Written By Rishikesh Mistry
This article was created to help you read faster. The method used is
called bionic reading and it supposedly helps to speed up the reading
process by guiding our eyes through text with artificial fixation
points. As a result, the reader is only focusing on the highlighted
initial letters, and let’s the brain complete the word. In this current
“swipe” generation, this technology is hoping to encourage more in
depth reading to develop more understanding and knowledge. In this
world with the now ever abundant stimulation of short form video, that
supposedly encourages us to have an “8 Second Attention Span”, I believe
that this technology could be invaluable to restore the almost ancient love of
reading for fun amongst Generation Z. Some people claim that this technique
makes them want to read more, since they feel like they are using 100%
of their brain, however after experimenting with this for myself, I’m not too sure.
The fast movement of the eyes meant that I could recall information since
my brain doesn’t have the time to fully compute the content that it is processing.
However, I think with a bit more exposure, and a longer time spent using
bionic reading, I definitely think that it could help in the long term.
For some, this technique may not be faster and may be a nuisance and
distract them from what they what to read, but for others, it could
help to boost productivity and generally get people reading like this. I think
that this technology is quite powerful, and give a good
indication of how technology may advance in the future and help
everyone. This is not the only method of speed reading, in fact another method
exists with the opposite ideology; by fixing all the words on a single
point on the screen, not making your eyes move. With this method I
could read at 1000 words per minute and still retain the majority of
this information, which is put simply amazing. Put into context you can
read a full university level dissertation with 20 minutes of focus, and get the main jist of it.
Some would argue that skimming would be preferable, however please do let me know
if this or the other method of speed reading helped you to read faster
(even if it was only a small amount)





