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Most of the speed reading extensions listed in the comments use one word at a time. Maybe its just me but I find it very disconcerting since word lengths change causing a flashing experience. When I read I like the continuity of the sentence or phrase. Maybe in addition to selecting wpm there should also be an option of phrase length. I did an informal test and found that I could read faster than 400 wpm when reading the original text but found it tough to maintain context when using 300wpm using the bookmarklet


Mine has phrase-length, plus some highlighting to help keep your place in the text.

http://qwerjk.com/force-feed


Really well done. This is precisely the tool I've been looking for for a long time. Thank you!


This method of speed reading relies on you not having to move your eyes, so unfortunately adding phrases to the mix would likely sabotage it.




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