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The whole eye-moving thing is a complete waste of time and effort. The real trick to speed reading is RSVP[1], rapid serial visual presentation. In RSVP the wo
by loopdoend 14y ago
The whole eye-moving thing is a complete waste of time and effort. The real trick to speed reading is RSVP[1], rapid serial visual presentation.
In RSVP the words or small groups of words are flashed in extremely fast succession without the need for the reader to move their eyes at all.
I use iRSVP on my iPhone to read books from my Calibre library and my reading speed has never been higher. It's not for everyone and requires a high degree of concentration, but it enables me to read and understand books much faster that I would have been able to otherwise.
[1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rapid_serial_visual_presentation http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rapid_serial_visual_presentatio...
- abentspoon 14y agoIf you've had good luck with RSVP on your phone, I built a RSVP bookmarklette[1] a while back for reading articles on the web. I never had much luck reading with it, but it might be useful if RSVP works for you. [1] http://qwerjk.com/force-feed http://qwerjk.com/force-feed
- r0s 14y agoMy last YC pitch was a system like this, with some unique innovations. Do you really use the iRSVP system? Can you speak to the problems or weaknesses in your experience?