Demonstration of reading braille - an extract from Harry Potter read aloud

[@charlietheorca5390]

wow i find this really interesting. I'd love to learn how to read brail. its so mesmerizing to watch someone read it.

[@cesarpreciado3382]

razzytheorca me too. It's so interesting

[@Typeman5]

and then you can read it in the dark XD

[@anodegaming4311]

razzytheorca braille

[@indaystocome7416]

It's a long slow process.

[@Holdington]

Just start learning then :)

[@sluicesusan]

I just don’t understand how they can feel each bump and recognise it so bloody fast

[@shukrantpatil]

their sense of touch is quite strong .

[@JayDay013]

Amplified sensory

[@0deadx21]

When you're blind, your other senses become stronger to make up for your lack of sight.

[@CrownedWithLaurels]

The other replies here are wrong. The "amplified senses" thing is a myth, and quite annoying to many blind people who are tired of people assuming they have superpowers. A blind person *relies* on their other senses more, and gets better at using them to navigate their environment. The senses themselves don't get stronger. To put it another way, they don't HEAR better, they LISTEN better. And you have the same sensitivity of touch in your fingertips as a blind person, but you haven't learned to use it as well. A blind person recognises symbols with their fingers quickly the same way you recognise symbols with your eyes quickly - lots and lots of practice.

[@andybarker8787]

Agreed! A blind person is equally amazed that we process visual information. It’s like listening to or learning a different language.

[@al3k]

Forget Potter, reading braille like this is real magic! :) Very impressive.

[@allaboutglaucomajasmynpoli7681]

I want to be fluent in Braille one day!

[@whitechocolate1083]

Why?

[@doyltruddy902]

@@whitechocolate1083 so he can hook up with blind chicks, duh

[@thecakeredux]

This is the first time I've seen how its done, that's actually quite impressive, great that it works as well as it does. Is it possible to read braille with just a single finger?

[@indaystocome7416]

yes with practice

[@selina4233]

I acrually think it's easier to do it wirh only one finger at first

[@stevenmcsteven6693]

I too can film only my hands passing and read fluently with no stutters or pauses from a real book rofl. what proof do you have that she is actually blind at all?

[@WenpOfficial]

@@stevenmcsteven6693 she isn’t blind she’s demonstrating how blind people read braille she probably remember what the book says

[@HeadRedShot]

yeah but the second finger helps with reading flow

[@juliastolowska8760]

I can read and count in braille, even though I'm not blind, however this book would take me about a year to finish if I were to read it in braille whereas it would only take about 2 to 3 days for me to read an entire normal book.

[@whitechocolate1083]

Glgod you sound so boring. Get a life.

[@gamerttnnllrecurrnation]

@@whitechocolate1083 u should get a life lol imagine being jealous

[@Omegajunior2658]

Wow fair play to her. I'd really love to learn braille. Even I'm not blind. Greetings from Ireland 🇮🇪

[@nistaffsubs6787]

This Is a true inclusive lenguage...

[@thefluffyaj4119]

that's so cool! it's so interesting to me as someone who can see just fine (although with the help of glasses but that's nothing really) to see someone reading with only little bumps to go off of. although it makes sense, I'd assume it's just as natural as when I read things written in english lettering. im learning sign language currently and I enjoy looking at disabled content creators (I myself am in the disabled community, specifically mentally disabled, but the more appropriate term would be the neurodivergent community I suppose) and it's just so fascinating to learn about these whole other ways of life and how other people with disabilities navigate a largely abled person world, y'know?

[@lavaqabeltrana2136]

Wow how amazing!

[@umerrashid6655]

What I'm wondering is how do they know that dot does or doesn't belong to a different line or where one word ends? It's amazing to see her read it so quickly

[@noopinionneeded3281]

What happens if the loose their spot in the book-

[@pasteia]

Same thing as someone who has sight

[@why116]

*lose >:)

[@gamerttnnllrecurrnation]

@@why116 no one cares

[@Twenty_69]

How is it done? I know the braille alphabet but I can read in with my fingers, the dots are to small and to close to each other to distinct the letters

[@alanaflynn8878]

