|Read| is a utility that overlays lines on your screen to train your eyes/brain to read faster (speed read) by using your peripheral vision.
Want to learn more about this reading technique? Accomplished author and lifehacker, Tim Ferriss, has you covered: https://youtu.be/ZwEquW_Yij0?t=2m34s (to about the 4:40 mark). Or read the Why section below.
Features
- Toggleable lines displayed over other apps
- Toggleable background filter for more pleasurable reading
- Disable from notification
- Quick Settings Tile may be used to enable/disable
- Enable |Read| mode for 8 minutes before needing to re-enable it
PRO features
- Enable |Read| mode for as long as you'd like (not limited to 8 minutes at a time)
Why
Read faster by using your peripherals!
- Fixating on a word costs some amount of time as your eyes and brain work together to accomplish the task.
- Speed Readers reduce this cost by fixating on fewer words. How? By using their peripherals. Try it for yourself - fixate on THIS word. Notice how you can read "on THIS word" while your eyes stay locked on "THIS"?
And don't waste your new peripheral powers at the margins!
- Notice what is left of the furthest left word and right of the furthest right word on a line? This is empty space, where your peripheral powers are not being utilized!
- To prevent their eyes from wandering into the "peripheral empty space", Speed Readers in training will draw a line down pages of their physical books about a word after the left edge and a word before the right edge. They then read between these lines. As they improve, they move the lines further in.
|Read| is an app that saves your physical books from being drawn on. It overlays the screen with movable, color-customizable lines to read between. Use it with e-books, the web, pdfs, etc in place of drawing lines down pages of your physical books to practice reading faster.
Want to learn more about this reading technique? Accomplished author and lifehacker, Tim Ferriss, has you covered: https://youtu.be/ZwEquW_Yij0?t=2m34s (to about the 4:40 mark). Or read the Why section below.
Features
- Toggleable lines displayed over other apps
- Toggleable background filter for more pleasurable reading
- Disable from notification
- Quick Settings Tile may be used to enable/disable
- Enable |Read| mode for 8 minutes before needing to re-enable it
PRO features
- Enable |Read| mode for as long as you'd like (not limited to 8 minutes at a time)
Why
Read faster by using your peripherals!
- Fixating on a word costs some amount of time as your eyes and brain work together to accomplish the task.
- Speed Readers reduce this cost by fixating on fewer words. How? By using their peripherals. Try it for yourself - fixate on THIS word. Notice how you can read "on THIS word" while your eyes stay locked on "THIS"?
And don't waste your new peripheral powers at the margins!
- Notice what is left of the furthest left word and right of the furthest right word on a line? This is empty space, where your peripheral powers are not being utilized!
- To prevent their eyes from wandering into the "peripheral empty space", Speed Readers in training will draw a line down pages of their physical books about a word after the left edge and a word before the right edge. They then read between these lines. As they improve, they move the lines further in.
|Read| is an app that saves your physical books from being drawn on. It overlays the screen with movable, color-customizable lines to read between. Use it with e-books, the web, pdfs, etc in place of drawing lines down pages of your physical books to practice reading faster.
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Additional Information
Updated
February 19, 2019
Size
1.3M
Installs
1,000+
Current Version
1.0
Requires Android
4.1 and up
Content Rating
Everyone
In-app Products
$2.99 per item
Permissions
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Offered By
Chronstruct LLC
Developer
16175 Cleveland St, Redmond, WA 98052