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Title: Speed-reading app ReadQuick shrinks down for iPhone Post by: HCK on January 08, 2014, 02:00:05 pm Speed-reading app ReadQuick shrinks down for iPhone
<!--CONTENT START--><p><img alt="ReadQuick" data-mep="3664" src="http://o.aolcdn.com/hss/storage/adam/185257d57bea2578b2f5817d97bf5ade/Screenshot 2013-08-22 19.04.12.png" style="width: 250px; height: 406px; border-width: 0px; border-style: solid; margin: 8px; float: right;" />How much do you read in a day? Is there a backed-up queue of articles, documents and stories that you'd tackle if you had more time -- or if you could read more quickly? ReadQuick (http://readquickapp.com/), a US$4.99 iOS app produced by the husband and wife / TV journalist team of Clayton (https://twitter.com/ClaytonMorris) and Natali Morris (http://natalimorris.com/) and programmed by Pablo Quinterros, aims to up your reading speed (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Speed_reading) gracefully. The new version adds iPhone support, a longstanding request from fans.</p> <p>The original version of ReadQuick (https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/read-quick/id515138359?ls=1&mt=8), launched last year to generally solid reviews (http://mashable.com/2012/08/31/readquick-review/), was only available on the iPad. It features an accessible, sleek interface (if you like Instapaper (http://www.tuaw.com/tag/Instapaper/), one of ReadQuick's content sources, you'll like the Wondersauce (http://wondersauce.com/)-designed RQ look) and the ability to adjust reading speed from the default 250 words per minute down to a plodding 100 WPM or up to a blazing 800 WPM.</p> <p>The app delivers stories from Pocket, Instapaper or a collection of featured (http://talkingpointsmemo.com) specialist (http://longreads.com), news (http://techmeme.com) and tech (http://gigaom.com) sites (http://techhive.com) in a very specific way: one - word - at - a - time. You get a preview of how long reading the story will take, helping to optimize your reading time. There's also a "timed playlist" feature, checking how long your full set of stories will take to read, and a statistics page with your reading performance.</p> <p>This chunked content delivery -- an implementation of Rapid Serial Visual Presentation (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rapid_Serial_Visual_Presentation), or RSVP -- has shown promise in some research contexts for improving reading speed without a proportional drop in comprehension. For me personally, RQ is a great way to enforce focus and attention on what I'm reading; if I look away, daydream or get distracted, I'm going to miss something. Aside from feeling like you can only blink one eye at a time, it's actually quite immersive. The iPhone version is just as effective as the iPad; in fact, the smaller screen makes the single-word UI seem more appropriate.</p> <p>ReadQuick is a solid combination of brain training and handy story aggregation. For the cost of a grande latte, you can try to widen your personal information bandwidth, and who couldn't use an upgrade?</p><p style="padding:5px;clear:both;">Speed-reading app ReadQuick shrinks down for iPhone (http://www.tuaw.com/2013/08/22/speed-reading-app-readquick-shrinks-down-for-iphone/) originally appeared on TUAW - The Unofficial Apple Weblog (http://www.tuaw.com) on Thu, 22 Aug 2013 20:30:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds (http://legal.aol.com/terms-of-service/full-terms/).<br style="clear:both;"></p><h6 style="clear: both; padding: 8px 0 0 0; height: 2px; font-size: 1px; border: 0; margin: 0; padding: 0;"></h6>Source (http://readquickapp.com/) | <a href="http://www.tuaw.com/2013/08/22/speed-reading-app-readquick-shrinks-down-for-iphone/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink[/url] | <a href="http://www.tuaw.com/forward/20700860/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this[/url] | <a href="http://www.tuaw.com/2013/08/22/speed-reading-app-readquick-shrinks-down-for-iphone/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments[/url] Source: Speed-reading app ReadQuick shrinks down for iPhone (http://www.tuaw.com/2013/08/22/speed-reading-app-readquick-shrinks-down-for-iphone/) |