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@Lindsays Grandma wrote:

I have been reading books ever since I was old enough to read.  I always make sure I have several books ready to read once I finish one.  There has never been a desire or need to become a speed reader so no I never looked into it.  I did know someone many years ago who who was a speed reader and it always amazed me when I watched him read.  But no, it wasn't for me.

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Reading is wonderful isn't it

@Lindsays Grandma!

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@Mellie32 wrote:

How exactly does that work?  What do they teach you?

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The article in my OP explains it.

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@on the bay wrote:

Yes~

Years ago I took an "Evelyn Wood speed reading course" (and I forget if it was a book or what)

and I still use it sometimes when I want to get through something or just get the "jist" of it.

Its easy to learn and kind of fascinating. The main theory behind it is that our mind goes so much faster than our eyes and how we read from left to right-we can speed it up with the techiniques they show.

And I've found its like learning to ride a bike-once you learn, you don't forget and pick it up again like you never left it.

And its true, I don't use it for things I really want to enjoy or understand thoroughly.

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I think it would be fascinating to try

@on the bay.

I was thinking it might help for scanning

long texts but not for pleasure reading etc.

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@tansy wrote:

My husband was a slow reader and had a lot of reading involved with his job.  He took the Evelyn Wood course and his speed did improve.

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I can see how it might help with

jobs with a lot of reading.

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[HULAGIRL]

Took a speed reading class in college summer school..... It was very useful....learned a lot of tricks.

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@Desertdi wrote:

I tried it........but found I was missing all the detail.......which is the joy of reading.

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That's what I was thinking too

@Desertdi when it comes to 

all the books I love.

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@aubnwa01 wrote:

When I was in high school, one of my English teachers gave us a short course of speed reading with a contraption called a Tachistoscope that flashed words & phrases on a board for a second or so.  Not sure it helped!  I graduated in 1968.

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Interesting!

I never heard of that contraption!

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[lulu2]

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@on the bay wrote:

Yes~

Years ago I took an "Evelyn Wood speed reading course" (and I forget if it was a book or what)

and I still use it sometimes when I want to get through something or just get the "jist" of it.

Its easy to learn and kind of fascinating. The main theory behind it is that our mind goes so much faster than our eyes and how we read from left to right-we can speed it up with the techiniques they show.

And I've found its like learning to ride a bike-once you learn, you don't forget and pick it up again like you never left it.

And its true, I don't use it for things I really want to enjoy or understand thoroughly.

eta(or have trouble understanding)

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@on the bay

I took the class too. (hoping it would help with the overload of reading in college)

It worked well when I was reading for pleasure but not when I needed true content.

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@ritasNo1Fan wrote:

Learning the Evelyn Wood method was one of the best things (and smartest) I've done.  I do not speed read everything.... only things I want to get through speedily.  The only thing I have trouble with is using it with ebooks.  There probably is a technique to that but I not sure what to do.  For me, speed reading is fab!

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Im glad it was a good thing for you!

I might try it out.

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@CalminHeart wrote:

I took a course in middle school to speed read and am so glad I did.  It's helped me tremendously the last 50 years of work and fun reading.  I never had any issues with comprehension other than occasionally having to go back to re-read a paragraph.

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Thats good to know you didn't find

it bothered your comprehension 

@CalminHeart. That's one thing 

I wondered after reading the article

i posted.

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