Every book is a page-turner when you’re a speed reader, and this Mac app could make you one

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Become a speed reader with this training app.
Race to the finish line with this speed reader training app.
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Between long emails, intensely meticulous meeting notes, research materials and everything else that requires your eyes on a page, how much time do you spend reading every day? There’s no convenient summary of your co-worker’s memo online, so you can’t exactly skip the reading you’re required to do — but you might be able to make it pass faster.

With ZapReader, you can train to become a speed reader and learn to race through text using helpful software and instruction from experts. Right now, you can snatch up a lifetime subscription to ZapReader on sale for $39.99 (regularly $499).

Learn to be a speed reader

The average adult reading speed ranges between 220 and 350 words per minute. But reading is a skill, and you can improve it. Your path toward that improvement could be guided by experts like Kris Madden, author of Learn to Speed Read. With ZapReader, you get six expert courses, training exercises, a cloud library to store your e-books and a speed e-reader.

The e-reader is compatible with macOS 10.6 or later and can read 46 different file types. So if you’ve already got an e-book collection, you could fly through it with ZapReader.

Everyone improves at a different pace, so you can track your progress through detailed reports that show how much time you spend reading, your reading speed and the change over time. As verified customer Thomas O. writes, “I settled on an every other day schedule. I found that it worked out well and I put aside 30 minutes at least. I’m climbing the ladder and find myself encouraged by my success. I need to read quite a bit on a daily basis and ZAP is shortening the time that it takes to read most articles and I find my comprehension stronger by the day.”

Save on ZapReader Speed-Reading: Lifetime Subscription

Become a speed reader and start powering through emails, notes, books and more in a fraction of the time it once took you. Get a ZapReader lifetime subscription for $39.99 (regularly $499).

Prices subject to change. 

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