[nabs-l] Public Speaking

[Candice Chapman]

Hi Shickeytha, 

If you use an apple device. There's a little trick I learned from a friend. If you put your notes in a plain text doc you can use VoiceOver like an audio TelePrompter. 

Let me know off list if you want more info. 

Best, 

Candice Chapman

Sent from my iPhone

> On Jun 20, 2014, at 4:06 PM, Shickeytha Chandler via nabs-l <nabs-l at nfbnet.org> wrote:
> 
> Happy Friday All,
> 
> I am wondering if some of you would be willing to share tips and
> suggestions for effective public speaking as a blind person. One of my
> classes in Graduate School this coming semester involves doing several
> speeches. In my undergrad work, I had to do a few, but let it suffice
> to say that my public speaking skills were less than stellar. I think
> part of it is because of not feeling confident because I can't just
> look down and read from my notes (or a teleprompter, lol) like a
> sighted person could. My Braille skills are lacking also. I only read
> uncontracted Braille slowly. I have had a few suggestions that I might
> try, but I want to get as many ideas as possible. My VR counselor told
> me about another client who uses a Victor Reader to record speeches in
> advance and then has headphones playing while he is speaking, and he
> can pause the player as needed. Additionally, I took a PowerPoint
> course from the Hadley School last year, and the blind instructor told
> me that she uses Blue Tooth headphones to listen to her notes as she
> presents. I would love to hear from any of you who have strong public
> speaking skills and experience to learn your ideas that might be
> helpful to me. Thanks in advance!
> 
> Shickeytha
> 
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