RocketReader Speed Training
Speed training accelerates your reading speed by presenting information
rapidly on the screen.
Eliminating Skipback
Speed training trains to you eliminate the bad habit of eye skipback by hiding
the text of prior sentences. Since you only see one chunk of text at a time, the
earlier displayed text is invisible. This means your eyes cannot perform those
eye skipbacks that slow down reading pace and flow.
Eliminating Eye Overuse
Speed training trains you to read in blocks of words rather than word by word. This trains you
to see and understand more information with every eye glance. You can increase the block size
yourself as you improve.
Using Speed Training
The progress
bar under "Ramp" displays you how far you have progressed with the text.
The "Ramp" option means that the words will be displayed faster
as you progress through the text. The 50 means that the display rate will increase
to a speed of 50% faster by the end of the text. Of course, you can change
this percentage to make the increase in speed more or less challenging.
Speed Training Explained
The following diagram shows the speed training
window.
At the top
of the screen there is a light blue rectangle where the words are displayed.
You can control the rate at which the words appear in this area.
The "Speed" slider allows you to select the reading speed in
words per minute. You can increase or decrease your speed at any time
by dragging this slider to the new speed. You can also control the width
of the text that is displayed with the "Width" buttons. This means that
you can display a single word at a time through to a block of words at
a time.
The "Start"
menu option allows you to choose a new reading for the training.
You can choose from any of the excellent RocketReader readings or
select your own "Custom File". This means that you can use any of your
own documents, letters or texts in the training exercise.
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