on Tuesday March 11 2014, @02:08AM
Do you have some evidence to support this opinion?
Your "beyond a certain level" leaves a lot of room for you to be right (since you are imprecise in the definition of failure), but that still a lot of room for improvement.
Even if all we need to do is break bad habits, some tools might be very helpful, just to get up to the speed we are naturally capable of.
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(Score: 3, Informative) by efitton on Tuesday March 11 2014, @02:35AM
Not the best article, although not a bad read: http://www.slate.com/articles/briefing/articles/20 00/02/the_1000word_dash.html [slate.com]
Although I would be curious to try it on a phone. Anything larger and I already read about 600 wpm so not a lot of speed incentive. I can't find the article I read earlier stating that the research goes back to the 60s and that there are real limits to RSVP.
(Score: 1) by SurvivorZ on Tuesday March 11 2014, @03:21AM
I must be completely abnormal then, because I have trained myself to read ~450 words/minute leisurely and 600-700 wpm when fully trying.
(Score: 2, Informative) by baldrick on Tuesday March 11 2014, @05:50AM
another article - http://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2014/03/ is-speed-reading-possible/284326/ [theatlantic.com]
just another gimmick - if you want to read faster and understand what you are reading ,you need to read more - that hard work / practice thing
there is no shortcut you can buy for $1.99
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(Score: 1) by efitton on Tuesday March 11 2014, @02:08PM
That was the article I was looking for. Still think it might be nice to have it running while running on a treadmill; phone at the Dr's Office, etc.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday March 11 2014, @08:53AM
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(Score: 2) by Boxzy on Tuesday March 11 2014, @08:16PM
I think it's fairly obvious, evidence be damned. Failure was not one of the options, you clearly have not had to help others finish their thesis after massively ill-advised speed-reading experiments. Nor have you actually tested this yourself by reading a book speedily and a week later ask another to ask questions about it. While there are those who have an excellent visual cortex able to ingest data at impressive speeds, they are very few and far between. Do some tests yourself, be scientific. Google doesn't know everything.
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