This is Vortex, the Machine Assisted Reading Software. It is copyrighted to Cliff High, All Rights Reserved, 1994. The underlying technology and applicable concepts are patent pending. This program is designed to increase your reading speed from the average of 240 words a minute to the limit of speed possible for effective comprehension. A typical increase will be to the level of 1600 words a minute or nearly 8 times faster. You are currently reading at 490 words a minute or twice the average reading speed. Word count  =  86.