Speed Reader

We all know a lot of studies that prove humans don't have to read each letter of the word, or keep their order to understand the meaning, as long as the width, and the first and last letters are accurate.

These facts were demonstrated to be true, and that's the reason why some are reading slower, while others faster. That's why, along the years, technology didn't forget to offer more advanced tools, like this small application.

Speed Reader is a simple and approachable app that helps you accelerate the pace at which you study the text. The characters are shown one by one in the same position, to stop your eyes from moving too fast, and refocusing, every time a word is displayed.

What's more, is that the human brain is more suited for handling a serial stream of data. The only way it handles text is by splitting it up into smaller parts, before signalizing and understanding it. The program offers an outdated yet easy-to-use interface with a viewing panel, playback controls, visual options, and text insertion area.

To enter composition, you can either open an existing record from the computer or paste text from clipboard. The supported file formats are DOC, TXT or other documents written in plain text. For an easier view, you can switch to full-screen.

Other useful features are the sliders for word per minute and font size, which increases the speed of the displayed words, and respectively, makes the font bigger to best suit your preferences. It's possible to change the display color background to a default one or pick a custom tint from an extensive palette to best fit your tastes.

Punctuation is handled, by adding an extra pause between a term, and commas or semi-colons. For periods, exclamation marks, question marks and speech marks, additional two breaks are inserted. For unsupported file types, you can copy their content, and use the paste option to enter it. However, the app doesn't offer any function to change the font style to a preferred one.

To sum it up, Speed Reader is a reliable and lightweight program designed to provide an easy way to read your favorite documents in a fast or steady peace, in normal or full screen. Plus, it can modify the font to be smaller or larger, and pause or stop the process at any given time.