Velocireader - Speed Reading for Ebooks app for iPhone and iPad


4.8 ( 7088 ratings )
Productivity Education
Developer: Noisy Typing
4.99 USD
Current version: 1.4.4, last update: 7 years ago
First release : 03 Aug 2013
App size: 14.86 Mb

Do you have a long list of books to read but no time to read them all? Velocireader is the easiest way to turbocharge your reading abilities. See a demo video here: http://velocireaderapp.com
Please note: this app cannot open books from iBooks or Kindle.

Bad reading habits such as going back over words already read (regression), or pronouncing words under your breath (subvocalization) can dramatically slow down your reading. Speed-reading techniques help you break these habits by teaching you to read words in clusters or chunks by controlling your eye movement. Velocireader automates this process by breaking book text into chunks and playing back these chunks like movie subtitles. You no longer have to learn speed-reading; Velocireader does the hard work for you. Just sit back and enjoy your book a few words at a time.

Think speed-reading would make for reduced comprehension? Dont knock it till youve tried it! Your mind is capable of taking in information much faster than the rate at which you normally read. When you speed-read, you can feed it at a much faster rate, keeping yourself more occupied and more interested in the text, which actually improves your comprehension and retention of the material.

It even works great at the end of a long day when youre too tired to face a dense paperback. Now make time to read every book you ever wanted to read.

• ePub books supported (DRM-free and unencrypted only).
• Customizable layout, including line-height and margins.
• Fonts: prefer Serif? Sans Serif? Block Serif? Velocireader has everything!
• Special font included for dyslexic readers.
• Night mode for reading in the dark.
• OPDS Catalogs: Choose from thousands* of free books. *depending on language

More formats to come! You can add books via “Open in” and iTunes File Sharing.

Made by a developer who has loved books all his life, and wants to read them all.
Have a specific question before buying? Ask me at karan@noisytyping.com.

Grab Velocireader and get started on your speed-reading adventure today!

Pros and cons of Velocireader - Speed Reading for Ebooks app for iPhone and iPad

Velocireader - Speed Reading for Ebooks app good for

Customizable, and easy to use. It helps me from getting distracted when I am reading in busy areas. I have not tried uploading other books, only reading from the book list provided. But, it has all the classics
I have tried at least a half dozen other speed reader apps that flash a single word or several words of text at a time in sequence and none of them have been suitable for managing and reading full length ePub novels. This app however permits navigation within an ebook and is very customizable. [My only feature request: user bookmarks]
Lots of custom settings to make speed reading work for everyone.

Some bad moments

Probably an update would be good. A lot of very obvious features missing. Would really like to return this app.
Thank you, thank you for a wonderful app that successfully integrates speed reading fundamentals. I love being able to manually select the number of words per minute and also the number of words per phrase. I highly recommend this app for ease of use, optimum reading speed and content comprehension. Well worth the price. My personal top app. 5 Stars for well done!
I like it, and the best part is, you can download a bookmarklet online that will transform a web page into an ePub to be read by this program!
I love being able to put ePub books on this app. The adjustable settings are great. I use it mainly to study non-fiction books. It allows me to speed through a whole book to get the gist then I read & highlight in iBooks. Makes for greater retention. When more formats are available Ill give it 5 stars.
Ive always wanted to speed read, but never could focus well enough to be effective. Ive tried training books and websites, but it wasnt enough for me. I tried a bunch of these types of apps on iOS and found Velocireader to be the best! It handles book navigation flawlessly in speed read mode by using one tap pause/resume and double tap to switch between eReader and speed read mode. Theres also a "skip back" button thatll do just that in case you need to go back a bit to reread something that flashed too quickly. I literally jumped from 200 to 400 wpm by simply using the app (5 words, 0.75 seconds) because it makes focusing on the flashing phrase so easy! And its not confusing to keep up, I feel my comprehension is just as high as reading normally because the app considers the sentence/punctuation when determining exactly what phrase to show (ie: new phrases for each sentence, for each new speech, and paragraph). I wish for a few more features, though: 1. A timer for minutes to end of the chapter, or end of the book. 2. PDF or we page support. 3. Sync location and books across devices. A couple tweaks to understanding when punctuation is used to complete a thought and when its not (ie: end of sentence break vs. breaking on Mr. or Mrs.)
Its really good. The equivalent of Spritz or whatever its called. I just put my ebooks in DropBox and then from Dropbox I can load them into velocireader. I love it, Im reading more than ever.

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