There is a method to this madness I once took a course called Evelyn Woods Reading Dynamics. In the course you train yourself to read MUCH more than one word at a time. You take in large chunks of material for each eye movement. You can also read in criss-cross across a page and take in the material. You have to learn to focus on where your fingers move across the page and maintain that focus for whatever you read. It is much like scanning when doing Vipassna meditation. You scan with your minds focus.