Subvocalization: Are you saying these words in your head? 

I am extremely confused as to how it’s even possible to not say a word in your head when you read. How in the world do you comprehend a word without saying it in your head?

Hahaha lord 🤣😂 I was trying to follow along at the 350 wpm pace and was like holy shit I'm dumb... That's way to fast. Then I remembered I'm watching this video on 2x speed lmao.

man, thank you SO much for this! every. single. video. on this topic is someone just telling us what it is & that we should reduce it, without much info on how we CAN reduce it. this video, along with the website you've created, really made a difference. THANK YOU!

You got me with the stop-word list and earned a like. Thanks for the insight.

Thank you for 2:20 other videos were making me think subvocalization could be eradicated fully!! I felt like that was impossible, and now I know it is 😂

I can't read without my inner monologue. i see words as a visual representation of noises made by the human mouth. To read with out the inner voice is like trying to experience music by looking at an oscilloscope.

I watched 6 videos right now on this topic, hands down this was the best

I think I'd be throwing all of my comprehension out the window if I tried this. I usually can't comprehend what I'm reading if I read as fast as I talk, I have to slow it down and then still catch myself reading without paying attention so I have to reread a lot of paragraphs twice, or sometimes three or four times before I actually pay attention to what was said.

Thank you so much for this! I’ve heard the counting out loud while you read method and it’s impossible for me to do. I am then not reading anything, just counting and looking at symbols. I tend to talk a lot faster than I read though. 😬 I have a lot of books I want to read but it takes me so much longer to get through them than other people. I’ve been trying different methods but the subvocalizing is a hard habit to break. This tool seems to work much better for me. I am definitely going to practice with this.

This is super cool, I’m definitely going to use your site to practice

Thanks Paul, have been a fan of your product for years now.

For me focusing on my breathing helps me a lot in reducing it. Of course I still say the words in my head but if I don’t focus completely on the reading but partly focus on something else like my breathing it gets a lot less:)

Thank you! What a great tool :)

Quite an incredible tool 👏

Im bad at learning from reading, my comprehension is bad when reading too fast and subvocalization is good for me.

Great tool guys. Thank you so much. this is very helpful

Thank you so much for that website

Very appreciative for this video. Thank you. It is limiting my speed reading. Seems that I have difficulties to eliminate it from my reading. Blessings.

Thanks, Paul. Its very helpfull

THank you very much

Thanks, i got the point

The moment he mentioned that u can't eliminate sub-vocalization, liked it

thank you!

350 wasn’t that fast, still said everything in my head

I can do 3 words at a time by 600 words per minute, 800 was a struggle and 1200 (reading speed of JFK) my comprehension was stretched. I still have to practice. But now I know what you mean by reducing sub subvocalization, thank you !

thanks man

A simple way to increase your reading speed by eliminating sub vocalization, is to recite a number sequence very softly like "1 2 3 4, 1 2 3 4, ..." . or sing a familiar song like "Mary Had A Little Lamb". At first it seems impossible but soon you will be on your way to reading without having to hear the words in your head. Try it. Stay with it- it works. Also practice a "soft focus" kind of like staring in the air, by looking just below the print. This allows you to to see phrases rather than single words. When you use a "hard focus", it makes you stop for just a moment on each word- greatly reducing your speed and believe it or not your comprehension.

good work

This feels like skimming and only getting half of the information or I'm probably just stupid. reading is fun but reading like this feels like it takes away from it.

My name is an enigma for most people

if you subvocalize that means you are gonna read as fast as u can talk. Eminem: MENACING

I have a memory like a dead squirl and not good memory maybe it’s because I’ve got a minor learning disability maybe I can’t speed read and patialy sighted, maybe that’s why, if you don’t know what you read how can you enjoy the book? If I just look at the words how can I enjoy the book if I can’t remember it?

There is a difference between reading something and comprehending something.

I have a doubt with having a subvocalization how can we understand?

So you never remove the sub voice in your head, you just jump from word that has meaning and put them together?

I have no idea how someone can read something would a inner voice. How does that work?

I can listen to a you Tube audiobook at 2x yet I can’t speed read, I talk fast because my dads dad is abadonian from the uk, I took a speed reading test and I’d i had a good rest I can read a paragraph in one min and 350mph honesty.

why if I can't stop repeating everything I hear too like I am constantly hearing thing twice I hate that

What to do if you can read it but can't remember, recall or comprehend it at higher speed?

I unknowingly say my inner thoughts out loud in class. It's embarrassing because I apparently i say my thoughts in third person out loud and people just look at me weirdly and I don't know why.

While i read subvocalization not hear word aloud in my head

This video is great, it really helped me understand subvocalization

Does this mean that rather than not saying all words in your head, you only say like 50% of the words in the head and completely skip the rest of the words as if they didn't exist. So for example. The previous sentence is read in the head like "Does this mean not saying all words only say 50% words skip rest didn't exist". Is it possible to read the sentence without reading any single word in the head?

Does anyone else subvocalize extremely quickly? When I read I subvocalize faster than I can talk so basically It’s like a sentence in my head is being read at 2x speed if that makes sense. Can anyone relate?

I went at 700 wpm and still kept up

Awesome explanation

I just can’t fathom that some people don’t hear a mind voice. Hell! I even read each comment with a different voice. Even as I type this comment it has one.

Thank god im a fast talker so I read fast too. But I want to remove it but I cant understan sht

But if u read like that you will understand less then when u read normaly, idk am i right?

My speed is 448 wpm with subvocalisation with 50-60% of comprehension Can I be a god without subvocalisation

This gets annoying especially when you watch anime

I'm trying to pray without ceasing and it is hard while reading

If I was able to learn how touch type, I can do this

wow i talk really fast

If I read non-fiction I do not sub vocalise.

I could do subvocalization at 350wpm watching the video at 1.25 speed.

I don't understand how it's possible to read without saying the words in your head.

start at 0:58

I can hear fast audio, but I can't read fast

i have a 27 inch pc monitor and i spent the majority of this video watching through a matchbox.

When you kept up but don't comprehend 💀

I enjoyed the presentation. Please pardon my saying but the acoustics are sharp allowing me to hear each time your swallow. Quite distracting. Sorry. Semper Fi

That’s just not enjoyable.

This is a useless skill, takes all the fun out of reading if you just read really fast, talking in your head is much more fun and you understand everything better

Cool. Now dont do it in life ever and become the GodHead