# Something to kill a few boring minutes of your day.

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/something-to-kill-a-few-boring-minutes-of-your-day/541700>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [June 2, 2010, 10:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/something-to-kill-a-few-boring-minutes-of-your-day/541700 "2010-06-02T22:24:55Z")\
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**Author:** ![A\_Spoonful\_of\_Awesome](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3be4f8/32.png) [@A\_Spoonful\_of\_Awesome](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/A_Spoonful_of_Awesome)\
**Post date:** [June 2, 2010, 10:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/something-to-kill-a-few-boring-minutes-of-your-day/541700/1 "2010-06-02T22:24:55Z")

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Take THAT, boring minutes! I give you Spreeder.

Billed as a speed-reading training tool, it displays any passage you like, one (or more) word at a time at a whatever speed you choose. I have no idea if it actually translates into any long-term increase in reading speed/comprehension, but it’s entertaining all the same. So far, I can catch most everything (assuming I haven’t read it before) at 800 wpm, in two-word chunks. When I go up to 1000, I can pick up clips and phrases, but comprehension as a whole takes a big dive.

Anyway, thought I’d share. I’m in that kinda mood today ;).

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**Author:** ![FloatyGimpy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/floatygimpy/32/7750_2.png) [@FloatyGimpy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FloatyGimpy)\
**Post date:** [June 2, 2010, 10:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/something-to-kill-a-few-boring-minutes-of-your-day/541700/2 "2010-06-02T22:35:39Z")

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I can’t figure out how to change the speed.

Ignore, I figured it out.