Bloodfalcon he/him Posted February 25, 2014 Report Share Posted February 25, 2014 Check out this speed reading tool that is being developed: http://www.spritzinc.com/ I tried it out in that header and read at 500 wpm with no problem at all. After seeing that, I immediately applied to be a beta tester so that I could pound through books like Words of Radiance in a fraction of the time. It is practically a necessity. When you encounter certain new vocabulary, the speeds can get a little problematic, but perhaps that means I haven't had enough practice yet. Regardless, if you used it for rereading purposes alone, it would be a great tool. Definitely something I'm going to keep an eye on, and I thought others might be interested. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moogle Posted February 25, 2014 Report Share Posted February 25, 2014 This is interesting. I too had no issues at 500 WPM, and was sad there was no option for 1000 WPM. I feel uncomfortable with the idea of using it to read email or a book because I like seeing how long something is (for lack of a better reason), but I'm sure I could adjust. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Claincy he/him Posted February 25, 2014 Report Share Posted February 25, 2014 Huh, that is really cool. Though it feels rather strange to start with. The biggest problem I can see with it atm is if you get distracted for a moment or want to reread a little bit for any other reason. I assume they will include some form of skipback function but it would still be harder. One other thing that would be nice perhaps is an option for the exact time a word stays on-screen being related to it's length. I think that could make it feel more natural and flow better internally. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bloodfalcon he/him Posted February 25, 2014 Author Report Share Posted February 25, 2014 Huh, that is really cool. Though it feels rather strange to start with. The biggest problem I can see with it atm is if you get distracted for a moment or want to reread a little bit for any other reason. I assume they will include some form of skipback function but it would still be harder. One other thing that would be nice perhaps is an option for the exact time a word stays on-screen being related to it's length. I think that could make it feel more natural and flow better internally. I agree, there would need to be a way to skip to the beginning of a sentence if it were possible. If not, then you'd have to be content with skipping back a certain number of seconds. Changing duration based on word length could be nice too, at least to start. It might contradict some of the research they claim, but I think it would be helpful. Again, I only really had problems with words that I didn't recognize, and I think if you started off reading a book with new characters and concepts as fantasy brings, you would be in a bit of a Pickle. Might take a repeat or two for every new proper noun. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Claincy he/him Posted February 25, 2014 Report Share Posted February 25, 2014 I agree, there would need to be a way to skip to the beginning of a sentence if it were possible. If not, then you'd have to be content with skipping back a certain number of seconds. Changing duration based on word length could be nice too, at least to start. It might contradict some of the research they claim, but I think it would be helpful. Again, I only really had problems with words that I didn't recognize, and I think if you started off reading a book with new characters and concepts as fantasy brings, you would be in a bit of a Pickle. Might take a repeat or two for every new proper noun. Changing the duration would slow the wpm, but it might be more enjoyable when reading for leisure. Can't really know without trying. New words would be a bigger problem. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Swimmingly he/him Posted February 26, 2014 Report Share Posted February 26, 2014 My problem is that at 500 wpm, I can't blink or I miss things. Besides, my wpm is already above that. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bloodfalcon he/him Posted February 26, 2014 Author Report Share Posted February 26, 2014 mine's not even close. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Swimmingly he/him Posted February 26, 2014 Report Share Posted February 26, 2014 Good luck with getting the beta then 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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