Comments on: Are Speed Reading Softwares for Real?

By: Mathdelane

Mathdelane — Sat, 17 Oct 2009 01:20:07 +0000

Hi Andy,

To each his own really but I wouldn’t mind trying a paid version like the one you have. It does help at times to have a guide to keep the momentum going because you can actually measure your progress through interactive exercises rendered by the program.

A little caution though is that one must use it as honestly as they can because it can encourage tendencies of cheating just to get better stats which may destroy its essence.

By: Andy Bailey

Andy Bailey — Fri, 16 Oct 2009 21:53:04 +0000

I have the EyeQ software on my laptop and managed to do a couple of weeks on the excercises and it really did have a big impact on my reading speed and comprehension. I suppose I could have done it without the software but it was nice having a formal layout to the ‘lessons’ and a pretty graph to show my progress
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By: Mathdelane

Mathdelane — Fri, 16 Oct 2009 00:35:39 +0000

Hi Yesh,
Very true, computers or any other specialized software cannot exude discipline for it has to come from the person itself. Nothing is any better than one’s will to learn or achieve something.

Thank you for participating in this discussion.

By: Yesh

Yesh — Thu, 15 Oct 2009 20:44:54 +0000

Further more, other than human touch, what will a computer do to gain you discipline? How can it be an authority and a model for a student? speed reading or any other learning ability – Human ability with it’s flexibility is just another level.
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By: Yesh

Yesh — Thu, 15 Oct 2009 20:42:18 +0000

Hi, in the courses i got for fasten my reading the human touch was extremely important.
So for me what matters is the guidance and I ‘d very much like to understand how can machine- computer, cope with this?
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By: Mathdelane

Mathdelane — Mon, 24 Aug 2009 14:44:43 +0000

I understand your point that it takes some kind of training to achieve results but I’d also like to add that doing some reading sessions the natural way and not forcing yourself onto something can be beneficial.

By: Kristjan-Olari Leping

Kristjan-Olari Leping — Mon, 24 Aug 2009 12:21:34 +0000

I have not worked with Speed Reader X and Ace Reader. Still, I will prefer doing speed reading exercises with out special software. After all, in the real life you are reading without any speed reading software. There are possibilities for using that kind of software for everyday texts, but still most of us are not going to do. What you want is to be able to read fast in everyday situations.

My point was that there are more efficient ways for increasing your reading speed than just reading different types of text. Increasing your reading speed is much about training your eyes. Ordinary readers can see only 2-3 words in the text with out moving their eyes, while good speed readers can see the whole line with their eyes fixed to the center of the text (if the column is not too broad). So they can read in the vertical direction. And you will have to train and force yourself to read that way for the texts you read every day.
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By: Mathdelane

Mathdelane — Tue, 18 Aug 2009 09:12:31 +0000

Hi Kristjan, it’s good to have you here. I wonder if you could elaborate more on those speed reading techniques that you have used and if there’s any speed reading software you’ve worked with that made you disagree that reading more with variety of reading materials is less effective.

By: Kristjan-Olari Leping

Kristjan-Olari Leping — Tue, 18 Aug 2009 06:25:12 +0000

Using speed reading software may motivate some people to focus on their speed reading practice. For example, if you can monitor your progress there (for example, by seeing how much your reading speed increases) then it can be more exciting than learning it from a book.

I would not agree that just reading more and trying out different types of texts is a very efficient way for incraseing your reading speed. Of course it helps, but if you improve your reading techniques then you will progress more.
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