About Speed Reading
Speed reading is reading something quickly while still gaining the full benefit of the information. Speed reading is not magic, it's not a mystical skill, or something that's difficult to master. A good speed reading course focuses on training your eyes to move faster and more efficiently across the page, and giving you practice so you can break though some of the barriers that have been slowing you down. A properly trained speed reader does not skim the words, and has comprehension that's as good or better than before they started speed reading.
Factors limiting your reading speed
Undeveloped Eye Muscles-
Far and away the most limiting factor for speed reading is your eye movements.
People with untrained eye muscles tend to move around the page in unsteady
motions, and they stare at words too long. In a study conducted by Johns Hopkins
University School of Medicine showed that reducing these faulty eye movements
can dramatically improve someone's reading speed. Almost half of the
participants in their study were able to read over 1600 words a minute with 75%
comprehension!
Limited Perception Span- Poor readers tend to focus on one word at a
time, thinking that this will help them comprehend the material, but when does
just one word carry across the whole point or sentiment of something. It's the
linking of words into phrases, sentences and paragraphs that makes literature.
You rarely think in single word phrases...why read in single word phrases? You
need to be able take-in chunks of information in order to increase your speed
and comprehension.
Sub vocalization- Reading the words to yourself in your head. Experts go
back and forth on this topic. Some people say it's possible to increase your
reading speed by eliminating the habit of vocalization, and some say that it's
impossible to eliminate this habit.
Lack of practice- A lot of people just plain don't read any more than
they have to. Some of us have to read to survive, but fewer and fewer people
read just because they want to. It's an unfortunate side-effect of living in our
culture. It's a vicious circle. People don't like to read because they haven't
practiced enough to have confidence in your skills, and they don't have those
skills because they haven't practiced enough to develop them.
How does Bullet Reader address these issues?
Bullet Reader
speed reading software works by training your eyes to move more efficiently
across the page, reducing the amount you vocalize words, and helping you to
eliminate your limiting beliefs and poor reading habits.
It uses eye exercises, training drills, and games to help you read faster and
understand more. By combining tried and true techniques along with state of the
art technology and focusing on practicing your reading skills it produces
surprising results.
Bullet Reader uses rapid serial visual presentation along with
time-honored push drills to boost your speed. Push drills are simple and used to
build skills of any type. In speed reading you read something at your normal
speed, and then you try to read something faster and faster. When you try to
read at your regular reading speed again it seems slow. By combining the
effectiveness of push drills to train your brain along with our unique text
display techniques to train your eyes you'll be reading faster in no time.
You'll see results after the first session. One by one your limiting beliefs
will start falling away. You'll feel more confident, and at ease with your new
skills. You'll find yourself being able to keep-up or even get ahead! It's
amazing the difference this skill will make in your life!
Along with these tried and true techniques we've made it completely
customizable. You can change the background color, add the text you want, and do
the drills or games you want. You can learn at your pace as your schedule
permits.
