I got 300-350, but had to memorize that JFK speech as a kid, so I may have inadvertently skimmed a little.
400-450, but I might have skimmed a little
300-350, but I was pushing myself to see how fast I could go with comprehension, not reading at my normal rate.
I can read that test at 400-405. What I can read when I'm actually interested in the subject, or when I'm reading an actual book remains untested.
450 obviously.
800-850. I took a speed-reading course the summer before 6th grade. This skill repeatedly saved my ass in college.
It also helps that I don't read "word-by-word..." I'll look at the entire sentence, process it, and move on. Also, a trick I learned (which doesn't really work well on a computer screen) is to "read down the center of the page" rather than to go word-by-word. The idea is that you'll catch a lot of the text in your peripheral vision, and that with practice you can "expand" your field of vision and take in more text. Dunno if that makes any sense.
Interestingly, this skill really helped me with score reading when I started studying choral conducting, and is also one of the reasons I sight-read music well (at least as a singer and conductor; my piano sight-reading sucks, but that's more because of my technical limitations on that instrument).
And it goes without saying that I probably don't read technical texts at anywhere near the same rate, especially if wholly unfamiliar with the material.
250 - 300.
On the JFK speech it was 200-250. But on the second test, a chapter of a Willa Cather novel, it was 350-400. I read a lot of fiction, and my comprehension of narrative style prose is much faster than more abstract concepts. This was cool.
250-300, about average, but apparently an average monkey /ook!
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wow. 350 - 400 words per minute both tests. had no idea.
550 - 600 for JKF; 650 - 700 for Cather - I skim a lot when I read fiction but when I start feeling I've missed something and re-read the page, I find I haven't. I'm not sure how this happens, but perhaps something like what the_bone was talking about.
600-650 for the Cather piece. It annoys the stew out of my SO that I read novels this fast.
600-650 Kennedy. I used to be able to read out loud at about 350-400.
350-400 for JFK and 400-450 for Cather.
400-450 Kennedy, 750-800 Cather. I think during the Kennedy I got distracted by realizing how many times "Diamond" joe Quimby has borrowed from that speech...
JFK 300-350, Cather 350-400.
I GOT O TO FIFFTY IS THIS BAD?
550-600 JFK, 600-650 Cather.
And it annoys me that I read this fast, actually. I don't get to the bookstore very often, and I run out of things to read very quickly. I've begun inventing ways to slow down.
450 to 500.
ok, i skim.
but i also have difficulty reading a monitor for such tasks.
/shoulda printed it out.
fun link...thanks!
I got 400-450, but I think I read faster on paper than on a computer screen. It's hard to know, though.
It says 850-900 words/minute.
Arg! It says I'm a virtual speed reader. But it really depends on what I read. If it's your average 300 page book (fiction or non-fiction), I can plow through it before I go to bed. If it's something technical--like a science paper--I'd be lucky if I get through it in 30 minutes.
600-650 for the speech, 750-800 for Cather. That sounds about right, for me. I tend to read fiction much faster than non-fiction.
450 to 500 for fiction I guess.
300-350 reading the speech.
200-250 reading common science books.
0-50 reading GEB.
0-50
I got totally bored, especially after the word God.
600-650 for JFK, 850-900 for Cather. I probably skimmed, but mostly it's from taking a couple of days off from MoFi and then trying to read every new comment as quickly as possible. Like, er, today.
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