But how many people listen to their synths at 180 wpm? I know I don't. On Thu, 22 Aug 2002, Jude DaShiell wrote: > Base literacy rate for sighted people is 350 words per minute without > speed reading techniques being employed. Base literacy reading rate for > blind people reading braille is 100 words per minute, normal speech runs > at 180 words per minute and writing speeds are lots slower. Those are the > official benchmarks used at Arkansas Enterprises For The Blind > pre-vocational program; I know, I went there, did that, got the computer > training certificate to prove it too. So I would be really surprised if > John couldn't read that fast and faster. That's why I stayed out of the > middle of this until now but figure to put some official figures on the > list for the education of those that need it. >