[nabs-l] Learning to learn faster

[Lillie Pennington]

I have my jaws at rate 86, read roughly 140 words a minute, and have my apex at rate 13. I have voiceover at normal speed because I don't like its rhythm when it reads faster.

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> On Feb 25, 2014, at 6:40 PM, Mohamed <malhajamy at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> You a bit remind me of what I do.  I turn off the speech myself, to avoid disturbing the class.  Yes, I use a stream.  Are you using the second generation stream? Just curious.
> 
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: sami osborne <ligne14 at verizon.net
> To: National Association of Blind Students mailing list<nabs-l at nfbnet.org
> Date sent: Tue, 25 Feb 2014 18:28:40 -0500
> Subject: Re: [nabs-l] Learning to learn faster
> 
> Hi all.
> 
> I use a BrailleNote Apex for schoolwork and emails.
> I know that you guys might think that audio is faster than
> Braille, but I turn off the speech on my BrailleNote so as not to
> disturb the other kids in my class.
> However, I also use a Victor Reader Stream to listen to books,
> and its audio qualy, to me, is very good.
> I also use a computer with Jaws installed for surfing the web and
> for playing games.
> I'm not  sure what my average braille reading speed is, but now
> that you mentioned it, I'll probably test that and see, although
> I do know that I'm a fast Braille reader...
> 
> Sami.
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Mohamed <malhajamy at gmail.com
> To: National Association of Blind Students mailing
> list<nabs-l at nfbnet.org
> Date sent: Tue, 25 Feb 2014 15:18:35 -0500
> Subject: Re: [nabs-l] Learning to learn faster
> 
> Hi Helga, me, personally, I  like audio more.  Braille, for me,
> is rather slow.  I have my BrailleNote sped up to the maximum
> speed, rate 16.  I just simply like audio more than braille.
> 
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: <helga.schreiber26 at gmail.com
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