The Rate of Reading test category presents up to 20 rows of 15 simple words in a pseudo-random order as shown below:






This simulates a normal reading task but without contextural information.  The regular arrangements of words has been shown to maximise the symptoms of visual stress and so this stimulus is useful for investigating Visual Stress.


Row spacing

The spacing of the rows may be adjusted using the Row spacing scrollbar.

Font and font size

The font style and font size may be changed directly using the corresponding slider and pull-down list:


No of rows

The number of rows displayed can be varied between 1 and 20 using the corresponding numeric up/down control.


Text options

A range of passages of text are available from the pull down list labeled Text options.  These passages of text are "hard wired" and cannot be changed by the user.

Background colour

The colour of the background can be readily changed to any of the ReadEZ colours by simply clicking on the required colour in the palette.


The background colour may be returned to white by clicking any white area of the palette background.


A full gamut of background colours is available by clicking on the ... button below the palette.  This will display the Colour picker window shown below: