"EyeQ" Test-- test your reading speed

[DJFuji]

EyeQ Test

I've had really erratic sleep patterns lately (went to bed at 0400 this morning and woke up at 0600, panicking and thinking that it was 6PM). Anyway, that means watching a lot of late-night TV, which are mostly informercials. Saw one for "EyeQ" which is supposed to increase your reading speed.

Their website has a "sample" 7 minute session that's supposed to give you a small example of how much you can improve. I went from starting at 596 words per minute to 681 WPM. Could be placebo effect, though. I think it's partly placebo, partly due to the eye exercises they give you.

Give it a shot and post what kind of increases you get.

 

[atomstryker]

371 to 562

 

[kami333]

580 to 610.

I'm already a pretty fast reader thanks to my junior year English teacher who assigned a book every other day.

 

[SmoochyTX]

520 to 726

 

[Pex]

8,000 to 12,000

 

[BaboonGuy]

this stuff is pretty awesome. the technique is ingenius

 

[TuxDave]

Wow... that's pretty crazy. I dunno which will help me retain the information tho. Before the test, I would say the words mentally and after the test I just looked. Weird.


473WPM->634WPM

 

[JoeKing]

567 to 1148

I think the exercises just woke me up. That or I need to be on their next infomercial as a "compensated user". EyeQ Worked For ME!!!

 

[iamme]

my contact lenses kept drying out, because i wasn't blinking

cool stuff...thanks for the link.

 

[waggy]

350 to 635
heh

 

[z0mb13]

Hmmm I am afraid that one of those stupid monsters just pop up...

 

[WhiteKnight]

674 to 876

 

[MrCodeDude]

I saw this on TV earlier

 

[FleshLight]

It's probably cuz the 2nd passage is much easier to read than the first.

 

[RaynorWolfcastle]

The text is friggin huge', it gave me a headache. I could have read all that way faster if the text was
a) in a serif font
b) somewhere around 10-12 pt instead of 54 pt

 

[MrCodeDude]

264 -> 350

But I felt my eyes were going faster than they should have, so I didn't comprehend the post-test paragraph.

Oh well. It's all shenanagans.

 

[MrCodeDude]

Originally posted by: RaynorWolfcastle
The text is friggin huge', it gave me a headache. I could have read all that way faster if the text was
a) in a serif font
b) somewhere around 10-12 pt instead of 54 pt

Seriously. It was pretty blurry for me.

 

[CarlKillerMiller]

611 to 872

 

[Lonyo]

605 -> 654

 

[Triumph]

466 to 594. *shrug*

the real question is how much of the information you read, do you actually retain?

 

[MichaelD]

Originally posted by: iamme
my contact lenses kept drying out, because i wasn't blinking

cool stuff...thanks for the link.

Ditto. cool stuff.

 

[DJFuji]

Originally posted by: TuxDave
Wow... that's pretty crazy. I dunno which will help me retain the information tho. Before the test, I would say the words mentally and after the test I just looked. Weird.


473WPM->634WPM

yeah i thought so, too. I wish i could measure objectively using equal comprehension.

 

[DJFuji]

Originally posted by: iamme
my contact lenses kept drying out, because i wasn't blinking

cool stuff...thanks for the link.

haha me too.

Hmmm I am afraid that one of those stupid monsters just pop up...

lol that would have been PERFECT. I never even thought about it, it because i saw the commercial and knew it was legit.

Wonder how long it'll be until this CD hits BT....

 

[Zhou]

Originally posted by: DJFuji

Originally posted by: iamme
my contact lenses kept drying out, because i wasn't blinking

cool stuff...thanks for the link.

haha me too.

Hmmm I am afraid that one of those stupid monsters just pop up...

lol that would have been PERFECT. I never even thought about it, it because i saw the commercial and knew it was legit.

Wonder how long it'll be until this CD hits BT....

Its been out around for over 1.5 years.

 

[MacBaine]

I just see a black screen... what plugin am I missing.