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The program my dad used was developed by Evelyn Wood. It's old school, and one of the main techniques is underlining each line of text with your finger or a pen
by dlnovell 16y ago
The program my dad used was developed by Evelyn Wood. It's old school, and one of the main techniques is underlining each line of text with your finger or a pen, so it doesn't really work as well for reading on a computer. However, once you train with underlining on paper, your speed without it will still be significantly faster than before. It would probably work normally on a kindle or ipad.
I dabbled with it when I was in high school and had something like a 50% speed up after a week, but I'm not a particularly disciplined student. I'm sure that if I had kept with it I'd have been able to double or triple my reading speed.
- brokenmindsets 16y agoHi dlnovell, thank's for the response! I have a book on the Evelyn Wood technique named The Evelyn Wood Seven-Day Speed Reading and Learning Program which I believe was written by someone who used to work for Evelyn Wood rather than by Evelyn herself. I haven't been able to get my hands on the original Evelyn Wood training material as of yet. It is really great to hear feedback from someone that this technique has worked for. Thanks again.
- strayrocket 16y agoYou can also use something like QuickReader (http://www.quickreader.net http://www.quickreader.net) on the iPhone which implements the guide with a highlight or underline. You can copy and paste text into the app or download books from sites like Feedbooks.com.