[NABS-L] Listening to text with JAWS and verbally reproducing it simultaneously: 3 specific questions

[Marc Workman]

The trick is to break up the sentennces. Ideally you break them up where
the listener would naturally expect a pause.

The downside is it does take a little extra work to format the
presentation, but the more you do it, the better you get at knowing where
to split the sentence. Of course rehearsing helps, but when the sentences
are broken up, you can do a pretty good job without having to practice
much.

I've been using this approach for years, including in front of audiences of
hundreds, and have received many complements on my public speaking
abilities.

BTW, I also use this approach regularly with an iPhone and voiceover, which
is handy when you don't want to drag a laptop up with you.

Hope this helps.

Cheers,

Marc


On Fri, Jan 15, 2021 at 8:46 AM Rahul Bajaj via NABS-L <nabs-l at nfbnet.org>
wrote:

> Hello,
>
> I have the following questions:
>
> First, I normally listen to JAWS at 65%. Even after slowing it down,
> if I try to listen to the text line-by-line, I find that by the time I
> am done reading and have to speak, I am only able to retain 40-50% of
> what I have heard. So I end up losing some content.
> On the other hand, if I listen to JAWS one word at a time, I find that
> I end up being much too slow, such that my speech sounds disjointed
> and halting.
>
> Second, I am wondering how your experience differs between verbally
> reproducing new content [i.e. material you have never read before]
> versus content you are already familiar with.
> Put simply, would it pay to familiarize oneself with the content to be
> reproduced beforehand?
>
> Third and lastly, can you suggest some pointers for building up one's
> capacity, to be able to get better at doing this i.e. listening to
> JAWS and speaking out what it is reading at the same time?
>
>
> Best,
> Rahul
> --
> --
> Rahul Bajaj
> Judicial Law Clerk to Dr. Justice D.Y. Chandrachud, Supreme Court of India
> Rhodes Scholar (India and Linacre 2018)
> University of Oxford
>
>
>
> --
> --
> Rahul Bajaj
> Judicial Law Clerk to Dr. Justice D.Y. Chandrachud, Supreme Court of India
> Rhodes Scholar (India and Linacre 2018)
> University of Oxford
>
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