An electronic text viewing apparatus includes: a viewing application unit that outputs viewing data for displaying a text in a viewable manner; a display unit that displays the viewing data and a fast reading button for receiving a fast reading request for the viewing data; a viewing data requesting unit that issues a request for acquirement of the viewing data to the viewing application unit, and acquires the viewing data to be viewed; a setting data storage unit that stores setting data for the acquired viewing data; and a fast reading viewer control unit that, when the fast reading button is pressed, converts the viewing data into fast reading viewer data by converting the display format of the viewing data, controlling the display speed of the viewing data, and controlling the scrolling of the viewing data, and displays the fast reading viewer data and a return button for converting the fast reading viewer data to the viewing data.
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