Ultimate Speed Reader

Ultimate Speed Readerwill allow you to become:

• a powerful and more efficient reader
• help you develop a whole range of reading speeds to match your reading speed to your reading purpose

Ultimate Speed Reader is a program specifically designed to:

• help you improve your reading speed nad comprehension
• make your reading easier and more enjoyable

There is a popular myth that says fast readers don't understand as much of what they read as slow readers. In fact, just the reverse is true:

• Fast readers often understand much more than slow readers because they read phrase by phrase instead of word by word.
• Words in context are more meaningful than words in isolation.
• As you free yourself from the limitation of "hearing" each word in your mind as you read it, your reading speed will soar, and your comprehension will rise.

When people read, their eyes do not move smoothly across the printed text. The eyes move across each line in irregular spurts; they pause, focus, move quickly, pause, focus, and move again. Each time the eyes pause, they take in a word or group of words. The fewer pauses you make per line, and the less time you spend on each pause, the faster you will read:

• The more efficiently your eyes move from one group to the next, the faster you will read.
• Your reading rate is affected by your eye span, your rate of perception, and your eye movements.
• The six exercises in Ultimate Speed Reader will help build the skills you need for rapid, flexible, and efficient reading. 

Source from http://hawaii.hawaii.edu/wwwreading/ultimatespeedreaderdirections.htm