Bummer. I played with Spritz (a centered-text speed reading API) at a hackathon a while back, and was pretty impressed. It seemed that I could read with real

Bummer. I played with Spritz (a centered-text speed reading API) at a hackathon a while back, and was pretty impressed. It seemed that I could read with real comprehension at around 400WPH and "skim" at about 1000. A big part of your pitch was "moving from word to word takes most of the time while reading," and I thought they had research to support that. It's still a fun thing to try if you haven't done it yet. The article points out what is pretty clearly the biggest problem with these speed readers - going back to re-read is a big UX challenge. My little hackathon app used a "back ten words" button (may have been what Spritz recommended?), but I also thought having the actual paragraphs scrolling above the Spritz text as you read would be a more useful way of solving this problem. If you get lost, skim the paragraphs around what you're reading, and press / click a word you want to start speedreading from again. In more dense material where you need to flip back a page or two, you might need some sort of zoom out functionality as well. If nothing else, these technologies will hopefully find a use in wearables and other tiny-screen devices.