How fast can you read?

b/Other publicado por u/c4ooo February 12, 2016, 01:01:53 AM

How fast can you read?

Find out for yourself: http://spritzinc.com/

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u/aetios February 12, 2016, 01:28:49 AM

That's interesting, but what these people forego is that usually the most used way of reading a text is so called'skimming' ie reading in one sweep from top left to bottom right and extracting the info. Also, I can't exactly say this gives me less stress when reading, cause I can't read at my own tempo.

u/Dudeman313 February 12, 2016, 02:52:54 AM

I think it helps me. I just wish there was a Chrome Extension for this.
Also, when I read, there is a little voice inside my head that processes everything. According to research this voice isn't yours until you've realized the voice in your head sounds nothing like you. Anyway, when I use Spritz @ 400 WPM or higher, my little voice has some trouble keeping up. 450 WPM or higher and I start to miss words.

Last Edit: February 12, 2016, 03:02:59 AM by Dudeman313

u/GalacticPirate February 12, 2016, 08:49:29 AM

Well, at 700 words per minute (in French), I miss about 5% of words but I still get all the information

u/Dudeman313 February 12, 2016, 10:03:54 PM

I find it hard to follow when there are large words. My peripheral vision is not used to being focused like that. I might get everything on a smaller screen, tho.

u/alexgt February 12, 2016, 10:05:08 PM

I started to skip words at 450 wpm

u/Dudeman313 February 12, 2016, 10:13:11 PM

Same here.

u/CVSoft February 13, 2016, 04:38:35 AM

I found 700wpm to be easier than 500wpm. It's hard to retain the information when it's presented at this high speed but I get the main point.

u/Unicorn February 13, 2016, 04:55:56 AM

I can read 700 wpm, understanding it, but missing a few words. 550 is max I can do without missing anything, I think.

I wonder if I could port this to the CE or the CSE...

Last Edit: February 13, 2016, 05:07:37 AM by Unicorn

u/CVSoft February 13, 2016, 05:13:04 AM

The placement of the center letter is how this method works. While I'm sure their algorithm behind that is what they're protecting, a less computationally-intensive calculator version can be done.
[edit] you can probably just approximately center it and get a very similar result.

u/Dream of Omnimaga February 13, 2016, 05:35:34 AM

What would be better is if the next word only showed up once you pressed a key, with an option to show multiple words at once. Once the timer runs out it would calculate how fast exactly you have read.

u/Unicorn February 13, 2016, 05:59:25 AM

Quote from: CVSoft on February 13, 2016, 05:13:04 AM
[edit] you can probably just approximately center it and get a very similar result.

Thats what I was thinking. The problem would be making a font that large, though.

u/aetios February 13, 2016, 08:26:09 AM

Quote from: DJ Omnimaga on February 13, 2016, 05:35:34 AM
What would be better is if the next word only showed up once you pressed a key, with an option to show multiple words at once. Once the timer runs out it would calculate how fast exactly you have read.

Yeah, except this isn't really a fast reading test, but more a demo of a new reading system developed by some company.