Yes, You Too Can Read at 1000 Words Per Minute
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Ever wondered how to read faster. Here is a solution that will allow you to read 1000 words per minute. Spritz, a Boston based start-up, is developing a technology that would enable you to read up to 1000 words per minutes. Spritz’s mission is to change the way people read and make communication faster, easier, and more effective.
With Spritz, which is coming to the Samsung Galaxy S5 and Samsung Gear 2 watch, words appear one at a time in rapid succession. This allows you to read at speeds of between 250 and 1,000 words per minute. The typical college-level reader reads at a pace of between 200 and 400 a minute.
What Spritz does is manipulate the format of the words to more appropriately line them up with the eye’s natural motion of reading. The “Optimal Recognition Point” (ORP) is slightly left of the center of each word, and is the precise point at which our brain deciphers each jumble of letters. The unique aspect of Spritz is that it identifies the ORP of each word, makes that letter red and presents all of the ORPs at the same space on the screen. In this way, our eyes don’t move at all as we see the words, and we can therefore process information instantaneously rather than spend time decoding each word.
Try it for yourself.
You just read 250 words per minute.
This is 250 words per minute. Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s stone is 76,944 words long. At this rate you could read the entire book in just over 5 hours.
What about 350 words per minute?
350 words per minute doesn’t seem that much faster. 3 hours and 40 minutes to finish Potter.
Wow! Now 500 words?
Now it’s getting harder to follow. Probably takes time to get used to. If you could keep up with this for two and a half hours, you could read Harry Potter from cover to cover. Amazing, isn’t it?
Want to try for more speed? Go to http://www.spritzinc.com/blog/ and click on the spritz button to start reading at your preferred speed. The site currently allows up to 600 words per minutes. With little more practice you can read 1000 words per minute too.
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Interesting. What can we do to improve focus and speed in testing by concentrating on one thing at a time?
You don’t need fancy programs to do this. All you need to do is read on a regular basis. I max out those programs, they can’t keep up with me, and only because when I was younger I would read a book a day.
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It’s still a good idea despite your mutant power. Sure there’s a spot for a super fast speed reader who likes to make good ideas sound silly in the Uncanny Xmen. Try it. You’re super hero name could be, “Downer”…
Surely the point of reading is to spend the time to revel in it and let your mind’s eye imagine the scene. Reading at even 300wpm doesn’t really allow you to do this. Cramming the words in as fast as possible is not how I like to read.
Tommy, I agree with you. I am 76 years old and read for pleasure and pleasure isn’t zipping through something as fast as possible. It is enjoying the flow and rhythm of the book, reflecting on what it says and moving on at a speed that suits me. How can you experience something with your whole being if it zips by so fast?
That depends on what you’re reading. There’s value in speeding through non-fiction/informational texts. Speed reading through The entire Harry Potter series; A little less value. Bragging rights, maybe?
Well, I think this is more for students who need to learn a lesson or something really quickly, It could be useful for textbooks.
There is always a nay sayer in every comment thread. Always the one-upper. It appears suzy wins the prize.
Ain’t that the truth!!!
@ Suzy. You say you “max out those programs” so what other programs have you tried? The max of “those programs” is quite high. Much higher than humanly possible. So do you have super human reading skills then?
Suzy, “I just read that book”
Joe, “I didn’t see you read a book!?”
Suzy,” exactly”
You know I have seen this around for a while now but I still can not find this app for sale.
Ech, I see some creepy applications with this. Sit down at your local cult and let the words flow into your brain.
I would hate reading a novel this way. While I’m taking time trying to process what is being thrown in my face, am I really catching the plot and nuances of the story? I like to take my time with a story I enjoy. Sometimes reading a paragraph or page a couple times to soak it all in. This is the equivalent of binge speed eating a delicious meal and never truly stopping to enjoy it.
I have a couple large visual field defects. My eyes tire quickly reading normally, which is very disheartening, since reading was my greatest joy. I always read fast, never seemed to hamper the ‘mind’s eye’ experience. Spritz is a welcome relief – no need to ‘follow the line’ and constantly refocus. The single word delivery is different, but wow! After a few minutes, hardly noticeable.
This is the first truly useful app I’ve seen. just wow.
As for ‘binge speed reading’, I don’t know – this works very well for me. I get the words, context generally tells you what sentence is forming, further words confirm it, brain processes it and plays with it while the next rolls on in. My eyes are focused on the same spot, they never try to cross, they don’t blur, i don’t have to jump back to verify words – you gotta experience visual field defects to appreciate what Spritz, Spreeder and other RSVPs really provide – it’s not speed for me, it is ease. Adjusting the speed is nice – you can set a comfortable pace for pleasure, technical or ‘volume’ research reading.
Look at you go! 500 words per minute in less THEN??? ten minutes. Might want to proofread.
Amazing
This stuff is totally non-advantageous. Sure, it may help you “read” fast, but your comprehension dips seriously. Add to that the false marketing promoted by these companies and you will just think of these as frauds. I think college hacker did a video on how to actually improve your reading speed and they talked about this sort of gimmicky stuff.