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From: Patrick.Gormley@f304.n109.z1.fidonet.org (Patrick Gormley)
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Subject: Braille Reading Speed
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Date: 28 Jun 90 17:00:40 GMT
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[This is from the Blink Talk Conference]

I think a good gauge for a braille reading speed is approximately the 
average speec a sighted persons usually reads.  I think that's about 250 
words a minute.  When I was in school, I had to keep up with my sighted 
colleagues both in parochial grade school and a jesuit high school here 
in Washington.  Since I took Hadley's rapid braille reading a number of 
years ago, I have increased my reading speed to at least 400 words per 
minute with some variation either higher or lower.  

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