858 wpm.
Like others, I don’t normally like to read that fast.
Words should be savoured.
I went from 453 to 628.
My first thought was, “Gee, that’s pretty cool!”
And then my eyes started to hurt. And then they started to feel like they were going to pop out of my head. Owie.
I think I’ll stick to my way, thank you.
I’m very much a visual learner, so when I read, especially when it’s for comprehension such as studying for a test, I tend to ‘re-write’ the words in my head, like typing them back on a page, or imprinting them on a slab. A lot of people ‘hear’ a narrator when they read, I never have. I’ve always seen the words re-printed in my head. Same when I’m talking. It’s like I see a ticker tape with the words I’m thinking and all I have to do is read them off.
My eyes, the goggles, they do nothing!
Is it just me or is anyone else getting just a black screen from the link?
797 to 918. I think those numbers are inflated. And, like others have said, I’d rather not read that fast.
[After checking out the rest of the link.]
Poor Pam Dawber. Robin Williams went on to become a superstar. She’s reduced to hawking speed-reading products.
709 to start. 954 to end. Ouch.
588 to 644… but then I actually tried to read it, not skim.
No wonder he’s always finished so much faster then I am. My scores are really embarrassing … 173/208 
I guess I’ll go watch tv.
I got 213, 231. I never remember anything if I don’t translate the words into a movie, and that takes a little extra time.
640, I didn’t bother with the exercizes. If it’s something I really like I read it slowly, sometimes several times for the full emotional impact.
611 words per minute. it froze after that.
858 to 1050. I know I’ve always read fast, but like most others I generally slow down when I’m reading for fun. Speed reading isn’t all that, really…especially when you’re in a class and the teacher gives out something to read. I’ll have read it two or three times before most of the class is finished the first time, and have comprehension. So I’ll just be sitting there, bored out of my mind…I really do wish I read slower sometimes.
787 to 907. if that blasted font weren’t so damn big it would ahve been higher.
And as about 40 people have alread said, there’s reading for pleasure and reading because you have to get through the damned thing already.
Am I the only person for whom those eye exercises did almost nil? The only thing that helped me with the second passage was more words on a line. Takes a lot more time to move one’s eyes to the beginning of the next line than to simply move “across” the screen.
Just a black screen for me.
I read it really fast, though.
971 to 993 Being a fast reader is pretty handy except when I’m reading a novel that I don’t want to see come to an end. The closer I get to the end of it, the faster I read because I want to see what happens. I usually have to force myself to put a book down for awhile to prolong the pleasure of finishing it.
560 to 971.
ouch.
my eyes hurt.
i guess im sometimes a fast reader…i finished harry potter and the goblet of fire in about 20 hours and had to wait a few days before i could talk to anyone about it, as i was one of those people who went out at midnight to buy the book on the publishing date.
but i digress. and my eyes still hurt.
788 to 946, but could follow the Wizard of Oz comfortably at 1250 wpm.
I don’t think the exercises made much difference - as Smeghead pointed out, the 2nd paragraph is in smaller font, and I think that makes the difference.
I read fast generally, but if I am reading for pleasure I slow way down.
Those that are getting a blank screen - you need to disable your pop-up killers!
719 and 673, though I was reading Oz at 1250 and 2500 fairly well.
Liek everyone else, I read for pleasure a bit slower (though not much.)
998 at first, 1356 with the last bit. I only read that fast when I’m concentrating on speedreading. My normal reading speed is probably closer to 800, unless I’m reading something that requires a whole lot of thought.
Interesting. I may retake it and concentrate on reading at normal speed.