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I must be the slowest reader since Captain Slow, the one eyed pirate, lost his second eye, so I was wondering if anyone here knew anything about techniques to speed up reading. I downloaded an ebook about photoreading but after the first chapter and the ambiguity of 'the unbelievable results' it promised I closed the file. So has anyone here ever come across any kind of speed reading techniques that helped or am I Stuck reading this slow?

Sylvan has a tutor for that.

Sylvan has a tutor for that.

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It's an annoying advertisement down here for a learning center.

I have no real advice as I'm a painfully slow reader myself.

the only advice i've ever heard to speed up reading is to read more.
so yeah. do that?

the only advice i've ever heard to speed up reading is to read more.
so yeah. do that?

yeah I've read a lot more over the past few months and I guess my speed and attention span has increased somewhat. Dalya said something about using your finger to guide your speed so I'll try that and I just downloaded a speed reading book from torrentspy.

I was trying to look the same thing up a few months ago. The two things I remember were using a notecard, ruler or finger to keep your eyes from wandering back to the text you just read and a vague idea about 'scanning' blocks of text without focusing on one word at a time. I don't see how that second one could help your comprehension. Maybe it would help you get your Danielle Steel fix?

I read tons and I'm still a slow reader. My comprehension tends to be higher than faster readers, though. It definately depends on the difficulty of the material, but I've just accepted that I'm a slow reader.
Embrace your inner, functionally illiterate child.

As a slow reader who has to learn Korean in the next 4-5 months, I'd just like to say to all my fellow slow readers: never, EVER put yourself in a situation where you have to learn a new alphabet. Shiiiiiiit.