[NABS-L] “Speed Reading”

[Ka Li]

Hi Jonathon,

There's a way to do this with JAWS by using the skim reading tool. The 
way this works is you define the elements you wish to navigate to such 
as highlighted text, bold, underline, text with different 
background/foreground colours with the tool and it then allows you to 
jump to the specific text attributes that you specified. It also 
supports navigation by the first line/sentence of each paragraph. This 
works in web and MS Word documents.

See

https://support.freedomscientific.com/Training/Surfs-Up/Skim_Reading.htm

for more info.


Best,

Ka


On 9/24/2019 11:16 AM, Nina Marranca via NABS-L wrote:
> Hi Jonathon.
> 	Besides increasing the speech rate, I personally have not found an effective way to skim or speed read, especially if the material is a textbook. You can of course find certain words or phrases or navigate by headings, but other than that, I have found that skimming just isn't an option when using audio formats.
> 	I hope someone else has found a solution. __
> 	Have a great Tuesday!
>
> Nina Marranca
> Moderator | National Association of Blind Students Mailing List
> Co-chair | Communications Committee
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> On 9/24/19, 10:46, "NABS-L on behalf of Jonathan Zobek via NABS-L" <nabs-l-bounces at nfbnet.org on behalf of nabs-l at nfbnet.org> wrote:
>
>      Hello All,
>      
>      I have a question about reading: is there any way to “speed read” an audiobook other than making the reading speed faster? I know sighted individuals can scan paragraphs, look for highlighted words, speed read, etc. Is there any way to get through an audiobook or other file and still retain the important information?
>      
>      Best,
>      Jonathan
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