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Originally Posted by Larla
I was thinking of the effort involved in stop, rewind, and re-listen as opposed to virtually instantaneous stop and rewind while reading text. People are generally lazy if too much effort is involved. In the case of listening while driving, obviously stop and rewind is actually dangerous.
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Depends on how you listen. I listen via the Audible app on my phone. I do rewind if my mind has wandered or something more important took my attention (like driving).
I also have the AppleWatch and it's very easy to go back 30 seconds.
I don't think anybody means "there is NO difference between reading a book and listening to an audio of the book". It's just that both amount to "having read the book".
I keep track of all the books I read. This year 15 were on audible and only 2 were books I "read". I still say "I've read 17 books this year".
Listening is the new reading for me. Audible has extended greatly the amount of books I can consume in a year. This year was an exceptionally heavy listening year...but it's due to a change in how I go to and from work. I'm commuting an hour and a half each way now....instead of working from home.
So yes...one more time. Listening is the new reading....for me.