X-Message-Number: 15967 Date: Wed, 28 Mar 2001 19:02:35 -0500 From: James Swayze <> Subject: Oops! Should have been titled Speed reading software References: <> CryoNet wrote: > CryoNet - Wed 28 Mar 2001 > > #15956: Re: CryoNet #15948 - #15953 [James Swayze] > > Message #15956 > Date: Tue, 27 Mar 2001 15:33:35 -0500 > From: James Swayze <> > Subject: Re: CryoNet #15948 - #15953 > References: <> > > John de Rivaz wrote: > > > > The sudden flurry of book recommendations that have appeared here suggest > > that someone ought to start selling speed reading courses/software or > > whatever. There does seem to be a growing problem of information overload. Then I wrote: > John, here is a speed reading software device. Studies show we can read much > faster if the words are shown one after the other rapidly and in the same > location each time. This program allows you to import text then it displays it in > this fashion. It also helps one learn speed reading by allowing adjustment from > one word to a line of words to be displayed successively as if scanning down a > page of text. The key to speed reading is to learn how to not sound the words out > internally at conversation speed. It's not easy to do and maintain comprehension > but practice helps. > > http://www.stepware.com/acereader.html > John de Rivas wrote: > > However many books have a single message - the rest of the book explains why > > the writer thinks this message is important. It can indeed be a useful > > service for cryonet posters to summarise that message and if people want to > > understand the underlying thought behind it **and they have the time** they > > can read it up. In the case of many of the recommendations on cryonet those > > who have read the books concerned are providing a very useful service in > > distilling out those points which are of use and relevance to cryonicists Then I wrote: > This would be nice since some of us can't afford to buy every book suggested. > Cliff notes for cryonet? I recapped this in case it was missed by anyone due to my mistake of not properly titling it. James -- Some of our views are spacious some are merely space--RUSH Rate This Message: http://www.cryonet.org/cgi-bin/rate.cgi?msg=15967