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Reading redefined!
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RE: Reading redefined!
March 25, 2014 at 11:14 am (This post was last modified: March 25, 2014 at 11:14 am by Napoléon.)
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HOW?
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RE: Reading redefined!
March 25, 2014 at 11:17 am
(March 25, 2014 at 11:14 am)Napoléon Wrote: HOW?

Lots of experience, I guess.
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RE: Reading redefined!
March 25, 2014 at 11:18 am
(February 25, 2014 at 4:03 pm)Napoléon Wrote: Came across this on reddit, blew my mind.

http://www.spritzinc.com/

Basically, the average person reads at 120-180 words per minute. This software can increase that to 500 words per minute. Don't believe me? Try it out on the site.


I can really see this catching on with things like google glass coming into play. This is the future right here!

Cool. I found 600 wpm was the most comfortable. Very good for absorbing facts, but I wouldn't read a novel like that.
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RE: Reading redefined!
March 25, 2014 at 11:19 am
If there was a way it was synced to your brain so that you could pause the reading occasionally that might help aid with reading comprehension. As far as I can tell all it does now is quickly throw words at you. Even when reading normally we don't read from start to finish non-stop.
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RE: Reading redefined!
March 26, 2014 at 11:17 am
(March 25, 2014 at 11:13 am)Kitanetos Wrote: I think I already read fast enough. I can average a 400-500 page book in one day.

Are you talking about spending an 8-hour work day sitting and reading a book?

Or are you reading 400-500 pages in 2 hours?

I read the first five Harry Potter books in 5 days, but I literally got up at 7am and read until 9pm, went to bed and did it again the next day. I wouldn't consider myself a fast reader, I just had the time to sit and read all day.
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RE: Reading redefined!
March 26, 2014 at 7:12 pm
Wow that's crazy. It has been entirely to long since i've read a book. I could see this software being good if you're in a hurry, but sometimes i like to enjoy the book instead of speeding through it.
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March 26, 2014 at 7:46 pm
(March 25, 2014 at 11:13 am)Kitanetos Wrote: I think I already read fast enough. I can average a 400-500 page book in one day.

It seems like it speeds up the more you read. I swore off buying books at one point because of it.
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March 27, 2014 at 10:32 am
(March 26, 2014 at 11:17 am)Clueless Morgan Wrote: Are you talking about spending an 8-hour work day sitting and reading a book?

Or are you reading 400-500 pages in 2 hours?

Two hours? No, I wish. It is closer to the former of your questions.
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RE: Reading redefined!
April 3, 2014 at 2:36 pm
(March 25, 2014 at 11:13 am)Kitanetos Wrote: I think I already read fast enough. I can average a 400-500 page book in one day.

Ditto, read Needful Things in a day when I was a kid. The 600 wpm was readable for me, but I don't know if I'd want to read like that all the time.
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RE: Reading redefined!
April 3, 2014 at 3:27 pm
Its amazing - but I wonder about the brain strain of it. I'm playing with the demo at the moment. Currently at 450 wpm and its very comfortable.

This would be so useful for me - I wouldn't read a book like this but the news - that would be great - and a variety of technical articles of various subjects.
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