World's fastest reader at a speed of 80,000 wpm with 100 % comprehension - Prof. Schale

 THE WORLD’S FASTEST READER IS NOW DEAN OF ARELLANO UNIVERSITY’S GRADUATE SCHOOL OF EDUCATION Maria Teresa F. Calderon, Ph.D. ON JULY 17, 1968, Professor Florence Schale, Director for Rapid Reading Program of Northwestern University in Chicago, Illinois, told the whole world that her prize pupil established a score of 50,000 words per minute for the record books with one hundred percent comprehension in her final exams.     ...

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Touch typing record at 400 words per minute

Typing master set on world record By Resmi JaimonBangalore based Arun Kumar, renowned propagator of good typing techniques and a multiple Limca Book Record holder, is now attempting to enter the Guinness Book of World Record for sitting behind the computer screen and typing at a speed of 400 words per minute. Arun is a master of typing, and has worked out techniques that require only four hours of time to learn the basics.Techgoss...

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World's fastest Reader

Coming back on the train from Hull today, where I attended the launch of our Lightship Anthology yesterday, I sat next to the fastest reader I have ever met in my life. We left Doncaster at around 11:00am. I noticed that the woman was reading a book by Michael Connelly – I don't know which one because the publisher doesn't use running headers. I saw she was on Chapter 5 when I sat next to her. Ten minutes later I happen to glance over my shoulder and saw she was at the beginning of Chapter 11. "That can't be right," I thought....

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