SpeeD ReaD helps you to read faster and more efficiently. By minimizing subvocalization and saccades, you can process and comprehend the text you read much faster than with normal reading.
First, subvocalization is the natural tendency for all of us to "hear" the words in our brains as we read. Think of it as reading out loud inside your head. But our minds do not need us to sound out the words we read - even inside our heads - in order to understand them. The words can be processed in a fraction of the time it takes us to sound them out. SpeeD ReaD forces you to simply comprehend words by sight.
Additionally, as we read blocks of text on a screen or in a book, our eyes tend to vacillate between rapid movements (saccades), as we move to the next word, and stops, as we focus on a word. By showing each word in the same area of the screen, SpeeD ReaD eliminates those unnecessary eye movements.
Try SpeeD ReaD today and find out how quickly you can read.
Features
- Customizable
- Easy Install
- Lightweight
- Easy to use
License
GNU General Public License version 3.0 (GPLv3)Follow SpeeD ReaD ("Speedy Read-y")
User Reviews
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Great little project, let down by small annoyances. It reads .txt and .epub files. Four themes, white, cream, grey, black. You can change the font, but the changes are not saved, once you change over from day to night or night to day, you need to set the font again. Settings panel pops in under the gear icon sometimes and other times somewhere else on the screen, Cream has good contrast, but grey and black is hard to see. When reading an .epub-book, the name is not displayed anywhere. Nice and simple in design. Respects you privacy and does not call home or try to send anything anywhere. Could do with a bit of adaptability, where longer words stay on the screen ever so slightly longer. Love the grouping of small words. Worth your time! 3.5 / 5 -
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Отличная программа! Спасибо Вам за неё!!!Reply from SpeeD ReaD ("Speedy Read-y")
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Thank you very much for the free open source program!Reply from SpeeD ReaD ("Speedy Read-y")