We Generate More Text Than We Can Read
You ask an LLM a question and it gives you a thousand words back. You ask it to explain something and it writes an essay. Documentation, summaries, comparisons. The output just keeps growing.
The thing is, most of that text is useful. It is not filler. But consuming it feels heavy because there is simply too much, and our reading speed has not changed in decades. We still read at 200 to 250 words per minute while the volume of text we need to process has exploded.
I caught myself in a loop: generate a long response, skim it, miss details, ask the LLM to repeat parts. The information was right there, I just could not absorb it fast enough.
Fast Read
So I built Fast Read. It uses a technique called RSVP (Rapid Serial Visual Presentation) that shows you one word at a time in a fixed position. Your eyes stay still, your brain just processes words. No scanning left to right, no jumping between lines. That overhead alone accounts for about 20% of your reading time.
Most people hit 300 to 500 WPM on their first try. You paste text, press play, and the words flow. Arrow keys to adjust speed or navigate. Pause when something needs attention.
If you prefer hearing the words, you can turn on text-to-speech. It syncs with your reading speed and auto-detects the language. Some people retain more visually, others auditorily. Both work.
It handles PDF, EPUB, Markdown, HTML and plain text.
Open source, free, no accounts, no data collection.