{"id":557,"date":"2006-08-17T16:04:00","date_gmt":"2006-08-17T16:04:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/journal.electric-rocket.com\/?p=557"},"modified":"2006-08-17T16:04:00","modified_gmt":"2006-08-17T16:04:00","slug":"the-speed-of-read","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/journal.electric-rocket.com\/?p=557","title":{"rendered":"The Speed of Read"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><lj user=baldsug> inspired me to find out how fast I read.<\/p>\n<p>I did a quick google search and tried this site for a trial:<\/p>\n<p>http:\/\/mindbluff.com\/askread2.htm<\/p>\n<p>It checks how far you get into a passage during a minute of reading.<\/p>\n<p>My first test was John F. Kennedy&#8217;s inaugaral address:<\/p>\n<p><b><b><b><b><b><b><b><font color=\"#ffffff\" size=\"1\"><a name=\"8\">&#8211;<\/a><\/font><\/b><\/b><\/b><\/b><\/b><\/b><\/b><b><b><b><b><b><b><b><font face=\"Times New Roman\" size=\"3\"><b>You read between 350 &#8211; 400 words per minute. Well above average reading level. (The average rate is between 200 &#8211; 250 words per minute.) It is assumed that you did not skim the words nor fail to understand the meaning of what was read.<\/b><\/font><\/b><\/b><\/b><\/b><\/b><\/b><\/b><\/p>\n<p>I did it again, with The Professor&#8217;s House, by Willa Cather:<\/p>\n<p><b><b><b><b><b><b><b><font face=\"Times New Roman\" size=\"3\"><b>You read between 350 &#8211; 400 words per minute. Well above average reading  level. (The average rate is between 200 &#8211; 250 words per minute.) It is assumed that you did not skim the words nor fail to understand the meaning of what was read.<\/b><\/font><\/b><\/b><\/b><\/b><\/b><\/b><\/b><\/p>\n<p>So, pretty consistent.<\/p>\n<p>I also tried this site, which tests comprehension as well:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"K0mTZIwAYr\"><p><a href=\"https:\/\/readingsoft.com\/\">Home<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" style=\"position: absolute; visibility: hidden;\" title=\"&#8220;Home&#8221; &#8212; READINGSOFT - Speed Reading Test\" src=\"https:\/\/readingsoft.com\/embed\/#?secret=fLM6KiirEd#?secret=K0mTZIwAYr\" data-secret=\"K0mTZIwAYr\" width=\"584\" height=\"329\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>That clocked me at 366 wpm, and 82% comprehension, which makes me (according to them) a &#8220;good reader.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>From that site:<\/p>\n<h2>Typical reading results<\/h2>\n<table border=\"0\" width=\"100%\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"22%\"><\/td>\n<td width=\"56%\"> <b>M<\/b>easurements of speed and comprehension depend upon the text contents and upon a set of questions. <b>R<\/b>esults in the table do not correspond to a specific test but give a general idea of reading efficiencies.<\/td>\n<td width=\"22%\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<table border=\"2\" width=\"100%\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<th width=\"20%\">Screen<\/th>\n<th width=\"20%\">Paper<\/th>\n<th width=\"20%\">Comprehension<\/th>\n<th width=\"60%\">Reader profile<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td align=\"center\">100 wpm<\/td>\n<td align=\"center\">110 wpm<\/td>\n<td align=\"center\">50%<\/td>\n<td>\u00a0 Insufficient<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td align=\"center\">200 wpm<\/td>\n<td align=\"center\">240 wpm<\/td>\n<td align=\"center\">60%<\/td>\n<td>\u00a0Average reader<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td align=\"center\">300 wpm<\/td>\n<td align=\"center\">400 wpm<\/td>\n<td align=\"center\">80%<\/td>\n<td>\u00a0Good reader<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td align=\"center\">700 wpm<\/td>\n<td align=\"center\">1000 wpm<\/td>\n<td align=\"center\">85%<\/td>\n<td>\u00a0Excellent, accomplished reader<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<table border=\"0\" width=\"100%\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"22%\"><\/td>\n<td width=\"56%\">\n<p><b>R<\/b>esearch shows that reading is around 25% slower from a computer screen than from paper. <b>T<\/b>his difference generally increases with increasing reading speed. <b>T<\/b>hus you may slightly increase your results to find your speed when readingfrom paper.<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td width=\"22%\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p><\/p>\n<h2>Reader profiles<\/h2>\n<table border=\"0\" width=\"100%\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td align=\"left\" width=\"18%\">\n<table border=\"3\" width=\"88\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Hieroglyphics\" src=\"http:\/\/www.readingsoft.com\/i\/freader2.jpg\" height=\"296\" width=\"88\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/td>\n<td width=\"60%\">\n<ul>\n<li>110 wpm, <b>slow<\/b> reader, but you have many possibilities for improvement. <b>FReader<\/b> will provide rapid comprehension and speed increases. <b>Y<\/b>ou will soon realize that reading can be a pleasure. <b>FReader<\/b> will give you hours of instructions and training so that you keep improving up to top level reading performances.\n<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>240 wpm, <b>oral<\/b> reader. <b>Y<\/b>ou may rapidly and significantly progress by suppressing subvocalization. <b>FReader software<\/b> is perfect for you.\n<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>400 wpm, <b>auditory<\/b> reader. <b>FReader<\/b> provides several speed reading modes to pace your reading beyond this sound barrier of 400 wpm.\n<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>1000 wpm, <b>visual<\/b> reader. <b>Y<\/b>our reading speed is the <b>gem of your CV<\/b>. <b>Y<\/b>ou don&#8217;t need <b>FReader<\/b> but it could certainly be useful to members of your family, who are not such accomplished readers.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>inspired me to find out how fast I read. I did a quick google search and tried this site for a trial: http:\/\/mindbluff.com\/askread2.htm It checks how far you get into a passage during a minute of reading. My first test &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/journal.electric-rocket.com\/?p=557\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-557","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/journal.electric-rocket.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/557","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/journal.electric-rocket.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/journal.electric-rocket.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/journal.electric-rocket.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/journal.electric-rocket.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=557"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/journal.electric-rocket.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/557\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/journal.electric-rocket.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=557"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/journal.electric-rocket.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=557"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/journal.electric-rocket.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=557"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}