[nabs-l] Speeding Up Reading?

Sun Sep 23 16:36:36 UTC 2012

Hi Brandon,

What you do is what I do. I'm still learning the other, faster one, where
you have two hands reading at once.

Chris

-----Original Message-----
From: nabs-l-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:nabs-l-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf
Of Brandon Keith Biggs
Sent: Friday, September 21, 2012 11:58 PM
To: National Association of Blind Students mailing list
Subject: Re: [nabs-l] Speeding Up Reading?

Hello,
That split is the one I do, or the one I thought you were doing?
The one I do is with my left hand in place while my right hand finishes the
line then it smoothly goes to the left hand after my right ends the line.

The faster one is where you have two hands moving at once. I don't know
about reading ahead at the same time as reading what comes before, so I was
wondering if that was really possible.
Thanks,

Brandon Keith Biggs
-----Original Message-----
From: Chris Nusbaum
Sent: Friday, September 21, 2012 6:29 PM
To: 'National Association of Blind Students mailing list'
Subject: Re: [nabs-l] Speeding Up Reading?

Hi Brandon,

That is the two-handed split I was talking about.

Chris

-----Original Message-----
From: nabs-l-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:nabs-l-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf
Of Brandon Keith Biggs
Sent: Friday, September 21, 2012 9:10 PM
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Subject: Re: [nabs-l] Speeding Up Reading?

Hello,
Maybe we are talking about different 2 handed split? I have my right hand on
the middle of the line marking me where I am while my left hand is at the
start. I then have my left hand go to my right hand and when they connect, I
move my left hand down to the next line.
Do you read with both the left and right hands at the same time with the
right hand reading the end of line 1 and the left hand reading the start of
line 2?
Thanks,

Brandon Keith Biggs
-----Original Message-----
From: Arielle Silverman
Sent: Friday, September 21, 2012 9:28 AM
To: National Association of Blind Students mailing list
Subject: Re: [nabs-l] Speeding Up Reading?

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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