Speed Reader

This may be an odd request, but it would be neat to have an add on, or way to do speed reading of logos our vyrso resources. Click the resource, click how many wpm you want to read and sit back as it clicks through the words. Over time you increase your wpm.

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Rosie Perera

Not an odd request at all. In fact some others have been talking about it earlier this month in another thread. It seems since this slick new technology has been released (Spritz), speed reading is on more than one person's mind. Maybe Logos can incorporate it somehow.

Dave Moser

I have been using the Logos export to HTML function and then loading the HTML file in Chrome and utilizing the Spreed extension to do just this.

Bruce Dunning

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/580728#Comment_580728

One of the best courses I took in college on the side beside my course load was one on speed reading. Anything that helps with speed and comprehension would be great.

i also am reminded that not all books should be read quickly. We need to adjust our speed according to the type of material being read.

David A Egolf

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/580772#Comment_580772

I have always considered the Bible to be one of the best books for speed reading practice. It sounds like heresy, but I think there is a good reason. As Bruce suggests, we should adjust our speed according to the type of material being read. I always read subjective content more slowly in order to keep from being led down the primrose path. Initially, at least, when you are speeding you don't want to worry about being misled. What better source to trust than the text of the Bible? With the Bible I can just open up the "spigot" and let the words pour in.

TCBlack

Given that Bob Pritchett relatively recently linked a Lifehacker article on facebook titled The Truth About Speed Reading. It may not be here quickly. [;)]

Bruce Dunning

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/581043#Comment_581043

Given that Bob Pritchett relatively recently linked a Lifehacker article on facebook titled The Truth About Speed Reading. It may not be here quickly.

Thanks for the link to the article. I especially like his summary at the end. For those who don't have time to speedread the article here is the quote. [;)]

"So, in short: Speed reading anything you need to truly comprehend is probably a bad idea. However, if you have a few documents you need to get through or you're reading something that isn't that important, these methods can still be worthwhile. Just know that you won't become a super-fast reading comprehension machine."

Still I believe that both speed and comprehension can improve with practice.

TCBlack

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/581073#Comment_581073

Still I believe that both speed and comprehension can improve with practice

As do I Bruce.

We were able to get my highschool geometry teacher to leave his lesson plan and teach us to speed read. We spent a week of HS Geometry learning the art. :-) It was the most rewarding week of my high school education.

I find that I can ably speed read a fiction book, but my brain won't let me do so with Bible studies.

David Paul

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/581043#Comment_581043

Given that Bob Pritchett relatively recently linked a Lifehacker article on facebook titled The Truth About Speed Reading. It may not be here quickly.

Having given this article a read and some thought, which required me to stop and ponder what was being said on a number of occasions, it occurs to me that nearly everyone is missing the point. Everyone seems to be focused on words-per-minute rather than on utility. Max speed isn't the whole concern, as the article and common sense indicate. Having an uninterrupted run of 10 minutes of hyper-reading perfection isn't the point. Still, people seem to be focusing on speed reading as on objective rather than a tool. Some rather simple concepts that could be implemented to make speed reading actually useful would be the inclusion of a virtual "remote" that has a few simple programmable buttons that allow users to do obvious things like pause. While a simple restart ("play") button would be expected, there ought to be a restart button that goes back a set number of words (programmable), say 20, so that the h-reader (human reader) can get back into the flow of the text. If that doesn't go far enough back, the h-reader just clicks 2-3 times, which would take the e-reader back 60 words. There could be other tweaks that could be offered, but the point is that the speed reading app would be a tool and not the purpose. This would make a speed reading app extremely useful because it wouldn't be trying to be the show, it would just facilitate the show.

Unix

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/582898#Comment_582898

You have several great ideas, David, and this is one of them! Thanks for thinking.

Nick Steffen

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/582923#Comment_582923

While I for one love the idea of a speed reader integrated with the Logos library, I don't think that Logos needs to be the speed reader. New functionality adds more layers of complexity. But if Logos could develop the foundation so that the Logos content could be read on third party speed reading apps, that would be fantastic!