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Originally Posted by fjtorres
Not to the dyslexic.
For them it is way faster.
(Not everybody is a page-a-minute reader.)
And for the multitasker it is more *efficient* to listen to TTS or an audiobook while doing something else than to do both serially.
They are different forms of consuming books but neither is inherently superior, just better suited for different people and different situations.
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So we basically agree:
You say " Not if someone is dyslexic".
Fine. I never stated that the objectively superior method IS the best suited for people being - due to health related reasons - limited in using it. Dyslexia is an exception to the rule.
You further say not if simultaneously doing something else. Agreed. For me to read means to read. Exclusively. If someone decides to screw their reading experience by willingly redirecting attention away from it - then of course it cannot be done efficiently.
To each his own. I once saw a video showing someone cutting his toenails while driving a car. It certainly didn't have positive influence on his driving skills.
Being a deep immersive reader I don't even try things like that. Even reading while commuting is risky for me. I have to force myself regularly to stop - and check how close to my destination I am.
I direct my whole attention at what I'm reading and trying to gaining it is similar to waking someone. If I'm not adressed louder than usual or tapped on my shoulder or something alike, I just don't notice.
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Originally Posted by Kretzer
Yes, it is much slower. But this can also be a good thing. I tend to read quickly and skip "unimportant" details when I want to know how the story goes on.
But if you listen to a story you can appreciate fine details, emotional subtleties etc.
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I don't use any speedreading aimed techniques - heard of such that, they provoke skipping.
In my case listening to rather breaks immersion and detail processing. I cannot change speeds or pause the milliseconds needed to do so. Getting stuff read aloud means for me: spend small amounts of time waiting for a word I already 'got' to be finished spoken combined with the need to concentrate on someone's voice needs more attention than processing the text by myself.
This "more" is then taken from resources used for own in-mind reproduction of the scene.
It's like being spoonfed by a machine. Chew and swallow by what isn't your pace.
No choice at which bits to pause and when to drink.