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Originally Posted by DNSB
The one time that I tried an ereading app that was supposed to scroll through the book so in theory it minimized eye movement, it would not work for a reading speed that averaged over 300 WPM and so slowed me down horrendously.
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I had a similar experience with a scrolling reading app. My problem was that it actually
increased my eye movement, rather than minimized it. With lines of text moving up the screen, I often lost my place when moving to a new line, and my eyes had to do double-time scanning to regain it. I tried to adjust, but I quickly learned that with books, my eyes need to do the moving, and not the words/lines. Makes me dizzy just thinking about it!
I do okay for a paragraph or three--enough to read a forum post or a news article, but for books, I need pagination. Plain and simple.
I too find that my reading speed is largely unaffected by the medium. I find that I tend to read more books by primarily ereading, but that's mainly because I don't have to go to the store/library, to get new ones.