[nabs-l] Presentation Techniques

[Arielle Silverman]

Hi Niall,
I am a totally blind grad student and I regularly give research and
teaching presentations. In my experience it is very hard to remember
what I want to talk about without using Braille. If you plan to teach
professionally or go to grad school, I would highly recommend taking a
few months to teach yourself to read Braille, even just the alphabet
or "Grade 1" Braille can be tremendously helpful. Hadley School for
the Blind offers courses and will send you materials in the mail so
you can learn the alphabet and practice at home. Even if you don't
plan to teach after this semester, it will really help you in any job
to know how to read and write Braille. You don't have to be a fast
reader to use Braille for presentations; just having the notes there
to jog your memory will keep you from getting tongue-tied or
forgetting what you want to say.
In the meantime while you are learning Braille, you can use JAWS with
an earphone to listen to what's on each slide as you present it. I
would suggest trying to install your personal copy of JAWS on the
school's computer or installing a "demo" version. You shouldn't have a
problem installing your licensed copy on both your school and home
computers. If you can't do that, then talk to the college about
bringing your laptop.
Again, this isn't a great solution since you have to stop at the
beginning of each slide, listen to JAWS read it to you and then say
what you want to say. Braille is much much better. But JAWS can work
in the short term.
Best,
Arielle

On 4/5/12, Niall Gallagher <niall.j.gallagher.91 at gmail.com> wrote:
> Thank you for the suggestion of using large print. but my vision is at a
> level that I cannot see any written materials.
> I use JAWS on Windows and VoiceOver on Mac.
> The college use windows and wont have JAWS available.
>
> Sent from my iPhone
>
> On Apr 5, 2012, at 7:06 PM, "Ashley Bramlett" <bookwormahb at earthlink.net>
> wrote:
>
>> have someone turn slides for you. have a braille or large print copy of
>> the slide you typed. when you want to turn slides,  just cue them to turn
>> it.
>> work from your prepared copy and you'll be fine.
>>
>> -----Original Message----- From: Niall Gallagher
>> Sent: Thursday, April 05, 2012 1:47 PM
>> To: National Association of Blind Students mailing list
>> Subject: Re: [nabs-l] Presentation Techniques
>>
>> Sorry guys I didn't want to overwhelm with information, but seems I did
>> the opposite :)
>> I am visually impaired but it is to the extent to which I can't see Power
>> Point slides or any presentation aids (flash cards etc).
>> I use the screen reading package JAWS to create the initial presentation
>> slideshow.
>>
>> I expect not to have any screen reading software pre-installed on the
>> computer I will be using in class.
>> I could always use my own laptop, but that would mean changing the
>> configuration of the projector cables the college has setup.
>>
>> The presentation is going to be law based, which I studied last year, but
>> I am unsure of the topic or any additional information about the
>> tutorials.
>>
>> I don't know or use brail, I primarily work with technology.
>>
>> I guess what I'm thinking of is, when there is a slide on the projector
>> screen, that they can see, what could I do in order to prompt or assist
>> myself?
>>
>> Hope this information helps you understand the situation.
>>
>> Kindest regards,
>>
>> Niall.
>> On 5 Apr 2012, at 18:09, Nicole B. Torcolini at Home wrote:
>>
>>> Do you read Braille? If so, do you have a Braille note taking device?
>>>
>>> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Niall Gallagher"
>>> <niall.j.gallagher.91 at gmail.com>
>>> To: <nabs-l at nfbnet.org>
>>> Sent: Thursday, April 05, 2012 9:32 AM
>>> Subject: [nabs-l] Presentation Techniques
>>>
>>>
>>>> Hi Everyone,,
>>>>
>>>> I am a 3rd Year college student in Ireland.
>>>> As part of my studies, I must complete a work placement module
>>>> A part of this module will involve working with a lecturer.
>>>> Now, for my question, does anyone have any techniques that they may use
>>>> for presentations?
>>>>
>>>> I have presented in front of a class before, but it has been for a very
>>>> brief period of time (no more than 10 minutes).
>>>> These upcoming presentations will be tutorials (in excess of 30
>>>> minutes).
>>>>
>>>> I would appreciate any suggestions members of this list may have.
>>>>
>>>> Kindest regards,
>>>>
>>>> Niall.
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