On Thu, Oct 18, 2012 at 04:11:14PM -0400, Dave Mielke wrote: > It's an interesting idea. My initial guess is that it'd take quite some > getting > used to. For example, I (probably like most braille readers) read with my > index > fingers. Simply switching to my middle fingers (which I just tried) doesn't > make reading very easy. I can do it, but I have to really slow down and think > about it. I'm assuming this is because my brain has trained itself to do > subconscious interpretation with index finger signals but not with signals > from > any other fingers. Dave, same here for me. Here's an interesting exercise, however: try reading with nothing *but* your index finger. Without my middle finger on the display as well, I notice a considerable slow-down, though not as significant as when reading with a different finger. My guess is the brain must use the signal from the forerunning fingers to perform some kind of preprocessing.
Very interesting exercise. Cheers, S.M. _______________________________________________ This message was sent via the BRLTTY mailing list. To post a message, send an e-mail to: [email protected] For general information, go to: http://mielke.cc/mailman/listinfo/brltty
