Title: Rocket Reader (Speed-Reader)
Author: cageehv
Published: <strong>June 10, 2014</strong>
Last modified: May 6, 2022

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# Rocket Reader (Speed-Reader)

 By [cageehv](https://profiles.wordpress.org/cageehv/)

[Download](https://downloads.wordpress.org/plugin/rocket-reader-speed-reader.1.6.2.zip)

 * [Details](https://pcd.wordpress.org/plugins/rocket-reader-speed-reader/#description)
 * [Reviews](https://pcd.wordpress.org/plugins/rocket-reader-speed-reader/#reviews)
 *  [Installation](https://pcd.wordpress.org/plugins/rocket-reader-speed-reader/#installation)
 * [Development](https://pcd.wordpress.org/plugins/rocket-reader-speed-reader/#developers)

 [Support](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/rocket-reader-speed-reader/)

## Description

#### Introduction

This plugin allows the visitor to read the content of a WordPress web page / post,
using the ‘Rocket Reader’

It’s a nifty Speed-Reading plugin. Using the Rocket Reader you can decrease the 
reading time of an article by, maybe, as much as 80%!

The key is to reduce the eye movement while reading.
 In the traditional way of 
reading, your eyes are constantly moving left to right, and back, loosing precious
time (and it’s very tiring too!).

This plugin is presenting the words one by one and it uses a focal point (also called
Optical Recognition Point, ORP).
 Research proved that your eyes are always looking
for a specific point within a word for faster recognition of the pattern. So by 
highlighting that focal point it makes reading even way faster!

#### Settings

You can find the settings page in the WP Admin Panel » Settings » Rocket Reader 
Opts.

#### Author

CAGE Web Design | Rolf van Gelder, Eindhoven, The Netherlands – http://cagewebdev.
com – http://rvg.cage.nl

#### Plugin URL + Live Demo

http://cagewebdev.com/rocket-reader/

#### Download URL

https://wordpress.org/plugins/rocket-reader/

#### Currently supported languages

 * English [en_US] – default language, by Rolf van Gelder, CAGE Web Design – http://
   cagewebdev.com
 * Dutch [nl_NL] – translated by Rolf van Gelder, CAGE Web Design – http://cagewebdev.
   com

#### Plugins by CAGE Web Design | Rolf van Gelder

WordPress plugins created by CAGE Web Design | Rolf van Gelder
 http://cagewebdev.
com/category/news-tech-art/wordpress/

#### Disclaimer

NO WARRANTY, USE AT OWN RISK!

## Installation

 * Upload the Plugin to the ‘/wp-content/plugins/’ directory
 * Activate the plugin in the WP Admin Panel » Plugins
 * Change the settings (if needed) in the WP Admin Panel » Settings » Rocket Reader
   Opts

## FAQ

### How can I change the settings of this plugin?

 * WP Admin Panel » Settings » Rocket Reader Opts

### How can I enable the Rocket Reader for a specific post / page?

 * Add a custom field to that specific post / page named ‘enable_rocket_reader’ 
   and give it the value ‘Y’ (for YES).
    See http://cagewebdev.com/rocket-reader/
   for more info.

## Reviews

There are no reviews for this plugin.

## Contributors & Developers

“Rocket Reader (Speed-Reader)” is open source software. The following people have
contributed to this plugin.

Contributors

 *   [ cageehv ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/cageehv/)

[Translate “Rocket Reader (Speed-Reader)” into your language.](https://translate.wordpress.org/projects/wp-plugins/rocket-reader-speed-reader)

### Interested in development?

[Browse the code](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/rocket-reader-speed-reader/),
check out the [SVN repository](https://plugins.svn.wordpress.org/rocket-reader-speed-reader/),
or subscribe to the [development log](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/rocket-reader-speed-reader/)
by [RSS](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/rocket-reader-speed-reader/?limit=100&mode=stop_on_copy&format=rss).

## Changelog

#### 1.6.2 [01/28/2017]

 * CHANGE: Several minor changes and improvements

#### 1.6.1 [08/28/2015]

 * BUG FIX: Bug fixed with adding the reader to all posts/pages

#### 1.6 [08/25/2015]

 * CHANGE: Total revamp of the code + several improvements

#### 1.5.1 [08/22/2015]

 * CHANGE: Visual Composer tags are removed from the reader

#### 1.5.0 [06/07/2015]

 * NEW: added a new option: Minimum Number of Words for showing the Rocket Reader
   button
 * NEW: a link to the settings page on the main plugin page
 * BUG FIX: lt, gt and amp replacement removed
 * CHANGE: several minor changes / updates

#### 1.4.1 [04/20/2015]

 * Something went wrong with the deployment of 1.4…

#### 1.4 [04/20/2015]

 * CHANGE: css improvements
 * CHANGE: files moved to sub folders
 * CHANGE: other minor improvements

#### 1.3.3 [10/24/2014]

 * Some minor updates

#### 1.3.2 [10/11/2014]

 * NEW: a popup can be used to read the animated text (optional)
 * NEW: plugin has been fully localized
 * NEW: dutch language support [nl_NL] added
 * CHANGE: fixed some bugs and many improvements

#### 1.2.3 [07/30/2014]

 * Minor updates

#### 1.2.2 [07/08/2014]

 * NEW: Two new buttons for quickly adding / deleting the Rocket Reader to / from
   ALL posts and pages
 * CHANGE: Per DEFAULT the Rocket Reader is NOT SHOW now on a post or page!
 * CHANGE: The custom field ‘disable_rocket_reader’ has been replaced by the custom
   field ‘enable_rocket_reader’

#### 1.2.1 [06/25/2014]

 * CHANGE: The Rocket Reader HTML is added dynamically after the page is loaded;
   makes it more theme independant.

#### 1.2 [06/24/2014]

 * Some major improvements
 * CHANGE: Excerpts don’t show the Reader anymore (useless for +/- 50 words…)
 * BUG FIX: Fixes a bug while displaying excerpts
 * BUG FIX: The vertical alignment of the word within the reading pane has been 
   fixed

#### 1.1.4 [06/23/2014]

 * NEW: Disable the reader for a specific post / page with a custom field (‘disable_rocket_reader’)
 * BUG FIX: Get the content of the post straight from the database for indexing 
   the words
 * BUG FIX: Skip post_types other than ‘post’ and ‘page’

#### 1.1.3 [06/22/2014]

 * BUG FIX: Some special characters replaced

#### 1.1.2 [06/13/2014]

 * BUG FIX: Bug fixed when trying to play more than one controls simultanuously
 * NEW: Control fading in- and out
 * CHANGES: Several minor changes

#### 1.1.1 [06/11/2014]

 * NEW: A new button for toggling the font weight: normal / bold (stored in a cookie)
 * CHANGES: Several minor changes

#### 1.1 [06/10/2014]

 * INITIAL RELEASE

## Meta

 *  Version **1.6.2**
 *  Last updated **4 years ago**
 *  Active installations **10+**
 *  WordPress version ** 2.8 or higher **
 *  Tested up to **6.0.11**
 *  Language
 * [English (US)](https://wordpress.org/plugins/rocket-reader-speed-reader/)
 * Tags
 * [reader](https://pcd.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/reader/)[speed](https://pcd.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/speed/)
   [speed reading](https://pcd.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/speed-reading/)
 *  [Advanced View](https://pcd.wordpress.org/plugins/rocket-reader-speed-reader/advanced/)

## Ratings

 5 out of 5 stars.

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## Contributors

 *   [ cageehv ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/cageehv/)

## Support

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