• sin_free_for_00_daysEnglish
    94·
    8 months ago

    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.

      • sin_free_for_00_daysEnglish
        61·
        8 months ago

        Reading:

        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.

        • autokludge@programming.devEnglish
          3·
          8 months ago

          I think there is a similar effect with speed-reading v slow-reading. Slow reading gives me time to mull over and digest what I’m reading, while speed can be good to skim for information.

        • Ludrol@szmer.infoEnglish
          1·
          8 months ago

          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.

          • sin_free_for_00_daysEnglish
            1·
            8 months ago

            If someone reads it to you, they are reading. If you’re listening to them read it, you’re listening.