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Train
Six drills and a daily plan that raise your speed with comprehension checked every session.
start with the free test →Find out how fast you read. Then train it.
2 minutes · No signup · Free
Free speed reading tool✦Paste any article✦Train toward 400–500 wpm✦No account needed✦Science-backed✦Built where the Sahara meets the sea 🇲🇦✦Free speed reading tool✦Paste any article✦Train toward 400–500 wpm✦No account needed✦Science-backed✦Built where the Sahara meets the sea 🇲🇦✦
Train · Listen · EverywhereThe product
One subscription. Three ways to read.
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Listen
Upload any book — PDF, EPUB, DOCX — and neural voices read it to you, word-synced. 15 min a day free.
included in the free account →03Coming soon
Everywhere
A browser extension that brings the pacer and Listen to any article on the web.
get early access →§ 01How it works
Three steps. Ten seconds.
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Paste
Paste any text — an article, a chapter, an email. We pace you through it, word by word.
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Read
The pacer highlights words at your speed. Your eyes follow. No going back.
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Train
8 minutes of daily drills build lasting speed. Comprehension included.
Try it live — paste anything, or watch the sample
Or try the demo below with sample text.
Demo · The pacer in action
180WPM
Most readers never realize how much they re-read. It happens in a fraction of a second — your eyes land on a word, drift forward, then snap back to check something they already captured. Researchers call it a regression. It wastes ten to fifteen percent of your reading time without improving comprehension. The fix is simple: a pacer that keeps your eyes moving forward. Something as basic as a highlighted word group, sliding across the page at a steady rhythm, trains the eye to trust its first pass. Within a few sessions, the backward glances fade. You stop losing time. The same page that took five minutes takes three — and you remember just as much.
§ 02The training
The pacer makes you faster.
The drills make it permanent.
Three drills, eight minutes a day. They run on the same articles you paste into the reader.
Drill 01 · RSVP
2:30Kill the inner voice.
Words flash one at a time at a target pace. The optimal recognition point is highlighted in orange — the letter your eye fixates fastest. Subvocalization can't keep up. With practice, its grip loosens.
deliberately
trains toward the 400–500 wpm ceiling→
Drill 02 · Meta-guide
3:00Stop your eyes from going back.
A pacer underlines three-word chunks at a steady tempo. Your eye learns to keep moving forward. Regressions drop. Comprehension stays.
trainsthe eye todrop subvocal
attacks the 10–15% spent re-reading→
Drill 03 · Saccade
1:30Widen what you see.
Quick jumps between fixation points train peripheral letter recognition. You start taking in chunks instead of words.
trains a wider perceptual span→
All three drills run on your own articles — anything you paste.
Start training free →§ 03The science
Backed by research. Not marketing.
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avg adult wpm
Where most adults read — the average across 190 studies (Brysbaert, 2019). The number you finished school at, and the one you've kept since.
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trained, with comprehension
The practical ceiling sustained training reaches with comprehension intact — the honest number, per Rayner et al. (2016), the study that debunked the 1,000-wpm claims.
¼s
per fixation
How long your eye pauses on each chunk. Train the size of the chunk, not the length of the pause.
2–3×
words per fixation, trained
Skilled readers take in two to three words per glance — eye-tracking's perceptual span. Untrained readers usually capture one.
Sources: Brysbaert (2019), meta-analysis of 190 studies — the 238 wpm adult average · Rayner, Schotter, Masson, Potter & Treiman (2016) — fixations, perceptual span, and the 400–500 wpm ceiling.
Not every technique works for every reader — your training plan picks the ones that move your number.
A NOTE FROM THE FOUNDER
ReadingFast is a one-person project — no team, no investors, no ads. I built it because every speed-reading tool I tried either promised nonsense or never checked whether I still understood what I read.
So this one is built the other way around: comprehension is checked every session, the targets come from published research, and if the training isn't moving your number, the chart will tell you — not a testimonial.
The subscription is the entire business. Your reading data is never sold, and when you email support, you get me — usually the same day.
§ 04Pricing
Start reading faster today.
Free
The daily reading habit — free.
$0forever
Read your articles faster.
No account if you're just trying it.
- A personalized daily training session
- Upload 1 book and read it in Focus mode — PDF, EPUB, DOCX
- Neural Listen narration — 15 min a day
- Streaks, daily quests & weekly leagues
- Reading speed test with WPM tracking over time
No card. Sign up only to save progress.
14-day free trial
Pro
Everything. Unlimited. No restrictions.
$10/month
Everything in Free, plus unlimited books
and every drill — the speed made permanent.
Train
- 6 speed reading drills — RSVP, Schulte, Pacer, and more
- Adaptive daily training with leagues and quests
- Masterclass curriculum, fundamentals to mastery
Read
- Upload any book — PDF, DOCX, EPUB — and speed-read it
- Neural Listen voices (30 h/mo) with word-by-word sync
- Personal library with reading progress
Retain
- Highlights with spaced-repetition review
- WPM improvement chart over time
No charge for 14 days. Cancel anytime in Settings.
Or try the free speed test first — no account needed.
ReadingFast for Chrome · Coming soon
Every article, read your way.
The pacer and Listen on any page you open — be first to know when it ships.
Nine free reading tools
No signup, nothing stored — real numbers with honest benchmarks.
§ 05Questions
Some honest answers.
Does speed-reading really work, or is it pseudo-science?+
Both, depending on what you mean. Marketing-grade "1,000 wpm with 100% comprehension" claims don't hold up. But systematically training subvocalization, regression, and fixation span — backed by real eye-tracking research — reliably moves readers up from the ~238 wpm adult average toward the research ceiling: roughly 400–500 wpm with comprehension intact. That's what we train for.
Will I lose comprehension?+
If you push too hard, yes. That's why every session ends with a comprehension check — score low and the next session slows down, and miss your level's target three sessions in a row and the plan steps you back a level. Speed without understanding is just scrolling.
Can I train on my own articles?+
Yes. Paste any article or text and the pacer will guide you through it — that works on Free, unlimited. Pro adds file uploads (EPUB, PDF, DOCX), Listen mode with neural voices, and the full training drill library.
How long until I see results?+
The first techniques — pacing and cutting regressions — usually show up in your numbers within the first couple of weeks. The durable gains come over weeks 3–8 as your plan calibrates to you. Every session measures both speed and comprehension, so you watch it happen.
What devices?+
Web app — works on any device with a browser, including mobile. A Chrome extension and native apps are on the roadmap.
Do I need a credit card to try it?+
No. Creating an account is free and never asks for a card — the free plan is free forever. The 14-day Pro trial asks for a card at checkout; you're not charged anything until the trial ends, and the exact date is shown before you confirm.
How do I cancel? Will I be charged automatically?+
Cancel any time from Settings — during the trial there's a "Cancel trial — you will not be charged" link that takes you straight to cancellation, and a paid subscription cancels the same way and simply runs out at the end of the period. If the trial runs its course without cancelling, it converts to the plan you picked ($10/month or $79/year). No emails to write, no retention hoops.
Why pay when free RSVP apps exist?+
Flashing words on a screen is the free 90% — plenty of apps do it, and the paste-and-read pacer here is free too. What you'd pay for is the closed loop: comprehension checked every session, speed that comes back down when comprehension slips, a plan that adapts to your numbers, and a chart that proves it's working — or shows you it isn't. A flasher makes you feel fast; the loop is what makes it stick.
Why $10?+
Two reasons. One: training works only if you keep showing up, so the price stays under a coffee. Two: there are no ads and your reading data is never sold — the subscription is the entire business.