‘I took a speed-reading course and read War and Peace in 20 minutes. It involves Russia.’ As Woody Allen discovered, fast is not necessarily best

During the last few weeks, my internet feeds have been inundated with links to Spritz, the new speed-reading application that lets you read a novel in less than 90 minutes.

According to Spritz, when people read they spend about 80% of the time moving their eyes from word to word but only 20% processing meaning. Their app makes reading more efficient because it shows only one word at a time in the middle of a screen, reducing the time taken up by eye movement. This means that even as words flash faster and faster, they can be read. And it definitely works. I can keep up with the Spritz sample that flashes at 500 words per minute.

Mind your language | The Guardian http://ift.tt/1q3zSjU