[nfbmi-talk] Improving Braille Reading Speed

[Fredolver]

Some good ideas here, Terry. Thanks for sharing. Never heard of speed bro reading before, thanks for the info. Fred Olver

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> On Mar 3, 2014, at 1:50 PM, <trising at sbcglobal.net> wrote:
> 
>     Here are instructions for improving your Braille reading speed.
> 1. To improve your Braille reading speed, at first, use hard copy Braille. Sit at a desk so that you can use both hands. Use all six 
> fingers, except for your pinkies and thumbs. Index fingers give you the details, but the other fingers give you the shape of the 
> words. Fast Braille and fast print readers do not read letter for letter. Both recognize words as a whole, either by sight or under 
> the finger tips. If you only read letter for letter, your speed will be slow and comprehension hindered. At first, other fingers may 
> not recognize much, but if you keep them in contact with the Braille as often as possible, they will start to contribute. 
> Individuals who insist on reading with one finger will not develop significant speed.
> 2. Keep palms off the paper! Read as if you had a soft ball under your palms. Dragging palms or arms will slow you down. Another way 
> to think of the hand position is like you were playing piano. Braille is not read with flat fingers. It is read just behind the 
> tips, but not on the pads of the fingers. Fingers should be slightly rounded and be placed close together.
> 3. Do not move your lips. Fast readers read in their heads. You can still audiate what you read but it should be in your head rather 
> than out loud.
> 4. As I said before, keeping in contact with the Braille as much as possible will make you faster. When you reach the end of a line, 
> the right hand should read the last word while the left hand tracks back on that same line and drops down to the next. You give the 
> left hand more work because left hands are generally more sensitive. Think of your hands as a husband and wife. They like each other 
> most of the time, and then they have a spat. They get some space for the length of a word and then join together again to work 
> together to read most of the line. This just makes you faster.
> 
> I hope this helps. Please contact me if you need further assistance.
> 
> Sincerely,
> Terri Wilcox
> Secretary, National Federation of the Blind of Michigan
> Ann Arbor Chapter President
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