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Readlax – Speed Reading Tools

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I've been reading its reviews and I can't honestly say if they are machine generated or not. They are so generic that they'd work for any app. Examples:

> This chrome extension saves my time. Just love it. Very very useful thing I have ever got.

> It's a awesome app and work effectively. I try to use in my all work. It's truly a great extension

> Highly recommended extension. I am so much impressed with it. In one word it’s great.

> This extension has improved my work efficiently. I am very much comfort in every time for this extension. In one word it's best.

> Its relax to run. Totally a WOW app. Looking forward for more updates. Thanks.

> This is one awesome app that I have come across so far. The functions and features available are outstanding. I love it ..!

And now some with basic context awareness (the word "Read" from "Readlax - Speed Reading"). Examples:

> Speed reading apps is a very enjoyable to run. Its simple instructions will make you comfortable to use it. Just loved it.

> Its a awesome app that makes reading speedy easier and interesting. Highly recommend.

> I am very much happy to get it. I faced difficulties when I used other apps. But after getting this it makes my reading so simple and flexible.

> This app makes my reading very speedy. I highly recommend it. Best app ever.

I'm inclined to believe that they are spam. But surely Google won't allow that, right?

I have two extensions and I find the user/review ratio of this extension highly suspicious.

I'm so grateful that HN has such a fine-tuned BS detector - filters out the noise (eg. suspicious apps like this) very quickly.

Hi. I'm Oleksandr Golovatyi and founder of Readlax. We created our first product - Chrome extension to help train speed reading and train eyes to more focusing and recognize words faster when readin. This help me read 100 books per year. I'd like to answer on any question about speed reading. This is my goodreads profile - https://www.goodreads.com/user/show/59273547-oleksandr-golov...

Sorry if some reviews disturb you, I don't pay attantion on that reviews. I don't why but mostly all of them are from India. We do not any bad marketing thinks.

I didn't even look at the link. Speed reading doesn't exist. It is, and always has been, a hoax. I thought this was widespread knowledge by now.

I don't agree with you. Speed reading exist. Just remember how fast you read in school and in university. It's two different speeds. That skill you can train. It's like going to the gym to train the body. You can train your brain as well. Standart person read with speed 150-200 words per minute, but it's very easy to train speed to 700-1500 words. For example, after some training, I can read with 700-1000 wpm. And as usual, I read 10 books every month. I think it's great.

Kind of disappointing. Best thing for reading that I've found lately is Spritz (http://spritzinc.com/) . I use it mainly to read online articles. It's a shame there are not many apps that use Spritz to read books and other stuff. I tried some of the website recommendations buy they weren't very good IMO.

I don't like Sprits. It could be good for training eyes to recognize words but it's not good to train speed reading. It's not natural for reading

Yeah I like spritz, but also like Spreed better.

Made a similar app for android some years back. Let me know if someone wants the source code of this

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.blueflame....

I'd like to learn code, could u send to my eamil any usefull info, golovatyi[@].hotmail.com Please delete brackets when send email

Hi. I'm founder of Readlax and Lead developer there. This app helps to improve reading skill, train speed reading and focusing for eyes.

Does it bother you that there is substantial scientific research showing that no meaningful increase in reading speed is possible without sacrificing comprehension? In essence, showing that speed reading is a hoax?

Speed Reading is just trained a skill. You can train it like a body in exercise room. Reading consists from three steps: decoding text symbols (you should train decode couple words at one glance), comprehensive that text and retention. For speed reading, you should train all these steps. Just think about your reading speed on 7-8 age and on 22 age (in university). Does it have the difference? I think yes, but why? Because it was trained year by year and this skill is trainable. For example, I read before start to learn speed reading 2-3 books a month, but now I read 8-12 books a month. This is my challenge for 2017 year - https://www.goodreads.com/user_challenges/8700342

I downloaded it and tried it on Scribd and I can't tell what it is doing.

open any books and click button "Start Reading"

One thing that helps my reading, paradoxically, is listening to speech on headphones whilst out on a walk. I sometimes find myself visualising the words as I hear them. Presumably this helps me to recognise them more speedily in print.

If visualizing words at listening speed helps you read faster, you're probably reading pretty slowly.

One key technique in beginning speed reading is to stop subvocalizing the words, so that you can go faster than speech.

Isn't being more familiar with words a good thing? Another thing that seems to help is keeping a boring old deadwood dictionary next to my favourite armchair.

Hi. I'm founder of Readlax. There is good exercise to block subvocalizing, it's read text by Readlax chrome extension and at the same time counting from 9 to 1 (9,8,7,6,5,4,3,2,1). It help u read by eyes and block subvocalizing. This technick train brain. We will add this exercise in next release of Readlax Extension

What is done instead of subvocalizing the words? Everytime I look at a word I instantly "hear" it, my imagination isn't good enough to conceive of what could replace that internal experience.

The purpose of the written word is to help you think the concept.

You can read faster if can see the wordand think the concept rather than mentally sounding it out:

    abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz

did you really vocalize each letter, or did you just think the concept, "alphabet"?

   alphabetically

rather than "al-fu-beh-ti-cully" just the concept of "a-z order".

You can also see groups of words at a time:

    The end of the road

and think the concept instead of thinking each syllable.

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