Well I don't have speech fast at all.
Its to hard to understand, I usually use 120wpm or what ever is the slowest 
without being to slow so speech goes bad, I really don't go fast.
At 12:43 a.m. 4/06/2008, you wrote:
>Hi Shaun,
>I agree. Tyler did have the Jaws voice rate up way too fast for a 
>demonstration. When working I also have my speech rate up equally as 
>fast, but for a demonstration on something I am unfamiliar with I would 
>have prefered the speech rate be a little slower so I can be certain to 
>hear everything clearly.
>Other than that the fact Tyler didn't use a written outline of some kind 
>are my only two major complaints with the podcast. I really think if we 
>are going to broadcast and demonstrate programs and services to the 
>blind community at large we should aim for a cemmi-professional podcast 
>format/quality. Most of us aren't probably good public speakers, I 
>realize that, but there are ways to improve our public speaking skills.
>The best way to improve our public speaking skills i by using notes, 
>outlines, and some kind of reference to have on hand as we are doing our 
>podcast. It helps organize your thoughts, sets a defined format for your 
>podcast, and there is no guessing what to say next as it all is really 
>right there on your braille notes.
>For those in college or thinking of attending college taking some 
>communication classes would really help as well. In communications 
>classes they will teach you how to prepare speaches, state all points as 
>quickly and clearly as possible, and what should and should not be said 
>in your public program.  Most people have a tendancy to get board 
>quickly so your speach or podcast needs to be informative and 
>interesting enough to hold your end users attention for at least 30 
>minutes. The last thing we want to do when podcasting is stop and start 
>in the middle of a thought, spend too much time  fiddling with this or 
>that in the background,and so on. those sorts of disruptions to the 
>podcast have a way of getting your listener disinterested in your program.
>
>shaun everiss wrote:
> > good points tom, also the speech was still to fast, I never have my 
>speech fast, in fact I still don't understand the miriani combat thing 
>well though there is a good pack which I am getting, i probably should 
>put it somewhere.
>
>
>
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