Archive for August, 2011

Being in my second year at Western Reformed Seminary, I’ve found the need to process a lot of information. Although speed reading may not be the most effective way to study Charles Hodge or BB Warfield, it certainly helps a person process through the information quicker. There is something about seeing the BIG picture that helps all the parts make sense.

Over the last 40 years many techniques have been explored in the field of speed reading. One in particular caught my eye. I am not at the point yet where I can turn the pages at a rate of a page every 10 seconds, (nor do I think I’ll ever be there), but I’ve learned it’s possible to find ways of pushing through material quicker and possibly more effectively.

This simple website allows a person to copy and paste a portion of text into it’s reader function and then play it word for word at various rates of speed. It is an interesting concept that seems to work. It certainly cuts out all the work of going left-to-right all the time (or if your reading Hebrew right-to-left, but I wouldn’t advise speed reading Hebrew).

Check it out and tell us what you think. What are some other ways to enhance your reading experience?

http://accelareader.com/