[nabs-l] Speeding Up Reading?

[Jewel]

What if your right hand is more sensitive? I'm left-handed, and my
right hand is more sensitive when I'm reading Braille. I read with all
fingers of my right hand, but haven't gotten the two-handed split down
yet, and the teacher who tried to show it to me didn't get that my
right hand is the more sensitive one. I'd love to read faster, as I'm
at 50-80 wpm right now.
~Jewel

On 9/21/12, Arielle Silverman <arielle71 at gmail.com> wrote:
> These are all great suggestions. I think putting your middle and ring
> fingers down on the Braille in addition to your index finger will
> really help. Also, as you master the two-handed split, you will find
> you are getting words from both sides of a line at the same time. Your
> brain will integrate this information from both hands so that you are
> able to get the gist of a full sentence without reading every word or
> every letter.
> Arielle
>
> On 9/21/12, Cynthia Bennett <clb5590 at gmail.com> wrote:
>> My method sounds silly, but it really helped to change my mind set
>> about reading. Terri said some great things too. I did not do the
>> speeding up thing but a few times.
>>
>> Cindy
>>
>> On 9/20/12, trising <trising at sbcglobal.net> wrote:
>>> Here are some things that I tell campers as I direct a week of camp for
>>> improving Braille Reading Speeds.
>>> 1. Do not move your lips as you read. Fast readers do not read aloud.
>>> 2. Use all six fingers on the Braille. More fingers means faster speeds.
>>> The
>>> index fingers give details but the tall fingers and
>>> ring fingers give the shape of the words. Print readers do not read
>>> every
>>> letter. I do not read every letter in Braille and neither
>>> does my husband. We read close to 300 words per minute.
>>> 3. Keep palms up off the Braille. Some people benefit when I say piano
>>> hands. Others thing that there is a soft ball under their
>>> palm. You do not want to flatten that palm onto the Braille.
>>> 4. The left hand is more sensitive than the right. Keep both hands
>>> together
>>> until the last word or two. Then, let them separate. The
>>> left hand tracks back on the line you just read and then drops down,
>>> while
>>> the right gets that last word or two. Then, they are
>>> braught together again to read most of the subsequent line. Practice
>>> makes
>>> perfect. Even if these things do not help at first, keep
>>> practicing them, and your speed will increase. I hope this helps.
>>>
>>> Terri Wilcox
>>>
>>>
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>>
>> --
>> Cynthia Bennett
>> B.A. Psychology, UNC Wilmington
>>
>> clb5590 at gmail.com
>> 828.989.5383
>>
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