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2014/02/27 21:50:01 (permalink)

How to read at 500 wpm


 
Personally I think I could read a whole book like this. I cannot wait. I just hope it's not limited to Android devices. 
 
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    Re: How to read at 500 wpm 2014/02/27 22:11:33 (permalink)
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    Re: How to read at 500 wpm 2014/02/27 23:14:27 (permalink)
     "Our “Redicle” technology enhances readability even more by using horizontal lines and hash marks to direct your eyes to the red letter in each word, so you can focus on the content that interests you."
     
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    Re: How to read at 500 wpm 2014/02/27 23:37:48 (permalink)
    I can read 500wpm--as long as I don't have to remember any of it.  

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    Re: How to read at 500 wpm 2014/02/28 00:19:49 (permalink)
    I honestly think this will enable me to read better. I've always had a mild case of eyes jumping around the page-itis and sometimes find myself re-reading sentences two or three times because of it. It's not a huge deal, just a little irritating sometimes. 
     
    Some years ago my dad's girlfriend went on a speed reading course. It was the speed reading technique where you sort of defocus your eyes and drink in a whole page at once. She was getting through books in less than an hour, but my dad said that sometimes he'd go into the room to talk to her and she'd look up from her book with kind of Haight-Ashbury eyes. 

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    Re: How to read at 500 wpm 2014/02/28 00:56:07 (permalink)
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    Re: How to read at 500 wpm 2014/02/28 02:59:07 (permalink) ☄ Helpfulby mmorgan 2014/02/28 10:02:01
    That's not for reading good books. Reading good books is not about knowing who does what, it's about
    enjoying the brilliant language and expression etc. It's ok to read the same sentence five times if it deserves it.
     
    I don't read any books simply to find out who's the murderer, I read to enjoy good writing and/or to find out what the writer has to say.
     
    Speed reading is for people who must read 20 newspapers a day and glimpse through endless reports etc.
    It shouldn't have anything to do with real books.

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    Re: How to read at 500 wpm 2014/02/28 03:16:50 (permalink)
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    500 WPM is easy!  Heck, I read the above in far less than that! 

     
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    Re: How to read at 500 wpm 2014/02/28 07:38:51 (permalink)
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    That's not for reading good books. Reading good books is not about knowing who does what, it's about
    enjoying the brilliant language and expression etc. It's ok to read the same sentence five times if it deserves it.
     
    I don't read any books simply to find out who's the murderer, I read to enjoy good writing and/or to find out what the writer has to say.
     
    Speed reading is for people who must read 20 newspapers a day and glimpse through endless reports etc.
    It shouldn't have anything to do with real books.




    I'm with you there. Why would anyone want to read a book that fast? Books are to be savoured and enjoyed, not blasted through as though they're somehow 'in the way'.

     
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    Re: How to read at 500 wpm 2014/02/28 12:15:43 (permalink)
    I've got a couple books regarding coding best practices and I'd love to read those as quickly as possible.  For reading enjoyment I still prefer a "real" book - no electronics allowed.

     
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    Re: How to read at 500 wpm 2014/02/28 12:32:39 (permalink)
    Sure you wouldn't want to read a good piece of fiction at 500wpm. When I'm reading Wodehouse I deliberately slow down to savor the language and the dialog because it's so great. But the thing about Spritz is that you can choose your own speed. How about 300wpm? The point is that as a medium, it takes a lot less space (ideal for embedding on web pages etc) and for a lot of people it's an easier way to read. Sometimes my brain will inadvertently read a word on the line below and it will sort of "color" what I'm reading on the line above. With Spritz you have way more focus and stability which may improve comprehension and retention.

    But yeah, for texts you have to "get through," 500 or even 1000wpm sounds great. Were you referring to "Code Complete" Craig? I've yet to get through that one, lol....

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    Re: How to read at 500 wpm 2014/02/28 12:48:15 (permalink)
    I can read a book that fast if I read it twice.

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    Re: How to read at 500 wpm 2014/02/28 13:10:13 (permalink)
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    Were you referring to "Code Complete" Craig? I've yet to get through that one, lol....



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    Re: How to read at 500 wpm 2014/02/28 14:22:10 (permalink)
    Of course this kind of forced attention will improve reading speed for the material being presented. In the days of paper books, people were achieving similar results by placing their finger in the middle of the line and forcing themselves to read at an uncomfortable speed by dragging it down the page. In fact you can quickly learn to totally ignore "filler" words so you did not even have to "read" a portion of the printed line to make sense of it. You cant do that with serially presented words as in the example posted. Most written material could be reduced to a tweet per page without losing  the important points, so comprehension is not as seriously impaired as most people think. Something you need to intellectually master or  think about, let alone enjoy is not so amenable
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