1) Wide books should be okay sitting down. Newspapers, however, stand up.
2) Play with it. On wide books I follow an "S" pattern.
3) If you want to memorize text, you must still spend time to memorize the text, but it will take less time with the PhotoReading system. One reason is that it is easier to understand the information, whether fluff or highly technical, and information that is understood is always easier to memorize.
4) PhotoReading was originally developed for the dataprocessing unit of IDS Financial Services, now part of American Express. Our largest corporate clients are those who have highly technical reading needs. So yes, it can be effective in processing highly technical material. And, medical students have repeatedly praised PhotoReading.
