[nabs-l] Public Speaking

RJ Sandefur joltingjacksandefur at gmail.com
Fri Jun 20 21:29:18 UTC 2014


If you'd like for me to give you some tips, feel free to add me to skype, 
and I'll give you a mock speach, to kind of show you how it's done. my skype 
name is\
smallistbaby1979
RJ
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Candice Chapman via nabs-l" <nabs-l at nfbnet.org>
To: "Shickeytha Chandler" <shickeytha at gmail.com>; "National Association of 
Blind Students mailing list" <nabs-l at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Friday, June 20, 2014 5:21 PM
Subject: Re: [nabs-l] Public Speaking


> 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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