Stretch is a speed reading program that offers exercises designed to improve reading speed and comprehension. These exercises are an extension of the flash-card method used in school, but with much greater scope for vocabulary and the capability of flashing more than one word at a time. Stretch flashes a group of words whose number is set according to your ability. This number can be anywhere between one and one-hundred words flashed at a time in the full version. When you type those words in, Stretch assesses your accuracy and scores your performance based on the number of words, flash duration, use of capitals and/or punctuation, etc. As in any computer game, you play against your best score.