Highly calibrated for reproducible results across all languages Easy to use Easy to handle Easy to measure (by stopwatch) Easy to calculate (normal values and formula included) Characteristics: Comparability between languages for international studies Natural conditions: newspaper print, meeting the demands of everyday life Applications: For normal subjects For patients with low vision (monitoring of disease, effect of treatment and rehabilitation) For patients with developmental dyslexia (severity of reading disorder, effect of training, etc.) – for juveniles and adults Low Vision patients Disease monitoring in AMD, especially in treatment studies After refractive surgery After multifocal intraocular lenses Neurological reading disorders Developmental dyslexia Studies with normal subjects User groups: Ophthalmologists and neurologists Optometrists and ophthalmic opticians Orthoptists and low vision specialists Teachers and psychologists All reading researchers The IReST differs from prior text charts that used single sentences by employing linguistically standardized paragraphs. They close a gap in the diagnostics of reading performance. The paragraphs are designed to resemble everyday life situations of reading continuous text, such as in books or newspapers. The level of difficulty corresponds to sixth grade reading (10–12 years), which is comprehensible for teenagers and adults. Due to lower variance, measuring reading time of a complete paragraph rather than a single sentence or random words is more reliable. Furthermore, it can provide some information about fluency, fatigue, and mistakes. Article of Interest: Effects of home reading training on reading and quality of life in AMD – a randomized and controlled study