How to quickly learn speed reading and read 300 words per minute

Many of you have heard about speed reading, courses and methods that help you read faster and perceive large amounts of information in a short time. Now I will tell you how to start reading in a few minutes at a speed of 300 words per minute. It will be about the technology RSVP (Rapid serial visual presentation), which translated into Russian means "Fast serial visual display."

The bottom line is to quickly display text in a specific area of ​​the screen, usually in the center. In this case, the words appear consistently, one after the other. Reading in this way, a person simply does not have the opportunity to think, distract or return to the previous line, since the words on the screen change very quickly. This reduces the reading time, for we spend about 1/6 of the total time on returning to the previous paragraphs and pages.

This method of perception of information allows you to instantly increase the speed of reading, at least 2 times. All applications of this kind have the function of setting the speed of display of words (usually from 100 to 1000 words per minute). From my own experience, using this approach for the first time, I easily read texts at a speed of 300-400 words per minute, despite the fact that the average reading speed of a modern person is ~ 200 words per minute. Further, it all depends on your desire and determination.
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This option is ideal for reading and perception of journalistic and fiction literature, but reading scientific and technical texts with the abundant availability of formulas, graphs and diagrams will be very difficult.

At the moment, developed enough applications, both desktop and browser-based, and mobile. I will talk about the most interesting.

Velocity - Speed ​​Reader
One of the best apps of its kind. Supports reading articles from Pocket and Instapaper. It has a built-in browser and local storage where you can download any book or article, for example. Txt format.



Platform: iOS
Cost: $ 2.99
Download in the AppStore

ReadQuick - Speed ​​Reader for iOS
This application has similar functionality with Velocity and, in addition, supports reading articles from Readability. The only downside is the price.



Platform: iOS
Cost: $ 9.99
Download in the AppStore

Outread - Speed ​​Reading
The developers of this application used a different approach to the display of the text. It fills the entire screen, just like in iBooks, and the whole process of reading resembles karaoke.



Platform: iOS
Cost: $ 2.99
Download in the AppStore

Spritz
Spritz is not an application, it looks more like a browser extension, although it is not in the classical sense. All you need to work is to create a bookmark in the Favorites Bar of your browser from a special page of the developer’s site. All modern browsers are supported, except Opera.



Then it remains only to select the necessary paragraph of text and click on the created tab in the Favorites Bar.



Browser: Google Chrome, Safari, EE, Firefox
Cost: Free
Download

Reedy
This time we have a full browser extension, but only for Google Chrome. It works in a similar way with Spritz. You need to select the text and press Alt + S. Next will start the show.



Browser: Google Chrome
Cost: Free
Download

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In my opinion, Velocity and Spritz are the most interesting and comfortable applications. I use the first for several months and I am completely satisfied with the result. What choice will you make? What application are using now?