[Nfbaz-talk] Fw: Nice Article on Enhancing Braille Fluency-Dispelling the Myth that Braille is Slow

[Mike Freeman]

I believe Curtis Chong once wrote an article decrying the inefficiency of scanning whole books when compared to using live readers. Not quite the same thing but in the ballpark.

Mike

----- Original Message -----
From: "Dr. Scott Wendell Bray" <sbray at nisj.org>
To: "NFB of Arizona Discussion List" <nfbaz-talk at nfbnet.org>
Date: Tuesday, Apr 21, 2009 1:12:25
Subject: Re: [Nfbaz-talk] Fw: Nice Article on Enhancing Braille Fluency-Dispelling the Myth that Braille is Slow

>
>
> Are there any articles out there on people who choose book scanning and
> other downloads as opposed to Braille: i.e., the advantages of Braille,
> especially among older folks?
> 
> Scott
> 
> Dr. ScottWendell Bray
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Allison (NFBA)" <nfbarizona at gmail.com>
> To: "AABS List" <arizona-students at nfbnet.org>
> Cc: "NFB of Arizona Discussion List" <nfbaz-talk at nfbnet.org>
> Sent: Monday, April 20, 2009 10:26 PM
> Subject: [Nfbaz-talk] Fw: Nice Article on Enhancing Braille
> Fluency-Dispelling the Myth that Braille is Slow
> 
> 
> Hi all,
> 
> Thought some of you may find the below interesting.
> 
> Allison
> 
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "DrV" <pumpkinracer at gmail.com>
> 
> 
> In case some of you may have not yet seen it, here is a really nice article
> entitled "Double Your Pleasure—Double Your Speed" that really does 2 things:
> 1) the author describes techniques on how individuals can doubled or tripled
> their speeds & 2) it helps dispel the myth that braille is slow, for it
> describes how blind individuals can read at speeds of over 300, 400 & even
> over 500 words per minute. Here is the direct link:
> www.nfb.org/images/nfb/Publications/bm/bm09/bm0903/bm090311.htm.
> 
> Here are 2 other articles that discuss braille reading speed:
> 
> 1. Building Braille Reading Speed: Some Helpful Suggestions, also by Jerry
> Whittle, can be found at http://nfb.org/legacy/bm/bm93/brlm9305.htm#11
> 
> 2. Braille Reading Speed: Are You Willing to Do What It Takes? by Susan Ford
> and Ramona Walhof (http://nfb.org/legacy/bm/bm99/bm990604.htm)
> 
> Sincerely,
> 
> Eric Vasiliauskas
> 
> 
> 
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