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Originally Posted by spindlegirl
(On walkie talkies we used to say, "Do you read me?" even though I wasn't reading a darn thing)
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In film and theater, we speak of how something visual "reads" to the audience.
For example, sometimes a large, exaggerated fake version of a prop works better than a realistic item does. A real cell phone might not "read as a phone" on screen or from the audience.
So if "read" means extracting intended meaning from a signal, then, it's all reading.
But since the experience can indeed be different, when it's relevant, I might say I "eye-read" or "ear-read" a certain book.
"No, I didn't see the illustration on the back. I ear-read that book."