In the information age, those who know how to read faster find themselves with a distinct advantage over their peers who have average to slow speeds of reading. Students, parents, employees and employers all share the common problem of having more information to process everyday than time to get it done. With this problem in focus, the company StepWare, Inc. is prepared to help people enjoy reading speed improvement with their AceReader Pro software package.

This program is not just about helping people zip through printed material faster, with pages fluttering down around them like a snowstorm as they read. Like any good speed reading program, the purpose of AceReader is to improve its proficiency.

Increasing your proficiency means that not only is reading speed increased, but comprehension levels are increased too. Gaining such speed without a commensurate increase in comprehension is a bit like getting a race car, but having no place to drive it around.

One of the first tasks of the AceReader Pro software is to assess where a student currently is, in relation to their reading speed and their level of comprehension. This is the first important step in any speed reading course or software that is intended to improve a student's reading speed. Without a clear snapshot of the current skill level, it is almost impossible to know where the reader needs to begin their training, not to mention the difficulty of tracking progress.

The program next starts to teach you how to read faster and how to make sure that your comprehension is keeping up with the increase in reading speed. And, unlike some of the other programs that are available, this program helps not only with your offline reading tasks, but with online needs as well. The programs includes special display modes that are designed to help you read faster while you are using the computer.

Many people are not aware that the eyes and the brain process information that is printed on paper differently from information that is presented on the computer screen. This has to do with the how the eye, and therefore the brain, responds to reflective light (light that bounces off of a printed page) as opposed to transmissive light (such as the light that emanates from the computer screen).

Studies have shown that comprehension and retention of material is higher when people read from a printed page than from the computer screen. The publishers understand this and have included special training to help with this situation as well.

Learning how to read faster will also help you to break two bad habits, which are major stumbling blocks to speed reading. The first habit is subvocalization, which almost everyone does.

Subvocalization is the act of pronouncing the words in your head while you are reading. The program helps you speed your read, to the point where it is essentially impossible to continue subvocalizing.

The second bad habit is re-reading or regression. This is also common to virtually all average readers and is simply the tendency to let your eyes wander backward to a previous line or paragraph you have just read. The program helps readers overcome this habit by flashing word sets at the user which forces them to read forward and eliminate the opportunity to re-read.

Once these habits are broken, the student can read materials outside of the AceReader Pro software and not be constrained by practices that interfere with reading speed and comprehension. With this kind of speed reading training, people often feel freed from the stresses of trying to process the constant barrage of information. In addition, people reported that their enjoyment of reading increased and became more fun, as they were able to absorb more material in less time, which is something everyone needs in the fast paced world of today.