Hi Ralph,
I'm a Photoreader, too, but I wouldn't say I'm too good at it yet.
BUT maybe I can help you with an answer:
In the course, Paul says that the letters don't need to be clear in order for it to work.
My take on this:
Prove to yourself that it works with blurred letters by trying to read the text while it's blurred. I can read blurred text so I assume that my - by far more intelligent - inner mind can retrieve the information also.
Another thing:
If you want, you can practice for your eyes to make the picture clear while you're still seeing the "blip page". It took me a few minutes over a few weeks to learn this, but it's easy, just requires some practice and patience. It goes like this: Focus your eyes on an object about 10 - 20 inches away. Try to relax your eyes like you would do to produce the blip page. But then as the object starts to blur you try to tell yourself that you want to see the object clearly.
Later, you'll notice that you can control the focal lenght (I think that's the corrent scientific expression) of your eyes' lenses. But in the beginning you don't know which muscles you need to move (and you don't even know you can control them willingly
) so you just focus on what you want and notice what your eyes do...
Hope that helps!
Best,
Denis