The role of online lexical interpretation in fast word recognition in braille reading. KU Leuven
Braille, a tactile writing system for individuals who are blind, is considered serial in nature since fingers must necessarily pass over all the characters on a line. The serial nature of braille is believed to mirror the phonological reading strategy (letter by letter decoding) prominent in young and inexperienced print readers. As braille readers read words and meaningful text faster and more accurately than nonwords, there is reason to ...