Twenty69 It takes a lot of careful practice. I'm sighted and just starting to learn Braille. I might pass a finger over a single letter or symbol several times before figuring out what it is, and I often open my eyes to double check I'm correct. Make note of which letters and symbols confuse you the most. That way, you can guess when you'e stuck: "Is it one of those that confuses me?" I recommend starting with kids books with uncontracted Braille just to get used to being able to tell what symbols you feel. I've read a Curious George book a few times for the practice. Braille has tens of abbreviations, maybe more than a hundred. For example, "the" has its own symbol, but it can also be used in "then": "the-n". Uncontracted Braille is only the alphabet, no abbreviations (contractions). You WILL want someone there to help you or the text book/writing in text. Young young kids books have typical written English printed in them. An Amelia Bedelia book I found is contracted Braille, but it has text English printed beneath the Braille. Note: when learning a new alphabet, it takes a LONG time to read, but you do speed up with practice. (I also learned how to read Wingdings and some other alphabets, so I have experience with this, haha.) I spent about 40 minutes the other day reading six sentences since I'm so new to Braille.

[@perperperpen]

@@alanaflynn8878 why would you want to learn braille as a sighted person

[@alanaflynn8878]

​@@perperperpen Originally it was because my parents didn't want me to have lights on in the car at night, but I still wanted to read. Once I got an e-reader with a backlight, I stopped. But recently, the reasons are insomnia, migraines, and interest. Insomnia: in theory, leaving the lights off will help me feel tired faster than having the lights on and reading a normal book or watching videos. Migraines: when I get really bad headaches, even opening my eyes and letting in the smallest bit of light can cause pain. As a sighted person, I'm not incredibly capable without vision, but if I could read with my eyes closed, that'd be nice at least. Interest: For the last few years, I've learn to read and write a new alphabet every once in a while. It's just something to do, hahaha.

[@perperperpen]

@@alanaflynn8878 oh ok

[@catinabox3048]

It takes a lot of practice. If you watch Molly Burke's videos, she mentions that NONE of the sighted teachers that she had during the two years she spent at a SCHOOL FOR THE BLIND could finger-read braille. She said they got so confused when she used patterned paper and made her stop! 🤣🤣

[@halewich]

I am amazed at how quickly she is reading with her fingers. I assume she has practiced a great dea, possibly her entire life l. However, no matter how proficient she is, sighted people can still read much, much, MUCH faster with our eyes. In fact, we can read silently far faster than we can possibly speak out loud.

[@pulledpork_revolving_doors]

Contracted braille speeds it up a lot, so some braille readers can read much faster than the average sighted person

[@ItzMCgzz]

Really fast, I’m practicing to read that fast also

[@smokeza]

amazing

[@theunexplainablecrumbs4387]

That's amazing

[@zerir.3726]

watching this over and over for inspiration like it’s a workout video

[@RosaGarcia-fh3fh]

Braille is easy i have learned

[@ZeldaWolf2000]

I'm trying to get better at using, at least two, fingers on each of my hands, and I need to work out the position of my middle finger. Because I've used only my index fingers, my whole life, I'm not used to bending any of my fingers, and having to do that with my middle ones is a bit awkward at the moment. Also, because I've just started practicing this way, I Need to practice being able to feel what's under all of my fingers at once, instead of just the primary fingers. As of right now, it's like I need to switch a channel, when it comes to feeling what's under each of my fingers. I will get better though! Practice, baby!

[@Zakari2]

How are you progressing ?

[@ZeldaWolf2000]

@@Zakari2 no bad actually. I haven't had much time to read on my own because of school, but I've seen progress while reading in my weekly book club, so that's nice. What about you?

[@Zakari2]

@ZeldaWolf2000 Initially, when I began learning Braille Grade 1, my reading speed was just 20 words per minute. Over the years, it increased to 50 words. But now, since I have learned Braille Grade 2, my reading speed gradually increased from 50 to 90 words, 95 words per minute. Next week, I want to achieve a consistent speed of 100 words per minute in my reading. What about you?

[@ZeldaWolf2000]

@@Zakari2 that's great with how much you've improved. As for me, I'm not exactly sure. I think I can read about 70, but I'm concentrating both on speed and fluency, so I can read aloud to people and stuff, and a lot of times for fluency you need to slow down, or than I can out loud though. However, I haven't tested what the difference is yet. The 70 is to myself. What about you? How much would you say you can read aloud, versus in your head?

