I remember taking a photoreading class that Paul Scheele himself taught & he gave us a assignment that we were supposed to do on our lunch & that assignment was to photoread in a restaurant or some other public place where people were talking or there was a lot of activity going on. The other than conscious mind that you tap into when you photoread can process 20,000 things at the same time so you do not need to be in a place where it is completely quiet or very distractions. Your mind can photoread in a busy restaurant with no problems & i think that was Paul's point that you don't have to a environment that is completely quiet in order to photoread.As for questions being specific or general i think that is related to your purpose and what you are trying to accomplish. photoread4me.