[NABS-L] Peer feedback is greatly appreciated

[Justin Williams]

I usually kept everything at 65 words a minute, but if I needed to slow it
down I did.  50 to 60 pages a chapter.  I did almost all the reading. At
about 65 words a minute, you can read it in a little under an hour.  If you
slow it down you'll get everything out of it, but it may take you an hour.
I'm a perfectionist, and I liked being able to talk intelligently in class
about the lesson, so I read a little slower as to get everything, but
generally, I could read a chapter, and get everything in about an hour.  

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One way to read quickly is to increase the speed of your screen reader. - I
remember when I first started using a screed reader I could only listen to
things at around 65 words per minute, but now I listen to most things at 130
words per minute, although I sometimes slow this down if the passage is
complicated. I am also in Law School, which truly has a staggering amount of
reading. Like 80pages a week for a single class. Some semesters I have had
to read over 300 pages a week.

Best of luck in your studies.

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Date: Sat, 20 Jan 2018 01:13:53 -0500
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You may be able to navigate through the text by heading, if you?re trying to
just hit the main points. You can do that through your rotor. You could
possibly use item chooser to search for particular elements, but I?m
honestly not sure whether that applies to text search. 

> On Jan 20, 2018, at 12:45 AM, Zachary N. Griego-Dreicer via NABS-L
<nabs-l at nfbnet.org> wrote:
> 
> I know that reading by paragraph on the mac and on a pc is done with
control+down arrow or up arrow. Then you could read the initial sentence 
control+or
2. 
> Sent from my Macbook Pro 13
> 
>> On Jan 19, 2018, at 22:09, Ayoub Zurikat via NABS-L 
>> <nabs-l at nfbnet.org>
wrote:
>> 
>> Hi my fellow NABSians .
>> I use the screen reader on my iPad to read my text books. I use the
screen reader that?s already installed in accessibility features on the
iPad. This term, there is a staggering amount of reading to be done not to
mention the assignments. I wonder if anyone has experience, or knows how to,
skim read using a screen reader? 
>> Please, any suggestions or feedback is very much appreciated and will 
>> be
helpful.
>> Thank you
>> 



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