[blindLaw] Reading text aloud verbatim while listening to JAWS

Thu Jan 9 13:14:02 UTC 2020

Hello Rahul,

I have found that the most seamless speeches come from having memorize the material. Typically I give a speech as many times as possible before hand at home, in the shower, walking down the street, every context I can think of, so that I am extremely familiar with the structure and content. This also allows for some flexibility because you are able to present the information in a variety of ways having practiced and experienced a variety of iterations. of course, memorization Becomes more and more fallible in proportion to the length of the speech you are giving. 

Have you ever tried using a simple outline based on the material that you were presenting? Basically a series of keywords arranged in the vertically down the page? Similar to what Dr. Harper does, by the way I will absolutely try that technique out, but just far fewer words in order to prompt  memory. 

Sincerely,

Maura Kutnyak  MPA.
716-563-9882

> On Jan 9, 2020, at 7:47 AM, Rahul Bajaj via BlindLaw <blindlaw at nfbnet.org> wrote:
> 
> Dear Dr. Harpour,
> 
> This is excellent, thank you for sharing your approach. I have been
> thinking of adopting the same approach. I have some follow-ups for
> you:
> 
> First, when reading text aloud in this fashion, do you speak
> organically as you listen, or do you listen, commit to memory what you
> have heard and speak it out loud in a seamless fashion?
> 
> Second, at what speed rate do you keep JAWS when getting it to read
> aloud the text?
> 
> Third, do you feel that you are able to sound natural and maintain the
> desired tone while doing this? One difficulty I foresee with doing it
> is sounding disjointed and unnatural while speaking. Also, I am
> wondering if it is possible to tonally emphasize some specific words
> or phrases when adopting this strategy.
> 
> On the whole, it certainly does sound like a viable solution. Thank
> you, again, for sharing it.
> 
> Best,
> Rahul
> 
>> On 09/01/2020, Paul Harpur via BlindLaw <blindlaw at nfbnet.org> wrote:
>> I am not sure I do it fantastically, but what I do is have a bite size
>> amount of text on each line.  I then arrow down each line as the line above
>> is finishing.  I have my screen reader speaking at slightly faster than I
>> am.
>> Here is part of a speech I gave recently at the a ILO workshop.
>> 
>> We are up here on a small platform but we have a big message
>> Thank you Frances
>> Today I want to focus my paper on
>> Workers with Disabilities Working in the Global Gig Economy
>> This project forms    part of a wider collaborative work between myself and
>> Professor Peter Blanck   Professor Blanck chairs  the Burton Blatt Institute
>> Syracuse Universitywhere I am also an international distinguished fellow
>> I am going to start my presentation by analysing
>> how technology and universal design
>> is enabling workers with disabilities to participate in the global gig
>> economy
>> Second
>> I will show how this new market is creating
>> new policy and regulatory opportunities
>> to enable persons with disabilities to become
>> workers with disabilities
>> we have heard in other sessions how technology can be used as an enabler
>> Universal Design can guide the
>> design of environments
>> processes
>> policies
>> technologies and tools
>> to facilitate the inclusion of all people in society
>> Universal design however can do more than this
>> Universal design can create new work opportunities
>> Universal design can Create new opportunities  for economic advancement
>> Universal design can provide people with disabilities
>> who have been denied their right to work access
>> to work
>> it can make persons with disabilities into workers with disabilities
>> 
>> 
>> Dr Paul Harpur
>> BBus (HRm), LLB (Hons) LLM, PhD, solicitor of the High Court of Australia
>> (non-practicing)
>> Fulbright Future Scholar/International Distinguished Fellow, Burton Blatt
>> Institute, SU, New York/Academic Fellow, Harvard Law School Project on
>> Disabilities.
>> Associate Professor
>> The University of Queensland Law School
>> 
>> 
>> -----Original Message-----
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>> via BlindLaw
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>> Cc: Rahul Bajaj <rahul.bajaj1038 at gmail.com>
>> Subject: [blindLaw] Reading text aloud verbatim while listening to JAWS
>> 
>> Hi, all,
>> 
>> Are any of you here able to do this in a natural-sounding and seamless way?
>> If so, how? One solution is Braille. However, I started learning Braille as
>> an adult a couple of years ago and still have a long way to go to get to a
>> point where I might be able to deploy it in this context. So I’d really like
>> to learn how to do this with JAWS on a war footing.
>> 
>> Most blind people I know cannot do this. But some can which suggests to me
>> that it is a learnable skill.
>> 
>> Best,
>> Rahul
>> 
>> 
>> 
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