Discover the New Art of Speed Reading!

Accelerate reading, enhance comprehension, and get ahead with endymio.com's free, fully-customizable, web-based speed reading course.

2012-09-25

BUERS, AUSTRIA, September 25, 2012 (Press-News.org) Whoever does not want to spend entire nights cramming and would like to read and learn faster and more effectively will now finally have the opportunity to do so! Endymio.com started its crowd-funding campaign on http://www.indiegogo.com/endymio in order to collect funds to design its website. 75,000 USD is required in order to perfect the speed-reading methods and implement them with a user-friendly design. Endymio would like to attain this goal through the support of GrunderGarage (http://www.entrepreneurship.de/gruender-garage/) which will contribute additional funds if the goal is successfully attained. The GrunderGarage is an initiative of Google Germany, Indiegogo and the Stiftung Entrepreneurship.

The Endymio Team becomes very excited and proud when the team members talk about their project: "Perfecting the Speed-Reading Methods!" is the goal. Endymio is a platform where everyone can, upon an absolutely free-of-charge basis, learn with his own texts, read faster and also permanently internalize the content of these texts. One of the main innovations of the project is that drills for improving reading skills can be adjusted to the user's individual requirements. A great opportunity for everyone who does not have a lot of time! In the past, the Development Team implemented everything on its own without any outside help. That is now supposed to be a thing of the past!

GrunderGarage's initiatives offer it the opportunity to do so through a crowd-funding campaign on Indiegogo. So-called crowd-funding campaigns form the platform for each "artist of ideas" so that he can bring his visions to life and also realize them. If a reader likes one of the ideas, he can then contribute money to it. He can do this as often as he wants and contributing as much money as he wants. The Development Team is optimistic that it will attain its designated goal in order to be able to offer everyone the opportunity to enjoy professional reading training. In the future, even quite young children will also be able to profit from this and receive their own lessons on the web site in order to be able to already begin to read more efficiently at an early age. The goal: In January 2013, the platform is supposed to be able to be used by everyone.

What is Endymio's biggest advantage? Endymio can be used on any mobile terminal with a current Web browser. In the train, on the way to work, in school, at the university or in bed. And the most beautiful thing: With any text you want to use!

Thus, beginning immediately, you can also look forward to being able to use the professional speed-reading option on www.endymio.com early 2013-in multiple languages, with new lessons and your own texts.

Michael Holl, the initiator of the project, is inviting the press to participate in the beta testing as well. Please contact Michael in case you are interested in one of the limited test accounts available for editors and journalists. Take this opportunity and recognize by yourself how this tool can speed up your reading.

To learn more about Endymio visit www.endymio.com or our pitch page at the crowdfunding website www.indiegogo.com/endymio. If you have any queries about the tool itself or the funding campaign, Michael Holl will be happy to answer all your questions in detail via email or phone. Contact: Michael Holl, Judavollastr. 6A/Top6, A-6707 Burs, Austria, Phone: +43(0)664/344-33-33, Email: contact@endymio.com.

Endymio is an Austrian software development company located in Vorarlberg. The software developers are specialized in programing speed reading applications which are easy-to-use, intelligent, and customizable. With Endymio they have programed their first platform independent speed reading training course currently in beta test phase. The speed reading application is a powerful educational tool and available via Internet free of charge. To complete the prototype and market their tool efficiently, Endymio is relying on crowdfunding using Indiegogo.com.

Grunder-Garage, the collaboration between Google, Indiegogo and Stiftung Entrepreneurship, is a competition that showcases the power of entrepreneurship. Grunder-Garage combines an online training program with the use of crowdfunding to validate innovative entrepreneurial concepts. Google will award matching funds to the leading projects on October 12, 2012.

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