Speed Reading (Does it work?)

[Dog]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cPOIZ6DGXWE

I'm practicing the technique he taught in the video, but I'm curious whether other people have actually had any success with it. How long did it take to get proficient?

[Dog]

Wow. It appears that it does work and that you can see results fairly immediately. I spent about 10 minutes vocalizing 1-2-3-4 vocalization while reading a text and then attempted to actually read and comprehend. It definitely helped and I got through about 5 minutes worth of text in 2 minutes.

[Phlegm!]

Good find, I spent £10 on a bullshit book outlining ways to Speed Read in 10 weeks. Can't believe this vid blows that book to bits.

[virgil caine]

yes i have been doing it since i was a kid i read at least 2x as fast as my freinds it can get annoying if your reading something on the internet and they are at paragraph 1 and your done

[Euda]

12 or 13 years after having done a speed reading program, I can say that it definitely increases your reading speed. If you practice, I'm sure you can increase your reading speed quite a bit.

[Daily]

Interesting, but I wonder if practicing for just 10 minutes will improve your reading speed permanently.

[Dog]

Originally Posted by Daily

Interesting, but I wonder if practicing for just 10 minutes will improve your reading speed permanently.

The basic technique can be picked up instantly for the most part. Obviously you'll need practice if you want to do it automatically and easily, but it's definitely a pretty simple concept.

[Daily]

I did the exercise for about 6 minutes and I saw improvement when it came to reading and comprehending text. But I feel like it was just a temporary "boost" that'll last for an hour or so...no doubt though, I'll be doing this everyday from now on!

EDIT: Sheet, I'ma thank you when my thanks comes back.

[Euda]

Howard Berg's system worked well for me, though I never followed it to a T.

[xilikeeggs0]

Can someone give a summary of what he's saying? I hate watching videos.

[ergoat]

Originally Posted by xilikeeggs0

Can someone give a summary of what he's saying? I hate watching videos.

When you read something it gets voiced by your larynx whether you like it or not. When you see the word FISH your eyes see it, it gets voiced by the larynx, then it goes to the brain and you understand that it means the swimming thing with gills.

When you read words like "at", "the", "or", and "a", it goes straight from the eye to the brain.

What he proposes is to bypass the larynx, read through a piece of text while saying aloud "A-E-I-O-U" or "1 2 3 4 5" again and again. This makes the larynx separate from the process, and while you won't have the comprehension while you do this exercise, once you stop doing it and start reading you should notice an increase.

I don't know how much of that is true, it seems to be working for people though. That's more or less what he says.

[xilikeeggs0]

Originally Posted by Wood

When you read something it gets voiced by your larynx whether you like it or not. When you see the word FISH your eyes see it, it gets voiced by the larynx, then it goes to the brain and you understand that it means the swimming thing with gills.

When you read words like "at", "the", "or", and "a", it goes straight from the eye to the brain.

What he proposes is to bypass the larynx, read through a piece of text while saying aloud "A-E-I-O-U" or "1 2 3 4 5" again and again. This makes the larynx separate from the process, and while you won't have the comprehension while you do this exercise, once you stop doing it and start reading you should notice an increase.

I don't know how much of that is true, it seems to be working for people though. That's more or less what he says.

I'll come back and thank you one day.

[ergoat]

Originally Posted by xilikeeggs0

I'll come back and thank you one day.

Eh no worries, I know what it's like not wanting/being able to watch vids.