Reedy

Speed reading is an incredibly useful technique that can help you get through books much faster than before. Since many of us do most of our reading in a web browser, a Chrome extension that improves your reading speed can save you lots of time.

Reedy, like other software of its kind, relies on the RSVP (Rapid Serial Visual Presentation) technique, which involves displaying words one after another in the same place on the screen. It is a versatile and customizable extension that can be set up in no time.

When first starting out, it will take a while for you to get accustomed to speed reading, but this technique enables you to go through books and articles much faster than normal, since you only need to focus on a single point on your screen.

Of course, you will miss certain things if you haven’t mastered the technique or aren’t concentrating, but things should get better with practice.

Launching the reading mode could hardly be simpler. You can either highlight a text block and select the Reedy option in the context menu or use the keyboard shortcut to enable the alternative selection mode. The default hotkey (ALT+S) is customizable.

Once you have started reading, you can alter the font, text size, text position, reading speed, background color and transparency. You can also press Space to pause or start reading.

The extension offers several other interesting features, such as gradual acceleration, smart slowing, entity analysis, hyphenation and so on.

Overall, Reedy is a well-designed Chrome add-on that provides you with the tools you need to take advantage of the RSVP reading technique. It features an intuitive UI and offers plenty of customization options.