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readz
Speed-read any text. Select, share, read faster.
readz shows a text one word at a time (RSVP) at the speed you choose, from 100 to 1000 words per minute. The focus letter of each word stays at the same spot, so your eyes stop jumping along the line. Select text in any app and tap “Readz it”, share it, or paste it. You sign in once with the same account as memo, and your history follows you.
Opens an e-mail to contact@waiyer.com. We write back when readz opens.
- Speed
- 100–1000 wpm
- Account
- One for every app
- Reading
- Works offline
- Tracking
- None
Tour
readz, up close.
“Readz it”, from any app
Select a paragraph in the browser, an e-mail or a chat and tap “Readz it” in the selection toolbar, or share it to readz. It opens ready to play.
Your speed, your size, your colour
Set the speed and its step, the size of the word and of the sentence, the ORP colour, and whether readz reads aloud and starts by itself.
Features
What readz does.
One word at a time
Words appear one by one at a fixed spot (RSVP), at 100 to 1000 words per minute, in steps of 10, 25, 50 or 100.
ORP highlighting
The optimal recognition point of each word is marked in colour and always sits at the same place, slightly left of centre.
Read from anywhere
“Readz it” in the text-selection toolbar on Android, the share sheet on Android and iOS, paste everywhere, or a link on the web.
Read aloud, in your language
Built-in text-to-speech drives the display word by word, so what you see is always what you hear. Pick the voice language; it keeps playing in the background.
Share a link, read the article
Share a web page and readz keeps only the article: menus, ads and footers are left out before the first word.
Skip the small words
Optionally skip determiners, pronouns, prepositions, conjunctions or auxiliary verbs, and read only the words that carry the meaning.
Notes while you read
Flag a word, add a comment or a link without stopping; your notes stay with the reading session.
Picture-in-picture
On Android, keep reading in a small window over your other apps, and start readz from Google Assistant.
Never lose your place
The sentence is shown above the word. Tap any word to jump to it; seek five words back or forward, scrub, or restart.
Make it yours
Word size, sentence size, ORP colour (eight presets), auto-start and read-aloud, all remembered between sessions.
Your history, on every device
Sign in with the same Google account as memo: your reading sessions, saved texts and stats follow you. No analytics, no tracking, no ads.
How it works
Three steps.
- 1
Select text in any app: browser, e-mail, notes, chat.
- 2
Tap “Readz it”, or share it to readz.
- 3
Press play and read at your speed.
Made for
- Students with a lot to read
- Professionals with reports, articles and e-mails
- Anyone training their focus
Status
In beta on Android, iOS and the web; release in the App Store and Google Play next.
- Platforms
- Android, iOS, web
- Status
- Beta
- Site
- readz.waiyer.com site coming
readz is not open yet. Join the waitlist and we write to you when it opens.
Roadmap
On the way.
- Release in the App Store and Google Play
- Its own site, readz.waiyer.com
Planned, not shipped: none of this is in the app yet, and plans can change.
Questions
About readz.
Does speed reading really work?
RSVP removes the eye movements of normal reading: the word comes to your eye instead. Start near your usual speed (300 wpm is the default) and raise it step by step.
Do I need an account?
Yes, the same one as memo and every other waiyer app: one Google sign-in. Once signed in, reading works without a connection; your history syncs when you are back online.
Can I read a web page?
Yes. Share the page's link to readz: it fetches the page and keeps only the article text.
Which devices?
Android 5.0 and later, iOS 12 and later, and the web in Chrome, Edge, Firefox and Safari. “Readz it” in the selection toolbar is on Android; the share sheet works on Android and iOS.
Which languages?
The app is in English. Reading works with any language that separates words with spaces; read-aloud depends on the voices installed on the device.