[BlindTlk] Braille Reading Speed

[Judy Jones]

Regarding reading speeds, the reading aloud speed is going to be different
from the speed when reading to yourself.

My reading speed is about like yours.

Back in the day, Hadley used to offer a speed-reading course, and I took it.
I was still a fast reader, but one of the techniques they recommended that
many may use already is to keep your left hand near the beginning of the
line and let your reading finger go mid-line, allowing your righthand finger
to take over that half while you advance to the next line with your left
hand.

That way, each hand only has a half line to cover, reading more in less
amount of time for tracking and moving back and forth.

My reading speed on hard-copy was about the same as yours is now on the
notetaker, and on the notetaker, I am comfortable advancing forward with the
buttons on the lefthand side of the display, rather than advancing forward
with the righthand buttons.  Some notetakers call it reverse advance.

Judy


-----Original Message-----
From: BlindTlk [mailto:blindtlk-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of kelby
carlson via BlindTlk
Sent: Sunday, April 7, 2019 9:19 AM
To: blindtlk at nfbnet.org
Cc: kelby carlson
Subject: [BlindTlk] Braille Reading Speed

I'm curious what the average Braille reading speed is among us. I tested
mine recently and on a Braille display it is about 200 words per minute. I
would definitely like to get it faster, but I don't know the best way of
doing so or what a realistic goal might be.

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