- Read as much as posible
If you are a slow reader, maybe it doesn’t make so much fun to read braille. But the most important strategy to read more fluent is much practice. So take your time for reading and it will make more fun page by page.
- Read different things
Read books, newspapers, all kinds of labels you find and read on braille display. So you get used to different types of braille dots.
And also read different kinds of text. The varation of content you read makes you more flexible in reading.
- Train your tactile skills
Use your finger tips not only for reading, but for exploring everythin tactile you find in your environment. Explore tactile graphics e.g. labyits, follow lines on each objects or count structures on objects.
Use special material for the training of tactile skills.
Play with tactile marked cards or other tacitle games.
- Use all your body to read
Read not only with one finger, but with two. Using the “scissors technique” by employing both hands effectively, such as starting the next line with one hand while finishing the current line with the other, can streamline your reading and
reduce pauses.
Take you time to practice reading with other fingers than the index fingers and try to come to reading with 4 or 6 fingers.
Use all your hand to get an overview over a page.
- Touch light
Maintaining a light touch while reading enhances sensitivity to the Braille dots, reducing physical strain and improving accuracy.
- Prepare yourself and environment well for reading
Simple preparations, such as warming up your hands or ensuring they are clean and dry, can also improve tactile engagement.
Position yourself and the text in a convenient way. Reading is most easy when you sit in an upright position, when elbows are at 90 degrees and your wrist are straight. Ensure that your text is on a flat surface and will not slip away.
- Read with your brain
Cognitive strategies enhance reading efficiency. Anticipating upcoming words or phrases based on context, a skill known as skimming, helps readers process information more quickly by grouping text into meaningful chunks.
- Don’t read alone
Reading to other in general is a good way to read in a different way and improve fluency.
You can practice also guided oral reading, where another person provides feedback as you read aloud.
Echo reading (reading in sync with another person or a recording) can train you to match a faster pace.
Join or found a braille reading groups.
- Read faster than you can
Just slide over the braille lines in a high speed even when you don’t regonice the words. With the time you will understand more and more and develope to a higher speed.
- Read what you want
Motivation is the best way to train reading. So look for text you really enjoy to read. Read what you want and not only what you must read.
Find short stories which give you a feeling of success even after short reading sessions.
Be aware that being able to read yourself is a great thing you can be proud of. This gives you motivation.