Here are the best speed reading apps for smartphones and tablets running on Android and iOS and for the web users of the Chrome browser.
Using these speed reading apps you can stay productive no matter what device you use.
Speed Reading Apps for Android, iOS and the Web
When we take up activities like reading we will think as to how quickly it can be finished. In the olden days reading means only reading of paper books. At present, in our digital age the physicality of a paper book has been replaced by the concept of e-paper on screen as everything we want to read is available on screen and we can read in this from newspapers to ebooks. Just like how we want to speed read paper books, in the same way we have to think while reading on the web or on mobile phones and tablets. Otherwise, so much of our valuable time will be wasted in reading slowly and we may lose focus on what we are reading.
Best Speed Reading Apps For Android
Normally our average reading speed is somewhere between 50 to 200 words per minute. To train ourselves to read faster and increase our reading speed without sacrificing comprehension, there is a speed reading app readily available for use in Android mobiles and tablets, which is ‘Speed Reader App’. In this free speed reading app, we have to read those words which are moving in the centre of the screen by not moving our eyes or saying the words in our head. It supports .txt, .pdf, .epub, .html and .xml formats. There is a possibility to set the text colours and speed as needed. Android users can obtain this Speed Reader App from Google Play.
Android users can also try Speed Reading app to increase reading speed quickly.
Best Speed Reading App for Google Chrome
Google Chrome users can install a speed reading app in the browser and improve their speed of reading easily up to 400 words per minute, or more. For example, to read the content in any webpage, we can use Spreed chrome extension and read the text over two to three times as speedily as we do conventionally. If required to speed read the text on the web, try the Chrome app ‘Spreed – Speed Read the Web’ which can be used adding to browser.
Spreed is a Chrome Extension that lets you speed read text on any webpage
After adding Spreed extension to Chrome, we can notice a small book icon in the upper-right corner just to the right of the address bar. From now on, whenever we want to speed read something on the web, all we’ve to do is click on this Spreed icon and select “Spreed current website”. Alternatively to launch Spreed on any webpage we can straight-away click on the small Spreed box that appears in the lower-right corner of our browser.
Best Speed Reading App For iPhone and iPad
Apple iPhone and iPad users can use the app ‘Acceleread Speed Reading Trainer’ from iTunes. Acceleread Speed Reading Trainer is the #1 speed reading app on iTunes. You can obtain this speed reading app from the link https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/acceleread-speed-reading-trainer/id528963250?mt=8
shreya
A perfect one. Education is now a fast pace for all the students. Technology has made studies even more easier…Nice post. Loved reading it. Thank u for the share..Keep posting with lots more of such beneficial informations.
ramarao
Hi Shreya, nice to hear from you and I'm glad that you loved reading this post. Yes, I agree to what you've said about Education becoming a fast pace for students these days and with the advancement of technology especially mobile technology smartphone is seen in all their hands for reading all they want to read and surf the web. But unless their mobile device is used more smartly by installing these useful speed reading apps, it is not possible to effectively utilize their valuable time.