[@Zakari2]

@@ZeldaWolf2000 Silently, I can read 90 to 95 words per minute. But while reading aloud, I convert 75 to 80 words per minute. But my speed can vary. This is my consistent speed. But my pace can be sometimes slower than 75 or sometimes higher than 80. What about you? How many fingers do you use to read?

[@lightweightbaby7959]

She reads faster than me with my eyes

[@Freddy-ll6wr]

i feel you. xD

[@escupetube]

Amazing!

[@mihaelahatch1257]

That's awesome 👏

[@tjmmcd1]

I just saw a real blind girl explaining about reading and writing in bralle. She stated emphatically that it takes 40 lines of braille text for each line for of written text. If this were a real person reading braille, she would have had to flip the pages 'many' times to read that amount of text.

[@liatm3042]

I once worked for a library that occasionally printed things in braille and I can attest that, though it certainly takes more space than print, braille is not that bulky. One printed page usually corresponds to four braille pages, of course the books look considerably larger but that's because of the thickness of the paper used. Additional, braille math takes a crazy amount of space but even then I don't think that one line corresponds to forty.

[@adraedin]

I know your post is old but others might stumble here... If you look up "braille writing slates" you can really get a visual of writing in braille. Neat and informative stuff. There's a term to describe some fonts: monospaced. It's where each character takes up the same amount of space, whether it's a period (.) or a capital x (X). You'll see that a monospaced font set tends to take up a lot of space when typing lots of text because all that extra space tends to add up quickly. In a way, that's how braille works (*with the exception of the double-block characters used for punctuation).

[@erikmolnar6585]

Wow, very cool.

[@AuniFilzahAbdulRahim-q6n]

Great also

[@crusadergames3489]

Superpower!

[@jackroger5231]

You're the best

[@veryseriousperson_]

I wanna learn how to read braille so i can cheat on my exams without taking my eyes off the paper

[@G.A.C_Preserve]

The only problems after that is how to make the cheating note using Braille writing system

[@Zakari2]

Strange, but i did the same in my final exam, the teacher was so surprised of my performance.

[@Sadboy80629]

neurolink users going to look back at this and think wow I cant believe people used to read books and not just get their information from instant information updates

[@petegordonmusic8595]

i wish I could read this quick.

[@dontforgettolike7127]

What about picture books?

[@alexpickle6090]

Gosh that’s cool

[@bunniewood]

OMG!!!!

[@rosstubergames]

Which one is it?

[@KG88KiteGodMusic]

I’m here from The OA

[@bijayapaulsaramah7557]

Nice good

[@wiisalute]

This must be from the first chapter of Deathly Hallows

[@Sparkplug.223]

Thats crazy

[@ManuelCantrellCedilloJrZIV]

They were underwater?....

[@HeyKevinYT]

🤯

[@nazmulslater8398]

How does she read it so fast?

[@rareELL]

Wow

[@rodrigoavalos3656]

WHAT! You must be kidding, is this real?

[@Ombladon300]

.. ... . ... .. . .. ...?

[@junamedhi5307]

I literally don't understand any of her words.

[@Ombladon300]

How.......? Edit : i mean sorry.. ... ... . .. .. . ... ?

[@theaztecwarrior1190]

I don’t believe it

[@keshiapelaige4574]

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[@juliastolowska8760]

What?

[@why116]

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[@glodafister5427]

it looks like scratched up paper

[@stevenmcsteven6693]

This is complete bs

[@hubertsward6020]

Prove it

[@stevenmcsteven6693]

@@hubertsward6020 Ok lmao, you want me to make a video showing only my hands passing trough a book? Nothing literally stops me from reading from a real book and claim i'm using my hands to read that bull sht, would you believe it then?

[@woaheggo3195]

It is a blind person that has spent their life learning braille tens of thousands of hours and decades of reading braille, it's not bs. You are just ignorant.

[@CrownedWithLaurels]

@@stevenmcsteven6693 I've seen blind people read braille in real life. No idea if this specific video is real or not, but it is an accurate representation of the method (two hands) and the speed. So it's either a person really reading from a braille book or a very accurate imitation of it.