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My eyes are already scanning the world,

Posted: Mar 8, 2014

Just saw something on TV which helps people be speed readers, working started slowly and then got up to 600 wpm. I could keep up with it because that is my line of work, just scanning words as fast as my eyes will go. I don't know if others go through this but my eyes can pick up words all over the place including restaurants, cleaners, newspapers, anywhere I go that are incorrectly spelled. I now seem to speed read everything. Anyone else?

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What? - nm

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NM

Misspells and Grammar issues... - see msg

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I have always been quick to notice errors on signs, menus, things like that, but ever since I started transcribing/editing, I seem to have a sharper eye.

Is that what you mean?

Yes, by scanning the world exactly what I - meant, you do too I see

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I think with VR my eye for mistakes has gotten more acute. There was a test on TV that started slow and sped up to 600 wpm and I kept up with it well. When you take into consideration that is what we are now trained to do, speed reading is a breeze.

I tried - I don't like it. DH does though - Laid back Lilly

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I've tried speed reading. I trained myself to scan over words really fast (it was a thing/fad of the 90s). Sure I picked up words and would get the "jist" of what was written and used my imagination to figure out the in-between stuff. The problem that I personally had with that was that I couple times I'd go back and it as all the in-between stuff that was important. I found I enjoyed books more when I took my time and read the story and used my imagination to picture things the way they were written and read all the in-between stuff the author thought was important, rather than just hurrying to look at words here and there. Now, my husband does speed reading and he likes it fine. He said he doesn't need to read all the little words to understand what the article says. Maybe because I'm a bit slower and more laid back than he is. I just felt like I was missing out on so much. He likes speed reading though.

I figure someone took the time to write - Val

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the book or article -- and if it's beautifully written, it should be savored.

The crap we type -- I breeze thru it to pop in the little words that VR always misses.

Flashing objects give me headaches - I would - never use this - nm

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