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Originally Posted by Tarana
I think adding the word 'acceptable' in your question is what throws people. There is no right or wrong. However, the average college student would be really struggling reading at only 200 wpm. You can do it, but it will be a lot tougher. I read somewhere that the average college student reads 350-450 wpm. Very few read over 600 wpm.
That said, I would agree with others on this thread that you will read differently on different devices. As far as speeding up, you can do this using Moon Reader and setting the scroll one step faster. It's uncomfortable at first, but if you don't have comprehension issues, then it does work to speed you up. I'm not sure that it's going to be very effective on such a small screen however.
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And doesn't the comprehension of what you read decrease as your reading speed increases? I mean generally speaking for the majority of people of course. I'm sure there are those who claim they fully comprehend what they read even at higher speeds, but I think it's easy to trip over concepts that are being talked about in a text if you read too fast. Like the old "A dog is man's best fiend" example for instance. Most people if they are reading quickly assume it reads "A dog is man's best friend" and only if they go back and read slower do they notice the change from what they thought they read.