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Originally Posted by patrickt
Sorry, but you don't "read" audiobooks even if you put the word in quotation marks. You listen to audiobooks that someone else is reading to you. My mother used to read to me. I know what you mean, though. I've never read "To Kill a Mockingbird" but I saw the movie starring Gregroy Peck. So, I "read" the book on the movie screen.
I enjoy reading. Some don't. That's perfectly legitimate but listening or watching isn't reading.
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Reading braille is still reading even though the eyes are not involved. Audiobooks that are true to the book (not a performance) are also a form of reading. The blind have been using audiobooks for years, with volunteers reading them and describing the illustrations and samples etc onto tape.