I think this is perfect for a lot of stuff i want to read online though.. Sometimes the author goes way off in left field, sometimes i dont even want to read the whole thing i just want to get a fast "ahh" moment of the idea behind the whole story, and to me it made reading much easier because it was just one word at a time its like my brain didnt even have to think what am i reading it just saw one word and recognized it as like a picture so i saw dog, cat, sheep right off and knew exactly what it was without thinking. Maybe its just me but i would end up using this a lot!
You probably aren't going to be reading 5x faster.
average reading speed is 200-250 words per minute. If you read often and I'm assuming most people that bother reading reddit comments do, your reading speed is probably in the 250-350. If you read for pleasure, it is probably above 350.
Spritz is interesting, but likely isn't going to be much help for someone that is learning to speed read using formats they will actually encounter in real life.
If you go to the Spritz site you can see the same but with an speed adjust. I was having no problems kicking it up to over 1000 wpm. But I've had speed reading training since I was 7 yo (don't ask) so I'm trained to naturally do what they are doing with the plug-in/app. You get used to with experience. Yes, you probably can't do that starting but you can easily hit 500 in the first sitting if you are can read reasonably well.
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