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Originally Posted by HarryT
Nobody in this thread has demeaned audiobooks, Barry. All anyone's questioned is whether or not it's reasonable to say that you've read a book yourself when what you've actually done is listened to someone else read it. Some people are happy with that usage, some not. It's a personal choice.
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Of course it's demeaning to say that listening to audiobooks isn't REALLY reading. It's on a par with saying an e-book isn't REALLY a book.
"Reading" encompasses more than simply using one's eyes; the most important element of reading is comprehension. If I painstakingly look word by word at a page of Greek or Chinese or Russian, none of which I know, have I "read" it?
There's visual reading, there's aural reading, there's touch reading (Braille). It's foolish to claim that only visual reading is actual reading.