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I just recalled a friend telling me years ago that he witnessed professional proof readers and editors, who work for publishers, use a pencil to plot a dot over each and every word as they read thr...
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#3: Attribution notice added
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System
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2019-12-08T02:17:50Z (over 4 years ago)
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#2: Initial revision
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Joel Rodgers
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2019-12-08T02:17:50Z (over 4 years ago)
I just recalled a friend telling me years ago that he witnessed professional proof readers and editors, who work for publishers, use a pencil to plot a dot over each and every word as they read through a manuscript. It forces them to read every word. Of course, it is only a matter of time before your brain goes on autopilot again, especially on very long documents. I thought of another idea from folks here about reading aloud and even a software suggestion. A speech synthesis program can help by reading the text back to you. It won't get the tone and pace right, but it helps as you read along.
#1: Imported from external source
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System
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2012-04-12T18:13:55Z (about 12 years ago)
Original score: 4