Comments on: Spreed News tries to redefine reading http://www.mathewingram.com/work/2008/07/14/spreed-news-tries-to-redefine-reading/ ... at the intersection of media, technology, business and the web Tue, 04 Oct 2011 13:01:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1 By: mathewi http://www.mathewingram.com/work/2008/07/14/spreed-news-tries-to-redefine-reading/comment-page-1/#comment-374083 mathewi Thu, 17 Jul 2008 02:07:11 +0000 http://www.mathewingram.com/work/?p=2546#comment-374083 Thanks for the clarification, Anthony -- and sorry about your former<br>partner's name. I will fix. Thanks for the clarification, Anthony — and sorry about your former
partner's name. I will fix.

]]> By: Anthony Novac http://www.mathewingram.com/work/2008/07/14/spreed-news-tries-to-redefine-reading/comment-page-1/#comment-374082 Anthony Novac Thu, 17 Jul 2008 01:51:36 +0000 http://www.mathewingram.com/work/?p=2546#comment-374082 Thanks for the mention Mathew. Just to be clear, the average reader tends to read around 220-250 words per minute. On desktops that number degrades down to 180 wpm and on mobile devices can go as low as 110 wpm. Spreed can get someone reading at 300-400 wpm within a minute of using the product (on average). More importantly, we're talking about reading with no decrease in comprehension. In fact, testing to date suggests increased comprehension. While some people may use Spreed to blast through a document really fast (600wpm+) just to get the jist, we're not really focused at altering or eliminating skimming (your self-professed strategy). Spreed is about leveraging the power of the computer to effectively make you "smarter" by improving reading speed and comprehension. As we roll out more tools, in particular a desktop version that allows people (think University students) to upload large Word and PDF files into a Spreed reader, I think the product's efficacy will become more obvious.<br><br>Hope this makes things a bit more clear. Oh yeah, and by the way, my former partner is John O'Malia (not Tony).<br><br>Regards,<br><br>Anthony Novac<br>CEO Spreed Inc Thanks for the mention Mathew. Just to be clear, the average reader tends to read around 220-250 words per minute. On desktops that number degrades down to 180 wpm and on mobile devices can go as low as 110 wpm. Spreed can get someone reading at 300-400 wpm within a minute of using the product (on average). More importantly, we're talking about reading with no decrease in comprehension. In fact, testing to date suggests increased comprehension. While some people may use Spreed to blast through a document really fast (600wpm+) just to get the jist, we're not really focused at altering or eliminating skimming (your self-professed strategy). Spreed is about leveraging the power of the computer to effectively make you “smarter” by improving reading speed and comprehension. As we roll out more tools, in particular a desktop version that allows people (think University students) to upload large Word and PDF files into a Spreed reader, I think the product's efficacy will become more obvious.

Hope this makes things a bit more clear. Oh yeah, and by the way, my former partner is John O'Malia (not Tony).

Regards,

Anthony Novac
CEO Spreed Inc

]]> By: mathewi http://www.mathewingram.com/work/2008/07/14/spreed-news-tries-to-redefine-reading/comment-page-1/#comment-340885 mathewi Wed, 16 Jul 2008 22:07:11 +0000 http://www.mathewingram.com/work/?p=2546#comment-340885 Thanks for the clarification, Anthony -- and sorry about your former<br>partner's name. I will fix. Thanks for the clarification, Anthony — and sorry about your former
partner's name. I will fix.

]]> By: Anthony Novac http://www.mathewingram.com/work/2008/07/14/spreed-news-tries-to-redefine-reading/comment-page-1/#comment-340884 Anthony Novac Wed, 16 Jul 2008 21:51:36 +0000 http://www.mathewingram.com/work/?p=2546#comment-340884 Thanks for the mention Mathew. Just to be clear, the average reader tends to read around 220-250 words per minute. On desktops that number degrades down to 180 wpm and on mobile devices can go as low as 110 wpm. Spreed can get someone reading at 300-400 wpm within a minute of using the product (on average). More importantly, we're talking about reading with no decrease in comprehension. In fact, testing to date suggests increased comprehension. While some people may use Spreed to blast through a document really fast (600wpm+) just to get the jist, we're not really focused at altering or eliminating skimming (your self-professed strategy). Spreed is about leveraging the power of the computer to effectively make you "smarter" by improving reading speed and comprehension. As we roll out more tools, in particular a desktop version that allows people (think University students) to upload large Word and PDF files into a Spreed reader, I think the product's efficacy will become more obvious.<br><br>Hope this makes things a bit more clear. Oh yeah, and by the way, my former partner is John O'Malia (not Tony).<br><br>Regards,<br><br>Anthony Novac<br>CEO Spreed Inc Thanks for the mention Mathew. Just to be clear, the average reader tends to read around 220-250 words per minute. On desktops that number degrades down to 180 wpm and on mobile devices can go as low as 110 wpm. Spreed can get someone reading at 300-400 wpm within a minute of using the product (on average). More importantly, we're talking about reading with no decrease in comprehension. In fact, testing to date suggests increased comprehension. While some people may use Spreed to blast through a document really fast (600wpm+) just to get the jist, we're not really focused at altering or eliminating skimming (your self-professed strategy). Spreed is about leveraging the power of the computer to effectively make you “smarter” by improving reading speed and comprehension. As we roll out more tools, in particular a desktop version that allows people (think University students) to upload large Word and PDF files into a Spreed reader, I think the product's efficacy will become more obvious.

Hope this makes things a bit more clear. Oh yeah, and by the way, my former partner is John O'Malia (not Tony).

Regards,

Anthony Novac
CEO Spreed Inc

]]> By: Spreed for Speed | Mark Evans http://www.mathewingram.com/work/2008/07/14/spreed-news-tries-to-redefine-reading/comment-page-1/#comment-338674 Spreed for Speed | Mark Evans Tue, 15 Jul 2008 14:49:14 +0000 http://www.mathewingram.com/work/?p=2546#comment-338674 [...] more, check out Mathew Ingram and Tech Vibes, which suggests Spreed News “Brings 3G Speeds to Your [...] [...] more, check out Mathew Ingram and Tech Vibes, which suggests Spreed News “Brings 3G Speeds to Your [...]

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