Speed Reading Shenanigans.

I stumbled across this yesterday or so, and found it somewhat amusing and interesting. It's a (modified) speed reading check that places all the words at one point, so you don't have to move your eyes when skimming a page. 

So now I have found out that I can read fairly quickly (which is no real surprise, I knew that already).

While I can skim stuff very quickly, and read fast, I have more enjoyment in reading when I am not going for high speed. And if the text is very complicated, or in another language that I don't know very well, obviously I need to go even slower than the normal cruising speed. This shenanigan of putting all words in one spot, though, doesn't seem like really practical to me. Usually when I skim, it's to check if a text is relevant for me, or to find the bits that are. For that, I need to go over the page, turn the page, do the next one, rinse and repeat. Or, if it's on the computer, scroll and skim. In both scenarios, training the eye movement to do the skimming is essential, and that is exactly what this in-place speed reading leaves out fully. And even if I have a full text that I want to read quickly, it would mean having an app or something that converts the text into this format, then reading it. What happens if there's something I have to process, though? Or if I have a short lapse of concentration? Then how can I go back to the proper bit and re-find my place?

Which means... interesting, yes. Useful, well, probably limited, at least for me.