Spritz – read 500 words per minute without any training

Re:Spritz – read 500 words per minute without any training by sergiosgc on Tuesday February 25, 2014 @06:16AM (#7296924)

My comfortable reading speed is a bit above 700wpm. On a book with proper line length, or on my Kindle. Strangely, or not at all, I only read at that speed when parsing non-fiction texts. Reading a novel, the reading times on my Kindle boil down to 300wpm.

Some stuff needs to be savored, I guess. Even at that speed, I'm known for devouring books, so I am probably reading too fast.

On a side note, if Spritz is that good, I'd like to try it out above my comfort zone. Say, 1000wpm.

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Re:Spritz – read 500 words per minute without any training by deckar01 on Tuesday February 25, 2014 @12:56PM (#7299197)

I thought the same thing. Nothing a little JavaScript can't fix:

  // Insert drop down item.
  var li = document.createElement('li');
  li.innerHTML = '<a href="#">1000wpm</a>';
  li.setAttribute('data-value', '1000');
  document.querySelector('.speed ul').appendChild(li);
  
  // Create 1000wpm script
  var s = document.createElement('script');
  s.id = 'learntospritz_en_1000';
  s.type='spritztext';
  var data = JSON.parse(document.querySelector('#learntospritz_en_500').innerText);
  data[17] = '1000';
  s.innerText = JSON.stringify(data);
  document.body.appendChild(s);

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