Pre-read to increase your reading speed.

Here are a few techniques which can help you to pre-read / skimming, and increase your reading speed.

  1. When reading on electronics, keep the text moving. When reading a paper material, move your hand down the page as you read in a slow, constant motion to set the pace for your eyes. This helps to eliminate grammatical pauses, other distractions and visually forces your brain to pick out the keywords.
  2. Don’t reread text that you have already read. Doing so will only disrupt your brain’s flow and will slow you down.
  3. Remove subvocalization by increasing speed, reading out loud only increases distractions. Eliminating the vocalization will increase your speed, but most likely decrease your comprehension.