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Machine-Assisted Reading For Accelerated Learning?

by Thomas
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Just thinking...

There're all kinds of machine-assisted reading software (MARS ) available that let you zip through stuff faster than normal by flashing a few words (from a PDF, web-page, or whatever) onto your screen at a time.

I haven't actually tried any of them out... just read about them.

If anyone uses/has used them, how do they affect understanding of the material being read (or do they affect it at all)?

Since you can get to know something pretty good by reading through it several times at normal speed, then, if using MARS doesn't decrease understanding of the material being read, does it mean you'll learn stuff much faster by zipping through it several times with that technology?

Tommy.
  • Profile picture of the author dvduval
    The way I would put it is that doing something like this can help increase your reading skills overall. To say that you should completely switch over to a system like this is probably not a good idea, but I think it can be a great tool to speed your ability to pick out words and discern meaning and theme.
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    • Profile picture of the author gareth
      I can tell you it definitely works and the more effort you put in the better you will get.

      Some time ago I showed this guy my speed reading software and I was reading this stuff in a minute flash - he was freaked out - thought I was some kind of a freak.

      You can indeed learn to photo read and all that is claimed.
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