As someone else who "reads poorly", I would just say don't worry about it. I'm very similar, though even essentially sounding it all out in my head, I'm not convinced I'm any slower than most people out there. I am able to speed read and skip the mental sounding, but when I do, my reading comprehension takes a bit of a dip. I do it for news articles I'm only half interested in or when skimming over something looking for a particular piece of information. I love to read, and as such I would never speed read a book for fun.
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As someone else who "reads poorly", I would just say don't worry about it. I'm very similar, though even essentially sounding it all out in my head, I'm not convinced I'm any slower than most people out there. I am able to speed read and skip the mental sounding, but when I do, my reading comprehension takes a bit of a dip. I do it for news articles I'm only half interested in or when skimming over something looking for a particular piece of information. I love to read, and as such I would never speed read a book for fun.