I have ADHD, I think it’s possible I had some other form of reading disability when I was younger, but I’m not sure. Just a hunch, my therapist has. One thing I do all the time, that really slows me down, is subvocalizing. If I’m not subvocalizing, I feel like my retention and comprehension are almost nonexistent. For easier literature, it’s not a big deal, but wanting to read more theory, I find myself struggling.
I think, according to some reading tests I was taking today, I read at about 144 wpm which isn’t great. That’s me mostly subvocalizing. If I stop, I can get to 270, but my retention and comprehension goes down quite a bit.
Any advice, tools, websites, services, you might be aware of that can help me unlearn a lifetime of bad reading habits? Everyone wants to sell you a tool or service for STEM shit, but when you’re looking for adult assistance with reading, all I seem to be finding is stuff for Elementary and Middle School level reading.
You might wanna give this a shot:
https://bionic-reading.com/
The idea that there is “only one bionic reading” is obviously bullshit to try and monetize an idea that they had, so I believe there are other solutions out there that do this, including many that work on PDFs and web pages, but I don’t know the names of them off the top of my head
e: here’s a FOSS version of it, it’s a chrome extension https://bionify.xyz/