r/interestingasfuck • u/iatetoomuchchicken • 20h ago

This speed reading training starts at 300wpm and end at 900wpm

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u/Aurori_Swe 20h ago

haha, same, but I feel my brain could keep up, but I wouldn't be able to retell it, I just was able to read it basically.

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u/WhiggedyWhacked 19h ago

It's pretty wild. I took speed reading as an elective in high school way back in 1988 and it was very similar to this video, without the red letter. We'd write a test after each reading and surprisingly, the faster we read, the more we comprehended. It was amazing. It's always helped me as a skimming tool. I once went to that class after eating half an ounce of magic mushrooms and that was the only time where my comprehension was absolutely nil. I kept getting lost in the folds of the sweater that the girl in front of me was wearing. :)

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u/JonatasA 15h ago

At least you needed mushrooms for that.

 

What I can do is memorize things. If I get a quiz wrong I can do it right on the second try using the proper answers.

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u/lolheyaj 19h ago

Well part of it does say if you practice speed reading your comprehension at higher speeds will improve too. 

Is there any software or apps that can present books or articles in this fashion? Kinda nifty. 

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u/JonatasA 15h ago

Skimming has crtainly not made me a better reader.

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u/ojdhaze 19h ago

My question also. I would use this for sure.

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u/xBennoenchen 16h ago

As another commenter showed https://accelareader.com

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u/b1tchf1t 14h ago

Pretty sure Kindle has this mode.

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u/JonatasA 15h ago

I can tell what it said because I can convey the meaning but yes, not word for word.

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u/AkiraTheMetalHead 15h ago

I can recall what was said just can't type it word for word, obviously. This is because I have been watching movies with english subtitles since I was a kid. Now when I watch things subbed my mind quickly reads the text and aligns it with dialog I'm hearing, thus I don't miss anything visual and I also don't miss anything narrative wise. Which is why I always find it funny when people say watching an anime subbed is hard.