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Originally Posted by speakingtohe
Books are meant to be enjoyed.
My aunt became legally blind in her late 70's and loves her audio books. Perhaps she should learn braille but at 84 she doesn't feel it will enhance her enjoyment of life.
Many people are dyslexic or suffer from Attention deficit of Fetal alcohol Syndrome. While many can read and write at a functional level it is far from enjoyable for most.
Then there are those who were denied an early education, or reading for pleasure was frowned upon in their youth.
Or people who can read perfectly well but don't want too. No more inferior than those who prefer not to drive, or not to cook, not to do laundry. Listening to an ebook is no more morally wrong than taking a taxi or going to a restaurant or hiring a housekeeper.
And if books were only meant to be 'read' why are authors allowing audiobooks to be produced? Why, in fact, do many of them do the reading for those audiobooks?
In the Canadian North, Storytime in libraries is often attended by adults (elders) who have never learned to read. More than one has told me that they are glad of the opportunity and learn more than they would from television.
I prefer to read a book myself but I don't feel it makes me morally or intellectually superior to anyone. But then I have imperfections of my own.
Helen
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Has someone argued that the very existence of audio books is an abomination, or called for the public flogging of those who listen to them? If so, I must have missed it.
Listening to a book is an alternative to reading a book, it is not reading.
If your kid's teacher reads a book aloud to the class, has your child read the book?