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Reading a book a week
I want to try to read a book a week for 12 weeks beginning this summer. I have already began collecting recommendations for which books to read, and I will refine the list at some point, to get the ...
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Speed Reading: Spreeder vs ReadFa.st [closed]
I've been starting to learn to speed read, and two very different softwares that teach differently. Which is more effective and easily used when putting these tactics offline? The flash reading (one ...
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I want to track pages of book read per day
I am try Beeminder but it is not apprpropriate tool to page tracker. Can we have tool which is free and I can use it to increase my reading speed? Can I track my pages read something like velocity? I ...
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Free and simple speed reading software?
Many years ago I did a 5-day speed reading course. At the time, my reading speed (paper, not screen) went from 200ish words a minute to between 1100 and 1250 wpm. It was fantastic. Comprehension ...
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Does Readfa.st actually help you learn to speed read?
I just came across a site called Readfa.st.
It has this way of getting you to learn to read fast by hiding the text you're not supposed to be reading.
Apparently, it'll teach you to slowly learn to ...
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Experiences of PhotoReading
I'm curious to know if there are people that actually have experience with the PhotoReading system?
PhotoReading is a reading system that claims that you can read at a speed of 25,000 words a minute ...
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Speed reading drills on a rehearsed text
How effective is it to integrate the rehearsal of a text with speed reading it?
I ask this because when I was taking the course Breakthrough Speedreading, a common routine for getting speed was to ...
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How to stop vocalization habit in reading
Voicing the words,as you write or read...How to stop it?
It wastes a lot of energy, and limits the speed....
any other tricks than singing... cause I also need to comprehend the matter
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Does speed reading work well with reading non-native language?
My native language is Serbian, but from my early age I started to learn English. And now, when I am a programmer I read almost all stuff in English (stuff for college, books, internet stuff, movies, ...
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Speed reading technique ebook
Which ebook would you recommend to learn speed reading techniques, to improve reading speed and understanding?
(ebook, preferred for Kindle, as I don't want printed version - easier to buy overseas)
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Long term effect of learning speed reading
A few years ago I learned to speed read, but in recent years I'm using it less and less. Maybe because it didn't bring me what it promised: same or even better comprehension and speed.
Did you get ...
