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Originally Posted by MikeB1972
We aren't saying it's not REALLY reading, we are saying it's not reading.
In the same way swimming is not walking, it's not better or worse, just different.
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Swimming and walking are both forms of motion. Visual reading and aural reading are both forms of reading.
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There is a perfectly good word for what you do with an audiobook and it isn't read. As far as I can tell absolutely no one has any problems with audiobooks themselves, I prefer audioplays myself but that's just my preference.
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Tell me this: Are you engaging in the exact same activity when you listen to Bach and when you listen to an audiobook? Why or why not?
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No, you've looked at it, like a picture. If it helps I'm willing to accept viewed, studied & scrutinised as well 
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By your definition of reading, why isn't it reading? It's a visual intake of the material.