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minus-square@sin_free_for_00_days@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglish4•8 months agoI will die on this hill: listening is not reading. And I love listening to audio books when I have a long drive or something. ereader is what I use 99% of the time though.
minus-square@sin_free_for_00_days@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglish5•edit-28 months agoReading: n 1: the cognitive process of understanding a written linguistic message; "his main reading was detective stories"; "suggestions for further reading" I don’t think one is better than the other. Just listening is different than reading. It uses different parts of the brain.
minus-square@LudrollinkEnglish1•8 months agoIs reading aloud by someone else still not reading? I would argue that you are still understanding a written message but the delivery medium is different. (Wired vs wireless analogy but data is the same) I can at least agree that audio dramas are different than reading.
minus-square@sin_free_for_00_days@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglish1•8 months agoIf someone reads it to you, they are reading. If you’re listening to them read it, you’re listening.
I will die on this hill: listening is not reading. And I love listening to audio books when I have a long drive or something. ereader is what I use 99% of the time though.
Why not out of curiosity?
Reading:
I don’t think one is better than the other. Just listening is different than reading. It uses different parts of the brain.
Is reading aloud by someone else still not reading?
I would argue that you are still understanding a written message but the delivery medium is different.
(Wired vs wireless analogy but data is the same)
I can at least agree that audio dramas are different than reading.
If someone reads it to you, they are reading. If you’re listening to them read it, you’re listening.