The record for reading the maximum number of English words with phonic sounds was set by Pragati Shankar (born on December 4, 2019) of Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala. She read 60 English words with phonic sounds (following the British English protocol of the International Phonetic Association) in 3 minutes, 33 seconds and 98 milliseconds by viewing the words on a laptop screen, at the age of 4 years, 11 months and 7 days.