Speed Read It!

Words from a file or the clipboard are flashed onto the screen one word at a time at a fixed speed. It is a convinent way to read computer documents and helps to increase reading speed for adults and children alike.

This is a Windows 3.1 shareware program which may be freely distributed. If you use it for more than 30 days, please register it as described at the bottom of this file.

Here are some common tasks that may be performed with Speed Read It!:

* Read a text file. Select the file and click the play button (double-click the file to select and play). You may temporarily pause and re-start the program by clicking the pause and play buttons.

* Read a Word Document (or other word processing program, email, etc.). Inside Word, select the text to read and click Edit|Copy. From Speed Read It!, click the paste button. Note: you may read a Word document by selecting the file, just as in 'Read a text file', but you will also see the embedded control characters--which will be quite distracting! The paste button gets rid of these annoying characters.

* Edit the selected file. Click either the Notepad or the Write button to bring up the corresponding program with the selected file in it. Note: In File Manager, you can associate .txt files with Speed Read It! instead of Notepad.

* Read faster or slower. Move the scroll bar under the 'Words per minute' box. To the left for slower; to the right for faster.

* Move to a different position in the file. Move the scroll bar under the 'File position' label. To the left for closer to the beginning of the file; to the right for toward the end.

* Change the font of the flashing words. Click the 'A' button and choose your font in the font dialog box.

* Change the alignment. Click the left, center, or right alignment buttons.

Note that once you select File|Open, the file structures remain on the screen until you select File|Open again. There are often several files you want to read. By leaving the file structures visible, you no longer have to perform a File|Open on each file.

With your $19 registration you get a registered copy of the program (Win 3.1 and Win 95/NT versions) which may include some of your suggested enhancements and bug fixes. Two known enhancements are that the program will not display the registration screen and it will remember your choices for words per minute, font, and alignment. You can become registered AND get the Delphi source code for only $29. Site licenses are available upon special request.

You may send your $19 or $29 (check or money order) registration fee along with a self-addressed envelope to:
  Zapp Computing
  6517 Louise Pl NE
  Albuquerque, NM  87109

Suggestions and comments may be sent to bmurphyd@rt66.com