We have done a large number of speed reading reviews here at our site. The links to a few of them can be found below.
Our Speed Reading Reviews
Speed Reader X Review
QuickEye Speed Reading Review
16 Minute Speed Reading Review
Tony Buzan Speed Reading Review
EyeQ Speed Reading Review
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Our personal favorite is the Speed Reader X program. You can learn so much more from actually using the speed reading techniques after you learn about them. This software will have a basic theoretical lesson and then follow it up by incrementally more difficult challenges that help you utilize them.
QuickEye is very similar to Speed Reader X, but it is more expensive, and not as comprehensive. The lessons are good, the practice is acceptable, but for the price, you might as well go with our #1 choice.
The 16 Minute Speed Reading program is actually an audio track. It’s purpose is not to help teach you speed reading, but to break down the subliminal blocks that prevent you from reading quickly. If you know the techniques of speed reading, like you can find for free on my site, or through the Speed Reader X Program, then you should use this if you’re not seeing any real results. Speed reading is a mental process rather than a physical one, so don’t avoid this solution since it isn’t something you can see working.
Tony Buzan’s Speed Reading is a book from 1991 which was written by an expert on self-development and mind mapping. Unfortunately, we didn’t think that his expertise really translated itself into the realm of speed reading, and at the end of the day, the pen-and-paper exercises he recommends can be much more easily done with software designed for this purpose. Thus, our speed reading reviews for this product score it a little bit lower than most do, but it works well enough for most.
EyeQ is a speed reading program which focuses on the physical more than the mental side of speed reading. Unfortunately, that’s not the right way to learn how to effectively speed read. While it may help you at first, you will lose comprehension as you read instead of gaining it, which doesn’t help you one bit. The eye exercises are a decent idea, but at the end of the day, all you’ll get is a headache.
We’re constantly adding more and more speed reading reviews to our collection, so stop back often, and check out our free online speed reading test now!