FastReader : Practice your reading skill in order to improve speed by loading from different sources, configuring speed, as well as fond and color options to make the interface more comfortable
Just because books have lost a little ground because of the computer doesn’t mean they’re obsolete. On the contrary, computers made it possible to enhance reading, with novels and all your favorite books now in electronic format. However, you can simply use specialized applications like FastReader to practice your reading skills and increase speed.
Visually appealing and easy to use
A neat advantage is that the application doesn’t even need to be installed on your computer to properly function, which means you can keep it along with several texts or your entire book collection to use on the go. Moreover, the PC you use it on doesn’t get affected in any way, because registries are not a dependency.All the application has to offer is found in a classic window frame, with a large preview area which is the place you read from, a field to paste in the text of interest, and several related controls. In addition, some info fields help you figure out how many words per second you can read, with another value for reading speed in seconds.
Load text and configure speed
FastReader comes with a sample text bundled inside so you can get the hang of what it wants to accomplish. However, you can load different texts either from the clipboard or importing TXT files. Pressing start makes the preview area show one word at a time, depending on the value shown on the slider, which you get to configure.There are 18 different levels of speed, but it’s almost impossible to handle at the highest, there’s the possibility to pause if you want to take a break, or stop completely. In case you want to go back, you can use the progress slider that shows the percentage value for overall progress.
In conclusion
a skill which requires practice like any other activity if it needs to be mastered. Needless to say that continuously reading solves this problem, and it’s even more efficient when done with FastReader. Although it only supports a disappointing amount of formats, it’s a straightforward utility, with no elements to distract, but enough features to h
FastReader runs on
Palm 4.0
and is available under the
Freeware
license
— the installer is 3.4 MB.
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