“People can only read as fast as they can speak,” say the makers behind Velocity, a new $2.99 speed-reading app for iOS 7. “Through silencing your inner voice,” they say, you can effectively read much ...

We are not particularly fast readers. It’s a fact that we’re continually reminded of and occasionally demoralized by. There are wonderful articles published online every day (like this one, right?

Velocity is a new speed reader app for your iPhone, iPod Touch or iPad that helps you read faster by presenting one word at a time using a technique called Rapid Serial Visual Presentation. Studies ...

ReadQuick offers a words-per-minute rate between 50 and 800. Velocity’s words-per-minute rate ranges from 100 to 1000. Both Velocity and ReadQuick take a similar approach to solving this problem by ...