In order to read, the eye has to stop at a part of the text, this is called fixation. Claims that you can read a book as fast as you can flip through a phone book are completely impossible on anatomical and neurological levels.įirst we have anatomical reasons to throw out absurdly high reading rates. Some speed reading claims can be tossed aside immediately. Is It Possible to Read 20,000+ Words Per Minute? Now, nearly a decade later, I decided to do some in-depth research into speed reading to bring you the facts. That meant comprehension, not speed, was the bottleneck I was trying to improve. My reading diet had switched from lighter self-help, to denser and more academic writing.
In addition to seeing some flickers of research that made me suspicious about speed reading programs, I had mostly stopped using the techniques I originally advocated. Since that time, I’ve had some lingering doubts about speed reading. I didn’t have any solid scientific research to back my experiments. When I wrote the piece, I based the article purely on my personal experience along with the how-to books I had read. I found I was able to increase my reading speed from 450 word per minute to 900 in the drills, so I published an article entitled, Double Your Reading Rate, which has since become one of the most popular on this website. This program was inspired by videos released by Spritz Inc of their excellent speed reading system.Seven years ago, I read some books and articles on speed reading and started practicing some of the methods. The developer documentation to help developers get up to speed quickly on the source code. The documentation for using the JavaScript Speed Reader program. This is the only file you need to use the program. The JavaScript Speed Reader program itself. The detailed developer documentation is available in the DEVELOPER.md file.
#SPEED READER CODE#
Jumping into a new development project is never easy, but the JavaScript Speed Reader code was written to be easy to understand and is fully commented and documented. Uncheck to read only one word at a time (which is a bit easier on the eyes). Want to read really fast? Check to read up to two words at a time. Uncheck to have the buttons available while reading. Really hate clutter? Check to unclutter the screen even more. Want context? Uncheck the check box to see the current word or phrase highlighted in context while reading.
Hate clutter? Check this check box for less clutter on the screen. Use the check boxes to customize your reading experience: Check box Searches forward for the beginning of the next paragraph. Pauses and resumes the speed reading session Searches back for the beginning of the sentence. The controls for the JavaScript Speed Reader are simple and intuitive: Buttons and Keyboard Shortcuts Button To read an article or book, copy the text into the text box, adjust the Speed (in words-per-minute) if desired, and click Play (►). If you use the JavaScript Speed Reader often, you can add the JavaScript Speed Reader as a bookmark in your browser for fast and easy access. Simply drag and drop the speedreader.html file onto your web browser to start the program. The JavaScript Speed Reader was designed to be easy to use. You understand words faster, and you can read more in less time while still maintaining high comprehension of what you read. Now your eyes don't have to search around. The JavaScript Speed Reader calculates the best reading location to recognize each word or phrase, and makes each word's best reading location appear in the same place every time. How it worksĮach time we move our eyes as we read, we have to search for the best place to look at each word to help our mind recognize the word we're reading. You're now ready to read faster than ever before. Uncheck Display multiple words if you find it a bit difficult to keep up.Right and left arrows skip back or skip ahead in the text.Up and down arrows display words faster or slower.To try the JavaScript Speed Reader, click here. The JavaScript Speed Reader is here to help!įor a video introduction to the JavaScript Speed Reader, click here. And yet, our time is precious and valuable. There is so much information that we must read each day, and the "to read" pile just keeps growing. The JavaScript Speed Reader is a self-contained, single-file, easy-to-use speed reading program for use in HTML5 capable desktop browsers.
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