[BlindTlk] Braille Reading Speed

[Ringlein, Ellen]

A friend told me once that if you don't move your lips to form the words when you are reading quietly but just think of the words in your mind, that you should be able to read faster. I personally have found this a hard habit to break. 

Cordially,

Ellen
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From: BlindTlk [mailto:blindtlk-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Judy Jones via BlindTlk
Sent: Sunday, April 07, 2019 1:27 PM
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Subject: Re: [BlindTlk] Braille Reading Speed

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


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From: BlindTlk [mailto:blindtlk-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of kelby carlson via BlindTlk
Sent: Sunday, April 7, 2019 9:19 AM
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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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