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  2. Words per minute - Wikipedia

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    Audiobooks are recommended to be 150–160 words per minute, which is the range that people comfortably hear and vocalize words. [16] Slide presentations tend to be closer to 100–125 wpm for a comfortable pace, [17] auctioneers can speak at about 250 wpm, [18] and the fastest speaking policy debaters speak from 350 [19] to over 500 words per ...

  3. Word count - Wikipedia

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    The word count is the number of words in a document or passage of text. Word counting may be needed when a text is required to stay within certain numbers of words. This may particularly be the case in academia, legal proceedings, journalism and advertising. Word count is commonly used by translators to determine the price of a translation job.

  4. Speed reading - Wikipedia

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    Visual reading: understanding the meaning of the word, rather than sounding or hearing. This is the fastest process. Subvocalization readers (Mental readers) generally read at approximately 250 words per minute, auditory readers at approximately 450 words per minute and visual readers at approximately 700 words per minute. Proficient readers ...

  5. Typing - Wikipedia

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    In one study of average computer users, the average rate for transcription was 33 words per minute, and 19 words per minute for composition. [8] In the same study, when the group was divided into "fast", "moderate" and "slow" groups, the average speeds were 40 wpm, 35 wpm, and 23 wpm respectively.

  6. Evelyn Wood (teacher) - Wikipedia

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    She spent the next two years observing individuals that, according to her assessments, read thousands of words per minute. [8] Later she worked for nine years as a teacher and girls' counselor at Jordan High School in Sandy, Utah south of Salt Lake City. [3] [6] With a small group of partners, Evelyn and Doug Wood created a speed reading ...

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  8. Speech tempo - Wikipedia

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    Various units of speech have been used as a basis for measurement. The traditional measure of speed in typing and Morse code transmission has been words per minute (wpm). However, in the study of speech the word is not well defined (being primarily a unit of grammar), and speech is not usually temporally stable over a period as long as a minute ...

  9. Get Paid to Write: Top 18 Sites That Pay (up to $1 per Word)

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    And you should expect to be writing blog posts that are 2,000 words or more “unless it’s extremely wonderfully amazingly readable reading.” Pay : $300 to $1,000 per blog post