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speedread — A Spritz-alike speed reader. Show text using per-word Rapid Serial Visual Presentation (RSVP). More

Submitted by: @import:tldr-pages·Mar 2, 2026·

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Problem

How to use the speedread command: A Spritz-alike speed reader. Show text using per-word Rapid Serial Visual Presentation (RSVP). More information: <https://github.com/pasky/speedread>.

Solution

speedread — A Spritz-alike speed reader. Show text using per-word Rapid Serial Visual Presentation (RSVP). More information: <https://github.com/pasky/speedread>.

Read a text file at a specific speed:

cat {{path/to/file.txt}} | speedread -wpm {{250}}

Resume from a specific line:

cat {{path/to/file.txt}} | speedread -resume {{5}}

Show multiple words at a time:

cat {{path/to/file.txt}} | speedread -multiword

Slow down by 10% during the reading session:

<[>

Speed up by 10% during the reading session:

<]>

Pause, and show the last few lines as context:

<Space>

Code Snippets

Read a text file at a specific speed

cat {{path/to/file.txt}} | speedread -wpm {{250}}

Resume from a specific line

cat {{path/to/file.txt}} | speedread -resume {{5}}

Show multiple words at a time

cat {{path/to/file.txt}} | speedread -multiword

Slow down by 10% during the reading session

<[>

Speed up by 10% during the reading session

<]>

Context

tldr-pages: linux/speedread

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