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Originally Posted by HarryT
I don't get the attraction of reading a book while someone reads it out loud. Personally, I read at probably 4x the speed that I could read a book aloud, so I'd constantly be getting ahead of the narration. What's the appeal of it? If I have the book in front of me, I could just read it aloud myself! It seems to negate the real benefit of audiobooks, which is that you can listen to them while doing something else, like driving.
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I went through a phase of doing this. I've mentioned before my anxiety over not being able to retain as much from reading as I once did due to poorer memory. For a while I felt like reading whilst I listened was a way of improving retention. Maybe it is but I didn't keep up the habit. I would usually listen at 2x but I could probably read a bit faster.
I do like listening to audiobooks whilst doing something else but I prefer podcasts. I get annoyed if I miss something and can't easily rewind (e.g. when driving). I have to read or listen to every word to feel like I've really read a book. I have loosened up a little bit on that. For some reason this bothers me less with podcasts.