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apidReader customers come from all walks of life. We are always pleased to hear from you and share your comments. Here is just a small sampling of what RapidReader users say.

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"I use two speeds. One is what I call "progress report" speed, which is as fast as I can, to read those documents you sort of have to read but don't really want to (included are meeting minutes). I'm reaching 850 wpm for those - it's like "The Matrix" where the character learns to fly a helicopter in 15 seconds. I sometimes zip through the text twice to memorize more. I go slower for more important stuff (450-550). Another advantage of the software, even at slow speeds, is that it doesn't allow your mind to wander when reading."

Jean-Louis Tambay
Ottowa Ontario
RR PRO

"I can't tell you how much this product helped me in my last Master's level class. The ability to read all of the research papers in .PDF format really helped speed up the research I had to do. Unfortunately some of the Masters dissertations were (in essence) .jpg images instead of .PDF's created from text. So I couldn't use RapidReader. I would have "killed" to have RR be able to read those files too since I had to read and review over 1200 pages of dissertations for the research project!"

"Can't say enough good things about the product! I love it!"

Russ Foszcz
RR PRO

"As I tested the product I was astonished to see that I could read at 800 words per minute on my device with good level of understanding. I felt very productive. Thank You."

Sebastian Doren
Santiago Chile
RR PALM:

"Dear SoftOlogy...
Just wanted to thank you for RapidReader for Symbian.
I use my Nokia 9500 for business e-mail and have struggled to read my e-mail messages on my train commute each day - without going blind from eye-strain. RapidReader is an absolute breakthrough!"

Cheers,
R.Durishin NY.NY
RR MOBILE SYMBIAN

"With RapidReader, I feel the program does the reading and I do the comprehending. It's amazing!"

John Collier
Bethesda, MD
RR PRO

"I can see applications with all kinds of flashcards and I want to try it with vocabulary. I took a speed reading mini-course years ago, but even though I read extremely fast, I find this program is very comfortable on my eyes. I can see some real serious applications as kids are switching from 3rd to 4th grade where they go from learning to read to reading to learn. I have noticed over the years that slower readers often don't understand what they are reading because by the time they get to the end of a sentence they forget what they started with. Nothing compels kids to read faster. This will push them painlessly. The more I think about it that is an excellent selling point; it is purely painless and easily graduated to higher and higher speeds."

Artie Leichner
Reading Education Specialist
Miami-Dade Florida
RR Standard

"My wife objects to my reading with the light on while she is trying to sleep. Due to this, I began using my Palm to read books so as not to bother her. I purchased Rapid Reader for Palm about a month ago. I find this method of reading much easier and more natural than reading traditional ebooks on the Palm's small screen. I am up to 350 wpm now and reading very efficiently while having fun at the same time. Instead of sounding the words out in my mind, I just relax and the words seem to penetrate without concentration or stress. Both my speed and comprehension have improved dramatically. I highly recommend this product to anyone who loves to read."

Michael Harrison
Carrollton Texas
RR PALM

" I've been meaning to write but was so swamped with trying to finish up my Master's that everything else basically dropped off the plate. RR was incredible when I had to do a Lit Review as part of my Master's capstone exam. Instead of being overwhelmed by the number of documents (and pages and pages of research) I needed to get through, RR made it so easy to get the essence of each paper and capture the key thoughts I needed for my Lit Review. "

Connie Lane
Fort Collins CO
RR PRO

" Please be assured that I think that RapidReader is a great product - I'm getting to the point where I'm not sure how I coped without it. "

Regards,
R.Bloor
New Zealand
RR MOBILE SYMBIAN

" Thanks!
Sometimes it is hard to keep up with all the (Internet) reading I have to do. I am able to use the RapidReader program. Thereby doing more research on material and being able to cover it much more quickly.
For this alone I would like to extend my thanks to you for this program. "

M.McKissic,
USA
RR Standard

" I've enjoyed using SoftOlogy's Rapid Reader. I was able to review 60 pages of course notes in 20 minutes the week before my exam and as a result aced the exam! "

A.Klippenstein,
Vancouver Canada
RR Standard

" My Initial Impression: I was thinking, like what is this?
but when we got rolling on those high reading speeds, that was awesome! "

B.Mao,
Berkeley, Ca
RR PRO

"Because RapidReader is resident in programs that I normally use for routine reading and can paste-in and append information from programs where it is not resident (such as Lotus Notes) it has become an indispensable tool for me, owing to this convenience. RapidReader is also a particularly effective, yet very simple training device to use to improve my word recognition ability."

"The reading experience itself (after a lifetime plagued by subvocal reading) is quite extraordinary. As my mind "synchronizes" with the text flow after a brief period of adjustment, or warm-up, I suddenly realize that the words are flowing from the screen into my mind (truly as if watching a movie), and I am effortlessly absorbing everything. This experience has made reading for me a genuine pleasure; it is no longer just a chore. Other accelerated reading programs that I've sampled are flawed in that the words displayed lose their clarity after an interval of reading. Quite the opposite is true with RapidReader: the words become sharper and more distinct."

"In my opinion, RapidReader is a significant breakthrough."

A.Maderios.
RR PRO

Review Russel Beattie Notebook
Rapid Reading
Posted on Thursday, February 06, 2003 10:09 PM
Wow. So I just downloaded a Windows demo of the RapidReader speed reading application after reading this article on the Wireless Dev Net and I have to say that I'm pretty impressed. It takes normal text and flashes them word by word on your screen for you to read quickly without having to scan the page, etc. The key to this technology is that it uses a similar cadence to someone speaking, so it is surprisingly easy to read at 300-400 words per minute right away. Normally people read around 150 wpm, so this is pretty damn cool.
Russel Beattie Notebook Feb 6. 2003

Review of RapidReader for Nokia Communicator Wireless Dev Net.
"From personal experience I can say that Softology’s claims for RapidReader are met or exceeded. When I first found RapidReader I also looked at rival products. While they did allow you to read faster they were nowhere near as comfortable and easy to use as RapidReader’s text rendering.
Wireless Dev Net Feb 2003

 

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