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Originally Posted by Colt
Question: Is there some online way to test your reading speed? I've always been curious how fast I actually read.
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Good question. I haven't seen one. (But then, I haven't looked.)
The last time I was checked, many years back, I read 750-800 words/minute with good comprehension.
I suspect my speed is actually higher for some fiction, and slower for non-fiction and reference stuff where I have to slow down to be sure I've caught the meaning.
My S.O. reads about twice as fast as I do, and never took a speed reading class. Then again, language comes naturally to here: she was once somewhat fluent in a dozen languages. These days, she's fluent in conversational Spanish and reads French well if it contains cooking terms.
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I was stunned when I went in for an application and they put me on a professional typing speed program: 135 words per minute with 95% accuracy. I wasn't sure if that was good enough for the job and told the woman so when she came back, she just stared at me. Now I feel annoyed since most people think I'm joking when I give those numbers.  - Colt
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That's
very fast. The last I knew, a good professional typist speed was 80WPM.
The late Isaac Asimov was a 120WPM typist, and was capable of turning out submission copy first draft. That might have something to do with the number of books he published...
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Dennis