Words Per Minute

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28 May 2009, 4:06 pm

How many words per minute do you think you can read. I read a few stories one I read in less than 300 words one 400 and two 354. How fast can you read and to help you get better there is a website spreeder that flashes words so you can get better.

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28 May 2009, 5:14 pm

I got about 300 WPM, I'm a lot faster at reading than my friends

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28 May 2009, 8:36 pm

Thats the average of reading. But was that during just reading or while other sound was happening.

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28 May 2009, 9:15 pm

thewrll wrote:

When I was younger I could do about 1200 words per minute. Now I am down to 600 or 700 depending on how difficult the text is.

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28 May 2009, 9:43 pm

http://mindbluff.com/askread.htm There is a reading speed test here.

I read to the end of the passage and partway through again in a minute, giving me a reading speed of around 1110-1160 wpm.

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28 May 2009, 10:49 pm

Who_Am_I wrote:

http://mindbluff.com/askread.htm There is a reading speed test here.

I read to the end of the passage and partway through again in a minute, giving me a reading speed of around 1110-1160 wpm.

600-650

Speaking of speedreading,
Spreeder, online speed reading tool.

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29 May 2009, 2:13 am

When you read that fast do you skim?

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