Speed Reader was a productivity app developed by P Garrison. It was removed from Google Play Dec 7, 2017 and is no longer available for download.
Download Statistics
Speed Reader had been downloaded 220 thousand times before it became unavailable.
User Ratings
Speed Reader was rated 3.64 out of 5 stars, based on 1.7 thousand ratings.
App Information
Speed Reader was free to download. The APK download size was 1.35 MB. The last available version was 1.4. The last update was on September 9, 2011.
Technical Requirements
The app had a content rating of Unrated Maturity. The app had been available on Google Play August 2011.
Description
Speed Reader uses a method called Rapid Serial Visual Presentation to allow you to read faster by eliminating the time spent in moving your eyes between words. Watch the center of the screen, do not move your eyes, and try not to "subvocalize," or say the words in your head. Do not listen to music or attempt to multitask while using SpeedReader. If you find it very easy to read and absorb every word, consider increasing the speed. With practice, speeds of 600 wpm are not uncommon.
Supported file formats include: .txt .pdf .epub .html .xml and other markup languages
Speed Reader Gold is now available! Benefits of the gold (donate) version include: The prestige of being in the elite A shiny new gold icon Updates about 15 minutes before those regular users A happier developer
Supports custom colors, any speed, and multiple words at once.
Speed Reader can also help those coping with dyslexia because it orders words correctly. Other color options can also aid in reading for those suffering from dyslexia. If you are using Speed Reader because you have dyslexia, it is suggested that you keep the application at a low speed.
Speed Reader requires access to the external storage in order to convert .pdf and .epub files to .txt files. Files that are not .txt files get converted to .txt, and these .txt files are saved on the external storage to be accessed quickly later. Supported file formats include: .txt .pdf .epub .html .xml and other markup languages
Supports custom colors, any speed, and multiple words at once.
Speed Reader can also help those coping with dyslexia because it orders words correctly. Other color options can also aid in reading for those suffering from dyslexia. If you are using Speed Reader because you have dyslexia, it is suggested that you keep the application at a low speed.
Speed Reader requires access to the external storage in order to convert .pdf and .epub files to .txt files. Files that are not .txt files get converted to .txt, and these .txt files are saved on the external storage to be accessed quickly later.
Licensing: Speed Reader is an open source project released under AGPL, Version 3. Speed Reader uses the following libraries, with the corresponding licenses: epublib under CC-BY, itextpdf under AGPL Version 3, juniversalchardet under GPLv2.0+, android-file-dialog under 3-Clause BSD, and jsoup and slf4j under the MIT license.
Recent changes: - You can specify a specific number of characters to display (rounded up to the nearest word). When both the number of characters and the number of words are set, the application will use whichever is longer. - Improved bookmarking - Lots of bug fixes
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★★★★★
Great app Love it & use it daily. Improvements I'd like to see: the title of the book shown on the speed reading screen. & I like to be able to read 1 sentence at a time.
★★★★★
One thing I would add... Just had my reading interrupted by a phone call and when you return to the reader you can only pick up from your last bookmark. Would be great if a bookmark were automatically generated in this case!
★★☆☆☆
Reading fine / loading something to read needs help Reading from the app works well. This was my first app of this type. I will say I know I missed large words from time to time. I feel the non-reading interface needs improvement. In landscape mode it is difficult to scroll which is required to start reading. The app also lost its place a few time and my bookmarks also have varnished a couple of times as well. This could be more android related though. I loaded Balto speed reading free a couple of days ago with much better experience
★★☆☆☆
When you try to download or read anything it just comes up as symbols and numbers with no actual words and then it just says, end text.
★★☆☆☆
PDF files do not work. Use PDF to Epub converter I loaded up a PDF file and the program just sits there after you hit Go nothing happens. I went online and found a free online service that converts pdf's to epub. If you do that and then use this program it works great!
Technologies used by Speed Reader
Speed Reader is requesting 2 permissions and is using 4 libraries.
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