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Originally Posted by meeera
Yep. "Read" has always had multiple meanings, as anyone who's taken any sort of text analysis class knows. (and "text" has multiple meanings too!)
Like you, my audio processing is distinctly inferior to my visual processing of print (or e-ink) - I read with my eyes because it's easier for me, not because it has some sort of inherent superiority or authenticity or makes me a "better" reader. I'm always completely bemused by people who claim that listening to audiobooks is child-like, or reading on easy mode, or things of that nature; just because for me audio takes a fair bit more concentration and effort.
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My problem with audiobooks is not only a problem of capacity: I hate TV news feeding you pap they choose, as well as the time they spend on each item, and much prefer newspapers or other reliable news sources, whether paper or digital, where I can skim most items, and read others, with now the Pocket option for those I want to read later.
For me it is even worse with audiobooks: I have very many different reading modes, often not reading linearly, nor with the same concentration on each page. And with ebooks, I can easily look up characters I've forgotten about, or notes, or dictionaries. But I do still read some paper books when they are best suited to the nature of the work, or not available otherwise.