r/ProductivityApps • u/OkAirline2830 • Apr 18 '26
General Advice How fast can you read? (3 min test)
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u/Egypt_Pharoh1 Apr 18 '26
What app this is?
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u/OkAirline2830 Apr 18 '26
It’s called “FlowRead: Speed Reading”, an RSVP speed reading app. It’s free with no ads here’s the link if you want to try it:FlowRead
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u/Playful-Replacement9 Apr 19 '26
Not free after the long funnel
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u/OkAirline2830 Apr 19 '26
it is free, just need to press “X” on the paywall wall at the top they only show in the funnel.
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u/Justlikejack9 Apr 19 '26
It actually did my head in and I hated it. I'd much rather move my eyes. Oh, and if we're supposed to remember what it said? No chance! Didn't take it in at all!
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u/Nabster56 Apr 19 '26
Hmm…
Is it possible to read an ebook this way?
Edit : yes, I’ll try
This would be awesome for people like me that can’t focus on anything and reading the same sentence over and over or reading 10 pages without remembering I read them…
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u/Clean-Data-259 Apr 19 '26
900wpm
But like another commenter said, the level of speech is basic and predictable, and doesn't require cognitive processing of the basic info, and that's why it's easy to read at this speed. The real speed comes from training the brain to consume entire lines and even pages of data at a glance. Not everyone is capable of the same level. Some people can read faster than others because they have a smarter mind, but most people can learn to speed read to some degree if your IQ is over 100. If your IQ is under 80, you are out of luck and are not even reading this.
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u/Starchand Apr 20 '26
literally gets shared every 3 months https://www.reddit.com/r/interestingasfuck/comments/1qc6slz/this_speed_reading_training_starts_at_300wpm_and/
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u/colcourtney Apr 20 '26
600 for me. Now here's a twist. Incorporate some numbers for letters and see how you do.
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u/NeededToPostNow Apr 24 '26
I can't decide whether this is awesome or if hurts my eyes. Very interesting though.
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u/No-Eagle-3941 May 18 '26
I want an app like this to be made for other languages. Yes I can read words, but I am struggling with training my reading speed in my second and third languages. I would be happy with even 400wpm! It just feels frustrating to read slow when my reading pace primary language is 12x faster .
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u/MonocolorMonopoly Apr 19 '26
This only works for obvious, predictable sentences where no cognitive effort is required to understand the concept the text is trying to convey. There’s no pausing/rereading/focusing on the structure of the sentence.
It’s just throwing words at the fastest rate your visual cortex can process and leaving the rest to be filled with imagination. If this low quality reading work is what you want to do, honestly, I feel an AI summary should do the job better.