The Literacy Company Blog

We received yet another letter from a grateful user. The following is from Anthony S., an attorney who used The Reader’s Edge to prepare for the Bar Exam.

“Please allow me the opportunity to voice my praise of The Reader’s Edge; it is a phenomenal speed reading program!

Throughout my academic career, including undergraduate and law school, I have been a slow reader for as long as I can remember. My slow reading was not attributable to a language barrier or poor vocabulary, in fact quite the contrary. As a youth, I remember my ISTEP test reading comprehension scores were disparately lower (due to time constraints), although still above average, than my other scores. In college and law school, I spent countless hours reading and re-reading materials in preparation for upcoming exams; however, I retained a great deal more from my lectures than from reading the course materials and concluded that I must be an aural learner. I finally recognized, with help from friends and family, that I needed to improve my reading speed to more enjoy reading and pass my state’s Bar Exam.

In preparation for taking the Bar Exam, a standardized test requiring fast reading, comprehension, and analytical thinking, I purchased The Reader’s Edge-Basic to improve my reading speed and comprehension. Although initially skeptical of the program, within minutes of beginning the program I had an epiphany. I was not born a slow reader or hardwired as an aural learner, but I had merely developed and perpetuated poor reading habits. The Reader’s Edge thoroughly and succinctly explained my bad reading habits (regression, vocalizing and sub/vocalizing, and reading words individually, as opposed to reading in logical word groups), and the exercises substantially helped me to consciously reform my reading habits and increase my reading speed by two or three times within the first two or three months of use. I now use the skills learned from the program subconsciously and am still seeing improvements in my reading speed and comprehension test reports.

I have been so pleased with my reading speed and comprehension improvements that I was intrigued by the potential benefits I could receive from the additional speed reading features available in The Reader’s Edge Pro version. I want to continue to see my reading speed and comprehension improve so I have upgraded to the Pro version for the additional exercises and reading samples. I look forward to continuing to improve my reading abilities.

I am no longer self-conscious of my reading speed and appreciate reading so much more! At risk of sounding cliche, I wholeheartedly recommend this program to every individual, young or old. It can only help you to recognize your true and efficient reading potential and hone your reading skills. In retrospect, I wish my elementary school had this program available to help usher me from my phonics-driven reading curricula to the speedy and efficient reading abilities I’ve gleaned through using The Reader’s Edge. It would have made my academic career much easier and permitted me to use my time much more efficiently. Thank you so very much!”

And to Anthony we say thank YOU for allowing us to make such a difference in your life.  We, too, see a need to revise our nation’s reading curriculum, particularly in elementary school where formal reading education officially STOPS after the 3rd grade.  Doing so would not only create a more literate society, but would improve the potential and productivity of individuals who would no longer be constrained by ineffective slow reading.