Articles:
1) Book of Apple 84

2) The Key to reading

3) Mind your business

4) Bytes for Brights

5) T.H.E Journal

6) Softalk 83

7) Softalk 84

AD's

Press Release

Super Speed Reading is an instructional program designed to increase the average reader's speed from two to ten times. An attractively packaged and self-contained course, the program consists of a blue program disk and a green practice disk. The lessons on the blue disk include a test of reading speed, principles of speed-reading, techniques for faster reading of school texts, business material, and computer programs. The lessons are well written and illustrated with excellent graphics. For example, a lesson on pacing your reading with a pencil not only explains the technique, but demonstrates it on screen with a very realistic pencil.

Super Speed Reading has also taken care of that bane of all reading classes and programs: keeping trade of progress. The program does it for you. It also provides bar charts of your last fifteen lessons. It can even keep track of books you read on your own.

After booting the blue disk you may begin by just browsing, or as a new or current user. The choices made will determine the order of lessons or practice. Even browsing can teach you a lot, allowing you to try out each of the lessons or simply practice specific features.

The amazing part of this program is the sheer amount of text on the two disks. The green disk, for example, contains 120 pages of practice text, some phrase reading practice, and charting programs. All text is in upper and lower case, the letters being about the size type encountered in most books and magazines. To assist you in using the practice material, an adjustable pacer is provided for word grouping and a built-in metronome to build rhythm in reading. Reading speed for exercises varies from 100 to 3,000 words per minute.

The documentation contains the text of the lessons and some additional practice samples. This program focuses less on comprehension than speed, assuming that better comprehension comes with increased speed. However, it does include some comprehension practice.

The producers of this program stress that you must read regularly to become a better reader. Thus the program emphasizes consistent reading practice. This may discourage those people looking for that quickly ten minute course that will teach them to read 2,000 words per minute. Nonetheless, the principles of this program are sound. For those willing to work with it, Super Speed Reading ranks among the best speed-reading programs on the market.

Page 180

To contact us send eMail. ScottMcTyre@MCFIII.COM