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Find out for yourself: http://spritzinc.com/
:D
That's interesting, but what these people forego is that usually the most used way of reading a text is so called'skimming' ie reading in one sweep from top left to bottom right and extracting the info. Also, I can't exactly say this gives me less stress when reading, cause I can't read at my own tempo.
I think it helps me. I just wish there was a Chrome Extension for this.
Also, when I read, there is a little voice inside my head that processes everything. According to research this voice isn't yours until you've realized the voice in your head sounds nothing like you. Anyway, when I use Spritz @ 400 WPM or higher, my little voice has some trouble keeping up. 450 WPM or higher and I start to miss words.
Well, at 700 words per minute (in French), I miss about 5% of words but I still get all the information ;D
I find it hard to follow when there are large words. My peripheral vision is not used to being focused like that. I might get everything on a smaller screen, tho.
I started to skip words at 450 wpm
Same here. :walrii:
I found 700wpm to be easier than 500wpm. It's hard to retain the information when it's presented at this high speed but I get the main point.
I can read 700 wpm, understanding it, but missing a few words. 550 is max I can do without missing anything, I think.
I wonder if I could port this to the CE or the CSE... :P
The placement of the center letter is how this method works. While I'm sure their algorithm behind that is what they're protecting, a less computationally-intensive calculator version can be done.
[edit] you can probably just approximately center it and get a very similar result.
What would be better is if the next word only showed up once you pressed a key, with an option to show multiple words at once. Once the timer runs out it would calculate how fast exactly you have read.
Quote from: CVSoft on February 13, 2016, 05:13:04 AM
[edit] you can probably just approximately center it and get a very similar result.
Thats what I was thinking. The problem would be making a font that large, though.
Quote from: DJ Omnimaga on February 13, 2016, 05:35:34 AM
What would be better is if the next word only showed up once you pressed a key, with an option to show multiple words at once. Once the timer runs out it would calculate how fast exactly you have read.
Yeah, except this isn't really a fast reading test, but more a demo of a new reading system developed by some company.
Yeah, the topic title is a bit misleading. :P
On the same topic, there's an app (http://readquickapp.com/#home) for this(I got it as an app of the week or something like that)
Does that one calculate the exact speed at which you can read or do you select the speed like in the first post?
Quote from: DJ Omnimaga on February 14, 2016, 05:07:57 PM
Does that one calculate the exact speed at which you can read or do you select the speed like in the first post?
You select the speed in intervals of 10 wpm, all the way up to 1000 wpm
It seems like I once heard of a reading method like this. It's an interesting concept, being able to read without moving the eyes. On the other hand, when I'm reading I often don't read in a perfectly linear way. If I feel like I missed something I'll often immediately jump backward to an arbitrary point briefly to reread a few words, and other times if I get bored or am looking for something I may start jumping ahead. And how fast I can read comfortably with decent comprehension depends greatly on context, my purpose of reading, and how fast I happen to be able to process information at the moment. This method seems to force linear reading at a set rate, which could be cumbersome at times.
Quote from: Travis on February 14, 2016, 11:13:44 PM
It seems like I once heard of a reading method like this. It's an interesting concept, being able to read without moving the eyes. On the other hand, when I'm reading I often don't read in a perfectly linear way. If I feel like I missed something I'll often immediately jump backward to an arbitrary point briefly to reread a few words, and other times if I get bored or am looking for something I may start jumping ahead. And how fast I can read comfortably with decent comprehension depends greatly on context, my purpose of reading, and how fast I happen to be able to process information at the moment. This method seems to force linear reading at a set rate, which could be cumbersome at times.
I agree. Sometimes the way you read depends on yourself.
Quote from: Travis on February 14, 2016, 11:13:44 PM
It seems like I once heard of a reading method like this. It's an interesting concept, being able to read without moving the eyes. On the other hand, when I'm reading I often don't read in a perfectly linear way. If I feel like I missed something I'll often immediately jump backward to an arbitrary point briefly to reread a few words, and other times if I get bored or am looking for something I may start jumping ahead. And how fast I can read comfortably with decent comprehension depends greatly on context, my purpose of reading, and how fast I happen to be able to process information at the moment. This method seems to force linear reading at a set rate, which could be cumbersome at times.
This is essentially what I said a few posts up, many people 'skim' across a text jumping ahead reading a couple words at a time to gauge what parts might be interesting or important.