Speed reading. History[edit] Psychologists and educational specialists working on visual acuity used a tachistoscope to conclude[1] that, with training, an average person could identify minute images flashed on the screen for only one five-hundredth of a second (2 ms).
Though the images used were of airplanes, the results had implications for reading. [citation needed] Methods[edit] How to Read Faster on the Computer Screen Using Rapid Serial Vis. SimpleOCR - freeware OCR software and royalty free OCR engine! Free online OCR.