Speedread

Speed Read Any Word Document

Upload a DOCX file and read it 2–3× faster — free, private, in your browser.

Drop a PDF, DOCX, or EPUB file here, or click to browse

Max file size: 10MB

Meeting notes, drafts, essays, documentation — Word documents are the default container for working text. SpeedRead pulls the text out of your DOCX file and presents it one word at a time with RSVP, cutting your reading time roughly in half without losing comprehension.

How it works

  1. Drop your .docx file below or click to browse.
  2. SpeedRead extracts the text instantly — no upload, everything stays local.
  3. Set your speed and press play. Space pauses; Esc goes back.

Private by design

DOCX parsing happens in your browser with the open-source mammoth.js library. Your document is never sent anywhere, which makes SpeedRead safe for internal documents, unpublished manuscripts, and anything under NDA.

Formatting is stripped, text is kept

RSVP reading works on plain text, so headings, comments, and layout are flattened into a clean word stream in reading order. Tables and footnotes are included as text where possible.

Older .doc files

The legacy binary .doc format is not supported — save the file as .docx in Word or Google Docs first (File → Save As → .docx), then upload it here.

More ways to read faster

Not sure how fast you read today? Take the free reading speed test, estimate any document with the reading time calculator, or just paste text into the reader and start.