I'm trying to pick up braille again (I started out reading braille as a kid, but moved to large print in 3rd grade). I'm now in my 30s, and I'm getting sick of bending over to read stuff. And while I like audio-books and screen readers as much as the next guy, I want to be able to *read* without the use of expensive technology.

Anyway, I'm currently reading at about 25 WPM, but I want to get it up to at least 60 soon, with my ultimate goal being able to read fast enough to recite a text aloud with confidence and without pauses. I'm backtracking less as I read more and learn more word shapes, but finding the next line is still hard. My right hand is much less sensitive than my left hand, which is my dominant hand overall, so the usual technique of finishing a line with the right hand while finding the next line with the left is very hard.

I'm also having a hard time finding a happy medium between braille that's so mushy it's hard to read, and dots so sharp they're tearing the skin off my fingers. It's easier to distinguish the dots on sharper braille, but my fingers fatigue faster.

I borrowed a braille display from work to practice on, but quickly realized that interacting with a computer via braille display is very different from using my vision or a screen reader. I was never taught the computer code, and the extra dots are hard to discern. I can't fathom how people are able to sweep their fingers across the display in less than a second and pick up every single dot. Should I even be using the braille display to read with, or should I be practicing on hard copies?

Does anyone have any advice?