Feed Speeder
Your news. Faster. Than. Ever.
Introducing Feed Speeder!
Now you can speed read your daily news faster than you ever thought possible. Increase your reading speed and watch the words flash on the screen. Seemingly upload your news feeds directly into your brain... "Matrix-style".
So what is this, really?...
Displaying one word at a time in rapid succession is called "Rapid Serial Visual Presentation" or "RSVP". This is a technique that has been explored since the 70's. Research suggests that eliminating "sub-vocalization" or the tendancy to speak the words to yourself, in your head, as you read them can greatly improve your reading speed without affecting your comprehension. Great speed readers have mastered this technique and with the help of Feed Speeder, so can you.
Naturally RSVP is not for everyone, but for those willing to challenge themselves they will gradually be able to increase their reading speed from the average of 200-250 words per minute to 400, 600 or even 1000 words per minute. That is a 5x increase of reading speed. (If you spend 30 minutes reading the news now, that will reduce it to about 6 minutes for the same amount of reading.)
How do I eliminate sub-vocalization?
By increasing the speed of the article, just a little bit beyond the speed at which you can say the words to yourself will force you to break this habit and focus on the visual aspect of the words instead. Some people like to actually replace the sub-vocalization with a "hum" or other noise made just inside their head (where the inner voice would be) in order to prevent the inner voice from trying to take over and read the words. Once you can read without saying each word in your head your reading speed will double, triple or more! Developing this ability will help you speed read normal articles, but once you use Feed Speeder, you'll never go back to reading the old fashioned way.Add your own feeds from news sites, blogs or other websites to get all the content you care about, literally, in seconds, completely free from the ever-present distractions.
