Spritz, a new way of reading.

[ophic]

I can read and comprehend at 600wpm with spritzinc but retention goes out of the window. I think it's because my eyes are still committing to memory the part of the sentence a few words back, and can refer back as required - ie I don't only see the word I'm reading.

I find the same with speech - retention is far better when I read something than when I hear it.

Originally Posted by ophic

I can read and comprehend at 600wpm with spritzinc but retention goes out of the window. I think it's because my eyes are still committing to memory the part of the sentence a few words back, and can refer back as required - ie I don't only see the word I'm reading.



I find the same with speech - retention is far better when I read something than when I hear it.

Yeah, that.

I read at 600 and understood. But I can't for the life of me remember anything that was said.

I can see it having a use for revision purposes but I cant see it being great for too much else.

I think it has potential. When I am reading I spend ages trying to focus on the right part of the page (apparently this is one of the biggest reasons why dyslexics read slowly). I can see this potentially being very useful for necessary reading (instructions, work stuff) but yeah, I want to read a little slower when I am reading fiction.

What would make it very useful would be some way of changing the speed automatically, like an Autocue. No idea how to do this, but that would make it excellent.

Very interesting. Not sure if it has any practical applications though. I wondered if having it scroll by in some way (like a ticker tape) would actually help comprehension?

Looking away for a split second means you are completely lost. Would be very interesting to combine this with eye-tracking so it stops as soon as you are not paying attention. Then maybe resumes a few words before hand.

[Bibio]

600wpm no problem but i think i have an advantage as i'm colour word blind (pink/red) so the red part is easy for me. now if it were blue i would be fecked as it causes a hallucinogenic type effect when i read.