I am a 15 year old man with an unlimited thirst for information, unfortunately, I am dyslexic and this is very annoying when wanting to read large books. I just want to know how I can read faster, not an alternative for reading.
If you are talking stories, books, novellas: environments, landscapes, moods and descriptions are a lot faster and easier to read instead of lots of deep character developments because it is easier to read them quickly and for the information to jump straight into your mind instead of having to be descrambled as is with subtle character development
For non-fiction, the only real way you could conceivable read faster is not subvocalize each syllable as you read (although most children over 10 manage this naturally, so you’re probably already not doing this ((until someone points it out, pysche!))). This kind of reading ability is mostly natural and you cannot really use techniques of speed reading on it because they reduce comprehension and understanding - speed reading is meant for form-filling and report reading
A technique I have heard of, though, is using a fingerto move vaguely along the line, utilizing the partially-involuntary smooth pursuit action of the eyes. This forces your eyes to skim over the text, spending less time at each word (although again this has someone of the drawbacks of speed reading) and overall reading faster.
One thing I started doing when reading hard to see print is remember the first word (or partial word) in the current line of text.
It’s a special memory buffer to keep myself from getting lost so I don’t start reading the same line twice or skip a line.
Not to sound snarky, and this will be truer for some people than others, often to a frustrating degree as I will show in a moment, but the main way is to read as much as possible, preferably the type of material that you want to gear yourself up for. So if you plan on pursuing a technical field, you should probably skew your reading in that direction, even if it just means focusing on periodicals rather drier texts or more scholarly works.
Eventually your brain adapts and finds shortcuts that you won’t even recognize, at least not consciously. But it can be long, process - long as in years - and so gradual that it never actually FEELS like you’re getting any better until one day maybe you happen to pick up something that you thought was a bit daunting years before and just breeze through it.
Something that really pissed me off many years ago was when I was dating someone who’s first language wasn’t English and had only been in the US for under a year. Granted she had trained in her home country to be a teacher and to be able to teach in a technical field in English, but she was still able to read things at least a third faster than I was. At first I thought she was just messing with me but nope, I was just that slow.
I have made a bit of progress since then though and now, when I can focus adequately, the actual words don’t even register any more, just the concepts. I’m not sure that makes any sense, but it speeds things up a fair amount as long as I can keep up the pace.
BTW, if you have an issue with concentration as I do, one thing to try which will seem a bit daft is to read things from the middle and the end. I’m thinking mainly of articles here rather than very long pieces of course. You’ll certainly find yourself instantly lost, but what’s good about that is that you’ll immediately start ask questions. What does that term or phrase mean? How does that example apply in this context, it doesn’t seem to make any sense. At that moment, you’re no longer a passive observer but an active participant and for some of us, that can make a lot of difference.
I really have no advice for daniel kortekaas except for don’t stop reading as much as you can get your hands on–the life in books is a great great thing sometimes compared with ours.
As to eltro, you’ve hot that age-10 style down cold. 
If your parents had posted asking advice on helping you with your goal, they would have been told to ask your school about programs for students with learning disabilities (including dyslexia). American schools are required to offer these.
This is absolutely correct. I’m a “speed reader”, I suppose, though I never did any of the silly (and dubious) speed reading training or courses. What I did have (through luck and a mother determined to make me a reader) was that I started reading very young, enjoyed it, and did it a lot. It wasn’t uncommon for me back in grade school to read for enjoyment two hours per night.
What you find, as deltasigma points out - you start to unconsciously see patterns in text and recognize words and phrases without actually running your eyes over the whole thing. What I’ll get is that my brain will register a word after reading only the first few letters and without even thinking jump ahead. Same for paragraphs, I find myself scanning a paragraph, picking out words and interpolating the meaning. And I know I do this, because once in a while I’ll read a passage, then the brain goes “wait…that can’t be right” and I back up and re-read a bit slower, because in the jumping my subconscious made an incorrect word or phrase assumption.
All it really takes to develop faster reading is to practice. Reading is, after all, a skill just like any other. Just read, a lot - things you enjoy, preferably. Read books, magazines, newspapers, hell even the Dope Forums. Don’t consciously try to go faster, you’ll just frustrate yourself. Just keep reading and your eyes and mind will get better and better at it.
I heard recently of a technique for helping people with dyslexia. It was found that it’s certain eye movements among dyslexics that make the words jumble on the page. What I was told was about a small device that (I think) you wear like glasses. It registers your eye movement and gives you a little buzz when your eyes are going haywire. The buzz reminds you to take control of the muscles. In this way you are slowly trained.
Now, this is just a case of “someone told me”, so who knows how reliable this is. Hopefully another more knowledgeable Doper can help.
I have also seen a technique using coloured sheets that the dyslexic person reads through. I have no idea if and why that would work. Might be woo, for all I know. Again, another Doper might be able to help.
I don’t know much about dyslexia (I myself am dyscaclulic, which is a math version of dyslexia, but I don’t have problems with words. Don’t ask me to remember a phone number or do any form of math whatsoever, I even screw up counting on my fingers or using a calulator. I have to spell out numbers) I was reading before I was in school, was reading at high school level by third grade and college level by sixth.
I remember in eight grade we were supposed to have two weeks of learning speed reading. They gave us some pages to read and timed us. they wanted us reading eight hundred words per minute with eighty percent comprehension when the course was done. the initial test they gave I was already reading a thousand words per minute with ninety percent comp. The teacher (who was always frustrated with me anyway) sent me to study hall for the next two weeks so I have no idea what they taught in that class.
I know that I tend to skip over small words like the at is it be and, I found this out because someone pointed it out to me when reading out loud. I basically cut what i’m reading to shorthand, or like people who use american sign language I drop a lot of words that aren’t absolutely necessary to convey what I need to know. (for example, someone signing ASL would sign you me go store?, rather than why don’t you and I go to the store?)
not sure how much help that is to you, but I encourage you to just read read read. Whether it’s fast or slow or somewhere between, it’s good for you, and I know part of why I was such a speed demon reader so young was because I had bad allergies and couldn’t play like other kids, so I occupied myself reading…ALL THE TIME. practice really does help…As someone else mentioned, you might ask at your school or even contact nearby colleges or your state vocational rehabilitation service to see if they have assistance classes to help you work around your dyslexia.