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Reading guides

Practical guides to RSVP reading, extracting PDF text and measuring reading comprehension with readbooks.in.

Start with the task you want to do. These guides explain the controls, show how to interpret your results, and describe where the reader has limits.

  • How to use an RSVP reader

    Learn how one-word-at-a-time reading works, choose a comfortable pace, and compare RSVP with normal reading.

  • Read PDFs with RSVP and local OCR

    Import selectable or scanned PDFs, check OCR text, correct extraction errors and save your reading position in readbooks.in.

  • Reading speed and comprehension

    Understand measured WPM, presentation speed and comprehension-adjusted WPM, with a practical way to compare reading sessions.

Try a measurement

The reading speed test uses a timed passage and three questions. Already have a word count and elapsed time? Use the WPM calculator. For planning a reading session, use the reading time calculator.