![]() ![]() Your base rate is the speed that you can read a passage of text with full comprehension. To train to read faster, you must first find your base rate. Load a passage of text (like this one), and the software will pace through the text at a predefined speed that you can adjust as your reading comprehension increases. ![]() With the aid of software like Spreeder, it's much easier to achieve this same result with much less effort. Even if at this point full reading comprehension is lost, it's exactly this method of training that will allow you to read faster. This works because the eye is very good at tracking movement. You read through a page of text by following your finger line by line at a speed faster than you can normally read. In the real world, this is achieved through methods like reading passages using a finger to point your way. The solution is simple - absorb reading material faster than that inner voice can keep up. However, it is entirely possible to read at a much greater speed, with much better reading comprehension, by silencing this inner voice. ![]() They can only read as fast as they can speak because that's the way they were taught to read, through reading systems like Hooked on Phonics. It is their inner voice that paces through the text that keeps them from achieving higher reading speeds. Most readers have an average reading speed of 200 wpm, which is about as fast as they can read a passage out loud. Speed reading is the art of silencing subvocalization. It typically takes 2 to 4 weeks to double your reading speed, so be patient with yourself and keep trying.Paste the text you'd like to speed read here:.This usually requires extreme techniques, and most people can't remember much at this speed. At 1,000 WPM and above, you're reaching the level of competitive speed readers.Most people can learn to read at this speed with about 75% of their normal comprehension. At 600 to 700 WPM, you're reading as fast as a college student scanning for a word.Ideally, you can do this with almost total comprehension. At 450 WPM, you're reading as fast as a college student skimming for the main points.300 WPM is the reading speed of the average college student.200 to 250 WPM is the expected reading speed for someone 12 or older.Use these average speeds to set a milestone for yourself: Aim to work on your speed reading daily by completing speed reading exercises or timing your WPM. Practice makes perfect, even when it comes to speed reading. Set obtainable goals to improve your speed reading. In other words, you can notice letters 9 to 15 spaces to the right but can’t comprehend them.Research shows that a person can only read 8 letters to the right of their eye position and 4 to the left, which is roughly 2 or 3 words at a time.Read quickly as you move the index card down, trying to only focus your eyes below each X.Write more Xs at your chosen spacing until you reach the end of the line.Place it 3, 5, or 7 words away from the first X. Write an X on the card over the first word.Place an index card over a line of text.Try this exercise to train yourself to make fewer eye movements while you read:.Learning to move your eyes less can help you read faster, so try staring at one line at a time without gliding your eyes over the words. While reading, your eyes move, stopping on some words and skipping others however, you can only comprehend what you're reading when your eyes stop moving. ![]()
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