[nabs-l] Speeding Up Reading?

[Arielle Silverman]

I read with both hands when using a Braille display. I think I keep
both hands together and move both from left to right along the Braille
display line, which still enables me to read much faster since I am
reading words with both hands at the same time. Once my right hand
gets to the end, I press the advance key and keep going. I'm not as
fast on a Braille display as I am with hard copy Braille since there's
a brief delay with scrolling, but I can read fast enough on a display
to give a presentation etc.
Arielle

On 9/21/12, Brandon Keith Biggs <brandonkeithbiggs at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hello,
> That split is the one I do, or the one I thought you were doing?
> The one I do is with my left hand in place while my right hand finishes the
>
> line then it smoothly goes to the left hand after my right ends the line.
>
> The faster one is where you have two hands moving at once. I don't know
> about reading ahead at the same time as reading what comes before, so I was
>
> wondering if that was really possible.
> Thanks,
>
> Brandon Keith Biggs
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Chris Nusbaum
> Sent: Friday, September 21, 2012 6:29 PM
> To: 'National Association of Blind Students mailing list'
> Subject: Re: [nabs-l] Speeding Up Reading?
>
> Hi Brandon,
>
> That is the two-handed split I was talking about.
>
> Chris
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: nabs-l-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:nabs-l-bounces at nfbnet.org] On
> Behalf
> Of Brandon Keith Biggs
> Sent: Friday, September 21, 2012 9:10 PM
> To: National Association of Blind Students mailing list
> Subject: Re: [nabs-l] Speeding Up Reading?
>
> Hello,
> Maybe we are talking about different 2 handed split? I have my right hand
> on
> the middle of the line marking me where I am while my left hand is at the
> start. I then have my left hand go to my right hand and when they connect,
> I
> move my left hand down to the next line.
> Do you read with both the left and right hands at the same time with the
> right hand reading the end of line 1 and the left hand reading the start of
> line 2?
> Thanks,
>
> Brandon Keith Biggs
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Arielle Silverman
> Sent: Friday, September 21, 2012 9:28 AM
> To: National Association of Blind Students mailing list
> Subject: Re: [nabs-l] Speeding Up Reading?
>
> These are all great suggestions. I think putting your middle and ring
> fingers down on the Braille in addition to your index finger will really
> help. Also, as you master the two-handed split, you will find you are
> getting words from both sides of a line at the same time. Your brain will
> integrate this information from both hands so that you are able to get the
> gist of a full sentence without reading every word or every letter.
> Arielle
>
> On 9/21/12, Cynthia Bennett <clb5590 at gmail.com> wrote:
>> My method sounds silly, but it really helped to change my mind set
>> about reading. Terri said some great things too. I did not do the
>> speeding up thing but a few times.
>>
>> Cindy
>>
>> On 9/20/12, trising <trising at sbcglobal.net> wrote:
>>> Here are some things that I tell campers as I direct a week of camp
>>> for improving Braille Reading Speeds.
>>> 1. Do not move your lips as you read. Fast readers do not read aloud.
>>> 2. Use all six fingers on the Braille. More fingers means faster speeds.
>>> The
>>> index fingers give details but the tall fingers and ring fingers give
>>> the shape of the words. Print readers do not read every letter. I do
>>> not read every letter in Braille and neither does my husband. We read
>>> close to 300 words per minute.
>>> 3. Keep palms up off the Braille. Some people benefit when I say
>>> piano hands. Others thing that there is a soft ball under their palm.
>>> You do not want to flatten that palm onto the Braille.
>>> 4. The left hand is more sensitive than the right. Keep both hands
>>> together until the last word or two. Then, let them separate. The
>>> left hand tracks back on the line you just read and then drops down,
>>> while the right gets that last word or two. Then, they are braught
>>> together again to read most of the subsequent line. Practice makes
>>> perfect. Even if these things do not help at first, keep practicing
>>> them, and your speed will increase. I hope this helps.
>>>
>>> Terri Wilcox
>>>
>>>
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>>
>> --
>> Cynthia Bennett
>> B.A. Psychology, UNC Wilmington
>>
>> clb5590 at gmail.com
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