How to master speed reading 5 free applications and services

When we read, we spend a lot of time and effort on the eye movement. View sent word by word and line by line - so that in the mind gradually formed a sense of the text.

Employees Spritz decided to accelerate this process by removing from it the extra steps. Its technology allows the same name to read without moving his eyes. Spritz alternately displays the selected text words on a small fragment of the screen: at the site of the first word appears second, third and so on. The user is still looking at a single point to monitor the change of words.

For the convenience of technology is highlighted in terms of optimal recognition. So developers Spritz called alpha fragment, from which the brain begins to determine the meaning of the word. The user can set the text to pause or rewind it. In addition, the technology allows you to adjust the speed of alternating words.

The following services are based precisely on this technology, so can increase your reading speed by several times. It is only necessary to get used to a new way of perception of the text. Start with a moderate pace and gradually accelerates it.

Spritzlet

• Platform: browsers.
• What can we read the texts of web pages.

Spritzlet - bookmarklet that you can add to any browser. Just go to the site of the project and drag Spritzlet button on the bookmarks bar. Then you can to read text from web pages in a special window.

To start the reader, you need only to open any article on the Internet and click on the command button. If you want to read only a specific piece of text, select it and click on the button Spritzlet.

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The Old Reader

• Platforms: Web.
• What can be read: RSS.

Web version of this popular RSS-reader also supports Spritz, allowing users to view news feeds in speed reading mode. To activate this mode, you need to go to the settings on the website The Old Reader and check the option Enable Spritz for speedy reading. To start Spritz while viewing the publications just click on the button I.

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Boba

• Platforms: iOS.
• What can we read the texts of web pages.

This program allows you to quickly read the article in Safari. After installing Boba need to click in the browser on the "Share", then - "More" and activate the extension Speed ​​Reed. As a result, you can include a speed reading mode on any web page: required for this Speed ​​Reed icon will appear right in the menu "Share".

The following software from the list did not use Spritz the technology, but in its own implement the same principle of alternation of words on the screen (Rapid Serial Visual Presentation).

Reedy. Intelligent reader

• Platforms: Android, Chrome.
• What can be read: FB2, ePUB, TXT, any inserted text.

Android-version of the Reedy - this reader for books with built-in browser and speed reading functions, and the extension for Reedy Chrome It helps to quickly read the selected fragments of text on Web pages. Just as in Spritz, you can select the speed of the alternation of words, to put the text to pause and rewind it. And in Reedy, you can customize the display of text, and special attention deserves the opportunity to change the background.

Android version is free, but displays ads. Option for Chrome is completely free.

Flash Reader

• Platforms: iOS.
• What can be read: ePub, PDF, TXT, RTF, DOC, DOCX, AZW, ODT, MOBI, web page texts.

Flash Reader users can quickly read a web page using the built-in browser, and book a variety of different formats. The program allows you to choose the color scheme interface and switch between night and day modes. You can change the font and text size, and even the number of words displayed on the screen. There rewind function and speed control.

In Flash Reader can read free. But to open the program in the book that are larger than 1 MB, you need to pay 149 rubles.

see also

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