It’s an excitement that can change your life. 2-3x or more wouldn’t be surprising.Įditor’s Note: I’ve since wrote an article strictly dedicated to Focus – 11 Steps to Insane Focus: Do More of What Matters.īeing able to crush through my books and articles gave me a new found excitement for reading. I have no doubt that if you begin to use any one of these, let alone the combo of how they can work together, your online reading rate will go through the roof. They throw the distractions out the window and get you to drill down to the important. A simple concept but one that’s getting harder and harder to experience.Īll these tools really do is make it easier to focus. The biggest characteristic of doing anything well, whether it’s ripping through a book at warp speed or shaving 2 minutes off your marathon time, is Focus. Constantly updates your favorite news articles, blogs, etc. So sweet! Much more efficient than reading articles throughout the whole day. The best part of it…There’re apps for just about every mobile device including iPad and iPhone and they all automatically sync so you can pull up your reading list anywhere, even without an internet connect. Once you’re done reading, it disappears from the list. Revisit the queue at any time to read one of your articles. It’s a bookmarklet that hangs out in your toolbar. Every time you come across a sexy article worth saving, click a little check mark and it’s added to your reading queue up in the cloud. But you don’t want to bookmark them because you only need to read each one once. You ever notice at the end of the day you have a browser with 50 tabs open to all the articles and blogs you came across that you wanted to read? I do. Free version gives you plenty and the paid one is only $4.99.ĥ. And best of all, it’s a ton of fun to use. The functionality of this one blows my mind. Comes with a handfull of pre downloaded books (some are acutally cool) and connects with Project Gutenberg for a ton more titles. Best way I’ve found to practice and improve on the go. It offers speed reading practice, drills, tests and general reading. The founder is super passionate about reading too. We tested every one and this is far and away the best. Search for ‘speed reading’ in the Apple App Store and there’s way too much to handle. There is a lot of brain power and research behind ideal online reading format that went into this one.Ĥ. You can adjust just about everything under the sun but the settings right out of the box seem perfect for me. This is a bookmarklet that converts any web page into a plain black and white nicely formatted presentation of the text. Awesome for PDF’s, Word docs or long emails since the RSVP Reader doesn’t support those.ģ. It then flashes words in a similar format and you can control the speed, length, etc. Same concept as RSVP Reader but with this one you copy and paste the text into a window on their webpage. There are similar but less powerful versions such as Reasy, for Chrome and other browsers. The only downfall is it won’t work for reading emails with most services. This reader serves as a guide/pacer without your finger greasing up your screen. While using your hand or pen as a guide is crucial for speed reading paper text, it’s challenging online. Set the speed higher than you’re comfortable with for a little training exercise. Perfect for practice or everyday reading. You can control how many words you see and the speed of the text. This alone will likely double or triple your speed. A plugin that allows you to read what’s on the page by flashing chunks of words in your toolbar. 6 Free Tools for Speed Reading Anything 2-3x Faster Onlineġ. They will get you focused and you’ll read more in less time. Over the past two years of teaching speed reading to students and businessmen, I’ve found some killer online tools that actually work. And distractions are everything but impossible to avoid: email, ads, surfing, Facebook, Twitter. While nothing beats the distraction-free paper book when it comes to reading experience, there’s no question that the screen is taking over. Well then let’s do something about it.Īll of us read online. Who wants to read a bit faster? Stupid question, I know. “Reading is to the mind what exercise is to the body.”Īverage Read Time: 3.5 Minutes (1 minute if you were using these tools…)
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