Completely eliminating subvocalizing is hard but you can reduce it to a very minimum. Doing exercises as those given Peter Kump's Breakthrough rapid reading really helped me. It doesn't involve listening to music or counting, but using your finger and go faster and faster.
Generally I don't use rsvp apps (I use a bog standard library app), however, when I get an epub book, I load it into an app called Librera Reader (Android) and that flashes text up quite nicely:
Try this one: Schulte table.
Many of these schulte table apps get repetitive quite quickly. This one has a countdown timer which makes a it bit more challenging.
Overall though, I am not sure how effective Schulte tables really are for speed reading. I can not find a scientific study to support their use in this respect. But they do provide a good visual/mental workout.
https://getspreed.com/ works on PDFs if you highlight the text in the PDF, right click, and select "Spreed selected text". The PRO version has a built-in PDF reader that makes speed reading PDFs a lot more seamless (automatically extracts all text in the PDF etc.)
you can check those two apps, they also provide some helpful exercises
1st: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.jerminal.reader.reader
2nd: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.speedreading.alexander.speedreading
Speed reading with Librera Reader allows you to improve your reading speed to up to 1000 words per minute (WPM) implementing the RSVP method.
Just try https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.foobnix.pdf.reader
Hey your post is from months ago, but I'm hoping you're still around. I took a test @ readingsoft.com and scored 243 wpm with 100% comprehension.(they say 200 WPM is average if reading from a screen, so it's supposed to be slightly above?)
Anyways... Lately my college classes have had these giant monolithic and dry textbooks, with my high comprehension rate, I get incredibly tired of the dull material(i'm sure its not 100%, but it's definitely quite high). Meaning, the more I read, the more I replace data as well.
For that reason, I love to use "cheat sheet" type books like this one. I can remember everything, and they don't repeat 50 different examples scattered throughout demonstrating the same situation. I get so pissed at these textbooks, because I get it, I ALREADY FUCKING UNDERSTAND. Then I attempt to skip ahead, but sure enough, there is something of important that I will miss...It's quite frustrating..
I know I currently subvocalize, and this probably helps retention, but I really want to stop and just read these giant books faster, even if there is a large break in comprehension. Any ideas?
Hi there, do you use an Android phone? If you do, then the free app I just developed recently may address most of your needs. https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=ebook.midas.com.ebookspeedreader