[nabs-l] Public Speaking

[Shickeytha Chandler]

Thanks so much for all your responses. Candice, I do have an iPhone,
but haven't been using it for long. Would love to hear any tips you
have about that. I have seen the "notes" app and played around with it
a bit, but not much. Aleeha, those are some great tips for me to keep
in mind. RJ, it is very kind of you to offer to give me tips. I will
add you on Skype... as soon as I remember my password or get a new one
(I have an account but haven't used it much obviously, ha ha).

Thanks again,

Shickeytha

On 6/20/14, RJ Sandefur via nabs-l <nabs-l at nfbnet.org> wrote:
> 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
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> Sent: Friday, June 20, 2014 5:21 PM
> Subject: Re: [nabs-l] Public Speaking
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>> 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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