Re: a couple of observations
- From: "W. Nick Dotson" <nickdotson@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: "optacon-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx" <optacon-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sat, 13 May 2006 10:37:05 -0500
There were annual informal contests at National Conventions in the 70's through
mid 80's, with speeds exceeding 160. I was in the 150's, and to
demonstrate what could be done by way of accessing unfamiliar text, read aloud
to groups as part of my overall adaptive technology presentations to
agency types, parents of blind kids, educators, and even to the then head of FL
DBS who was a reluctant advocate of the use of technology for the young
and gifted blind... He was not so favorably inclined for adults... Albeit, he
did understand the utility for IRS and SSA employees, and others...
There is no rationale for a cap other than the degree to which a straight scan
can be performed, and faster camera movement means a greater likelyhood of
being able to keep a straight line, that's the law of conservation of angular
momentum in play, and the degree to which the hand-brain system could
interpolate the data. There is what we profficient readers cometimes referred
to as the "reading trance" most understandable among those who didn't have
those speeds, by comparison with the way one learned to relax into speeded
speech reading rates of upto double, but then, started to sensorally isolate
oneself for rates upto quadroople through the use of earphones, and tightening
concentration, but still with looseness, because getting self-conscious meant
tightening up, and like in juggling would mean you'd lose your rythm and flow,
and all the balls would drop... (grin)
Nick
On Fri, 12 May 2006 18:28:42 -0400 (EDT), Robert Feinstein wrote:
I am in no way trying to start an argument, but I was told by someone at
TSI that, due to the engineering of the Optacon, the fastest speeds one
could hope to attain would be in the area of 80 words per minute, and that
would be pretty rare. I would be interested in what speeds have been
attained by Optacon users who were timed.
Bob
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