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Spreeder

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Tuesday, August 19, 2008 - 01:57 AM

Sheldonista Tim G. sent along a cool link for reading big blocks of text amazingly quickly: Spreeder.com.

The basic idea is "Rapid Serial Visual Presentation": It keeps your eyes comparatively at rest at a central focal point, and sequentially displays the words at a rapid-fire clip.

Try it out: Copy and paste a big block of news, literature, or homework in there...and see how fast you can plow through it. I read some looooong articles in 2-3 minutes!

Interesting thing to note: I tried Spreeder on a long bit of "comedy" text. Doesn't work at all -- you lose all sense of timing and pacing. But for factual, dryer text...works like a charm.

Interesting (nerdy) thing to note: Am I the only one to remember that rapid serial visual presentation is how the Bene Gesserit used to send communiques in Frank Herbert's "God Emperor of Dune"?

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Re: Spreeder (Score: 1)
posted Tuesday, August 19, 2008 - 06:24 AM (#44357)

Neat application. I took a speed reading class a while ago, and it's pretty amazing. You're right about losing the pacing, but for more informational text, it works really well. Once you get to the point where you stop saying the words in your head while you read, your speed really increases. It's incredible.


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Re: Spreeder (Score: 1)
posted Tuesday, August 19, 2008 - 07:37 AM (#44359)

You are not alone :) That is how the Bene Gesserit sent comments! What a series...


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Re: Spreeder (Score: 1)
posted Thursday, August 21, 2008 - 08:43 AM (#44399)

I just wanted to thank you and Tim for making this link available to me. I'm awful at reading large chunks of text online. Now I can absorb more information so I can geek up my conversations even more!


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