Plusreader features
Plusreader uses 5 different exercises:
Word Flash
In this exercise a word flashes up during a fraction of a second. Afterwards you can indicate if you have recognized the word.
This exercise learns you to recognize words and line parts rapidly.
Word groups
The words of a text are sequentially shown. This exercise learns read you to read in a continuing cadens.
This exercise is extremely suitable the horizontal peripheral field of vision(number of words per line) and the vertical peripheral field of vision(number of lines).
Scrolling lines
The lines of a text go by scrolling. You can establish the width of the lines yourself.
This exercise helps you to force your eyes to focus on the progress of the text and prevent them to wander inefficiently through the text.
Line parts
Parts of a line are shown, where the line is shown in light color and the text progress in dark color.
This exercise learns you subdivide the line in parts and no longer in separate words to increase your reading speed.
Read through centre column
Many experienced speed readers use this technique. When you read a text you focus on the centre column of a text.
For example the above text is read as follows:
Many experienced speed readers use this technique. When you read a text you
focus on the centre column of a text. For example the above text is read as
The focus is on the black part of the line, the gray parts are partly interpreted and partly viewed using the peripheral field of vision.
This way of reading requires a well trained peripheral field of vision and the ability to keep the eye focused on the centre column. This exercise will help you to train both.
Internet as an exercise source
Plusreader has a build in Internet browser. You can surf the Internet and learn speedreading in one go!
When you are surfing and you have reached a site with a considerable quantity of text, you can use this text in any of the
Plusreader exercises!
There are some links to story sites included in the Plusreader Internet browser.
Now you can combine fun and benefit in one go!
Exercise sessions
There are 3 different Exercise sessions from which you can choose:
-briefly (8 minutes),
-normally (15 minutes) and
-long (30 minutes).
In every Exercise sessions the 5 different exercises are used.
Comprehension tests
To examine if you not only read fast, but also understand the text, some test-stories with multiple choice questions are
included. You can do the test to check if you still are capable to read and understand at higher reading speed.
Users
Plusreader is capable of serving more then one user and it will remember the progress and settings of every single user.
There is also a logging trail where you can follow the daily progress of every user.
Texts
Plusreader is provided with a number of short texts to practice. These texts are not sufficient to do a complete speed
reading course. It is better to perform exercises with your own texts. You can use any text in Plusreader,
as long as it is plain ascii text or MS Word documents. Almost any document can be exported as ASCII text, so that won't be a problem.
You can also do your exercises using Internet pages.