When reading a form of media like a book or article in this age of hyper-stimulation, and 'dopamine hacking', it can feel hard if not impossible to keep your eyes on the words, and not stray off thinking about something else or worse, picking up the phone. Speedreeder.com hopes to offer a middle ground, one in which you can enjoy the experience of a long-form book or article, while ensuring that you can stay focused on the words being presented to you. On top of that, this form of reading can help people read up to 3x faster, giving them the same experience as a book, while having it infringe less upon your day.
Of course you can! That is, with the proper usage of the tool. With a tool like SpeedReeder, you're given the power to immediately crank up the wpm to a thousand, and be done with your boring reading assignment in 10 minutes. If that's what you want out of the site, you do you! However, for those seeking to actually absorb the information in an effecient way, something this tool promises to do, I would encourage slowly stepping up the speed of the reader, utilising the 'Back 10 words', to re-read a sentence, and finally pausing and reading the preview text if necessary. Done properly, I hope you find this tool as useful as I have!
RSVP, or Rapid serial visual presentation is a method of reading mostly known for its scientific purpose of measuring how fast people can read words. It does this by rapidly flashing words in one location in front of the user. More recently, RSVP has been displayed in the media, most of the time as an online 'challenge' to see in what percentile of speed readers you sit in. At Speedreeder.com, we want to bring this method of reading mainstream, as we beleive it can improve the ability for readers to digest information, and decrease distractions while reading, all while maintaining the levels of comprehension on the text. (see elaboration below) Speedreeder.com is a tool that everyone can use, from college students on a crunch, or employees trying to increase effeciency.
One of the main critisms of the RSVP method, is that the nature of only being shown one word at a time, and not being able to go back words on command decreases reader's comprehension levels, however we've tackled this issue head-on, and beleive that through the introduction of features such the 'preview text', and the 'back 10 words' button mitigate this possibility. However, the best way to maintain comperehension while utilising SpeedReeder, is to pace yourself, truly absorb what you're being shown, and become familiar with the tools we've provided.