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It is important to know what types of exercises we have:
Speed Reading programs reviews:

'Speed Reading Tester' by Sławek Jasiński

Copyright by Sławek Jasiński
Features:
Test of exposure (Shultz Boards)
Time of the exposure from 0.0 to 10.0 seconds (fluctuation per 0.1 second)
Number of lines/columns =max 6/6
Numbers – max 9
Number of windows (showed numbers)
Possibility of setting font feature
Stop-watch (metronome):
Possibility of muting the sound
Measurement length settings
Sound appearing frequency settings
Speed calculating in number of words per minute
Fly:
Game which train concentration and visual memory
Test with the number:
Only Beta version, part of the program still unfinished.
Advantages:
Free
Automatic Shultz’s board generation
Many features and boards settings
Metronome with automatic reading speed calculator
Interesting game practising our concentration
Small, simple and intuitive
Disadvantages:
The game becomes boring very fast
Lack of help
No possibility to use another text from your computer
Actually without Schultz's boards and metronome this program don't exist.
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Program ASC-reading 2.0 beta 1

Copyright by: Akademia Szybkiego Czytania oddział Małopolska - Dawid Pulit i Sbina Stochmal
Features:
Test of exposure (Shultz Boards)
Time of the exposure from 0.10 to 5.0 seconds (fluctuation per 0.1 second)
Board size: from 3x3 to 5x5
Numbers Range from 1 to 999
Attempt numbers from 1 to 20
Number of shown signs from 2 to 6
Numbers exposure:
Time of the exposure from 0.10 to 5.0 seconds (fluctuation per 0.1 second)
Number of shown signs from 3 to 8
Attempt numbers from 1 to 20
Field of view widen:
3 sizes of practicing field
8 text display options
Time of the exposure from 0.10 to 5.0 seconds (fluctuation per 0.1 second)
Words: (Ace Reader method)
Time of the exposure from 0.10 to 5.0 seconds (fluctuation per 0.1 second)
Maximal number of signs in one line from 30 to 60
Displayed lines number from 1 to 5
Displaying speed (in words per minute) from 50 to 10 000
Percentage indicator of reproduced text
Metronome:
Sound frequency settings
Constant sound reproducing / defined by user
Advantages:
Free
Include help
Few the most important and popular methods
Good learning style
Free software almost with all Ace Reader options
Intuitive service
Disadvantages:
No fonts settings
Limitation of trials in exercises
Minimal text operations
Test mode require more time for exercises (also as advantage)
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Program Magic Speed Reading

Copyright by Abbasoft

Features:
- Flash reading with whole settings (liek in the Ace Reader)
- possibility of making reading tests including key-words
- Schultz’s boards
- Full possibility of setting classical eyesight training
- 2 interesting concetrantion exercises
- Full possibility of users text manipulating
-5 anticipation exercises
- 3 methods of supervising and monitoring the exercises progress.

Advantages:
-trail version include almost all features from full version
-possibility of text operations
-interesting extra exercises
- intuitive service

Disadvantages:
Full version cost 149$
Lack of help
Errors in programs code
Programs windows is not adjusted to any normally available resolutions (sic!)

Hans