Thread: Listening is the new reading
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Old 12-15-2017, 05:22 AM   #312
John F
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Originally Posted by Gudy View Post
You have - hopefully - read the text as written by the author. They have listened to an interpretation of this text by a third party. Also, given how much richer in side channels - and hence in opportunities for said third party to convey their own interpretation - the spoken word is compared to the written word, I'm not sure how it is possible to not see those two things as totally different.
Totally different?

I would say a cat and a reading a book are two totally different things. I would say a cat and listening to an audio book are two totally different things. I would say reading a book and listening to an audio book are similar.

YMMV.
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