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300words per minute
The ability to identify speech recognition errors by ear degrades at higher speech rates, and the study tested 300 words per minute.
Checked against its source on October 16, 2026
In the source's own words
“the ability to identify errors degrades with higher speech rates (300 WPM)”
Identifying speech input errors through audio-only interaction, Jonggi Hong and Leah Findlater, CHI 2018 Extended Abstracts (ACM), 2018, Abstract.
Open the original- What it measures
- The study also found that a pause between words improves identification.
- What it does not show
- Synthetic audio review in an online study, not reading your own text.