Learner from China; i would say the difference between regular reading and photoreading is that on regular reading you are operating only on a conscious level whereas with photoreading you are operating on two levels the conscious level which you use when you activate when you do mind probing questions write trigger words and search for your answers when superreading and dipping. on the photoreading step you are using the other than conscious mind when you photoread.you are exposing information from the book at such a tremendous speed to your brain that the conscious mind is quite frankly incapable of processing.so the advantage with the photoreading system is that you have the information from the book operating on 2 levels the other than conscious level when you photoread the book and then the conscious level when you activated by establishing a purpose what you wanted to get from the book asking mindprobing questions and writing trigger words and superreading and dipping to find answers to your questions. you cannot get that from ordinary regular reading or let me put it another way you would have to expend an enormous amount of energy,effort and time using just regular reading. also i have noticed that studying is much easier when i have photoread a book and much more effective. sincerely photoread4me.